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Wesley, Patricia W.; Buysse, Virginia; Tyndall, Sabrina – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1997
Analysis of focus group discussions involving 13 parents of young children with disabilities and 32 professional service providers examined participants' perceptions of inclusion and early intervention. Discussion focused on awareness of early intervention services, barriers and supports to inclusion, notions of service coordination, experiences…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Focus Groups
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Harman, Grant; Stone, Christopher – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2006
Technology transfer managers are a new group of specialist professionals engaged in facilitating transfer of university research discoveries and inventions to business firms and other research users. With relatively high academic qualifications and enjoying higher salaries than many other comparable university staff, technology transfer managers…
Descriptors: Specialists, Employment Qualifications, Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer
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Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia; Ron Shor – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1995
Perceptions and awareness about child maltreatment were examined with 353 Arab helping-professions students in the cultural context of the West Bank. A high level of agreement was found among students in viewing situations of abuse and neglect as maltreatment. Differences were found in willingness to report maltreatment. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Arabs, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Richards, Dennis E. – 1983
Guidelines which explain five phases of the consulting process are offered to educators contemplating the employment of consultants. Discussion of the first phase, "contact/entry," contains seven tips to consider before hiring a consultant and six tips on forming the base of the working relationship with the consultant. The second phase,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Boards of Education, Consultants, Elementary Secondary Education
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Koehler, Lyle – 1978
The history of the idea of service at municipally-controlled institutions of higher education from the 19th century through 1930 is presented. Currently, as Americans are pursuing a search for their roots, many social institutions are focussing attention on building a viable sense of community, on inclusion and a more all-encompassing sense of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Role, Community Change, Community Services
Schiff, Gary S., Ed. – 1981
Compiled in this catalog are the results of a national survey of American colleges and universities which elicited information about formal and nonformal energy education programs sponsored by institutions of higher education. Programs described range from credit courses and degree programs to extension, non-credit, adult education courses to…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Science, Course Descriptions, Energy
CARPENTER, RAY L. – 1967
THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE CHIEF LIBRARIAN IN THE MEDIUM-SIZED PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH GROUPS AND AGENCIES EXTERNAL TO THE LIBRARY ARE DESCRIBED AND ANALYZED. HIS PROFESSIONAL, TRUSTEE, AND GOVERNMENTAL EXPECTATIONS ARE DERIVED FROM THE LITERATURE BY AND ABOUT LIBRARY ADMINISTRATORS AND FROM INTERVIEWS WITH PUBLIC LIBRARY ADMINISTRATORS. COMMUNITY…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Agency Cooperation
American Public Health Association, Inc., New York, NY. Program Area Committee on Child Health. – 1967
One of a series dealing with community services for handicapped children, this guide for public health personnel gives problems common to all types of handicapping conditions, a general philosophy of community services, and an outline of guiding principles on which to base a community program. The topics covered are concepts, facts, causes, and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Clinical Diagnosis, Community Cooperation, Community Programs
Freidson, Eliot, Ed. – 1973
Sixteen authors of various backgrounds have contributed original papers to the book which evaluates the role of the professions in society today and assesses their likely roles in the future. Comparatively general issues applicable to many professions are discussed in part one--occupational principle vs. administrative principle, generating…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Certified Public Accountants, Engineering, Futures (of Society)
Haubrich, Vernon F. – 1970
The social-psychological bases of programs to prepare teachers for disadvantaged youth are as important to the eventual success of the program as any technique or lesson plan which seems to be momentarily fruitful. In view of the predicted oversupply of teachers, the school system must try to select teachers who will function best in the…
Descriptors: Professional Services, Racial Attitudes, School Districts, Schools of Education
Hains, Ann Higgins; And Others – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1988
The roles of the child, family, sending and receiving teachers, and educational agencies are emphasized in this review of transition planning for handicapped children who are moving from special education preschool programs to mainstreamed kindergarten placements. Activities to encourage successful transitions and to support collaborative planning…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Disabilities
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Stewart, Jay; And Others – LD Forum, 1994
A framework is presented for developing collaborative, community-based programs to assist substance-using women and their young children. Five types of service providers are identified: medical personnel, welfare and child protective services, illicit drug use and mental health programs, community protection services, and ethnically based advocacy…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cocaine, Community Programs, Community Services
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School Psychology Review, 1997
Suggests that guidelines serve as a model of "good practice" for program development and professional practice on the federal, state, and local level. Principal objective is to inform policy makers and decision makers of the major characteristics of comprehensive services. Includes recommendations regarding practice issues, and outlines…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1990
This document contains 16 papers on family roles and caregiving presented at a conference on aging. The papers, grouped into themes of trends and implications, resourceful roles (grandparenting and caregiving), and an agenda for the future, include the following: "Demographic Potential and the Quiet Revolution" (Opening Remarks by Robert A.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Community Services, Demography, Drug Addiction
DeAngelis, Lee P., Ed. – 1986
This document was designed to highlight the activities of a conference dealing with careers in the environmental field. The conference was organized with the intention of helping college students, recent college graduates, and others to learn the realities of various environmental careers from professionals working in the corporate, government and…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Science, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
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