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University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Office of Institutional Studies. – 1979
An academic planning conference is reported, with articles included on several topics pertaining to faculty members. A summary and agenda of the 1979 conference on "Ethical and Economic Issues Concerning Academic Professionalism and Compensation in an Era of Accountability, Limits, and Inflation" are presented. An article on faculty…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Conferences
PDF pending restorationErlanger, Howard S. – 1976
The characteristics of professionals recruited into the Legal Services Program sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity are examined in this paper. It finds that, contrary to the literature on activist professionals, Legal Services was not dominated by lawyers with elite family and educational backgrounds or with prior commitments to…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Family Characteristics, Family Income, Family Status
Newman, Parley W. – 1968
The importance of speech is discussed and speech pathology is described. Types of communication disorders considered are articulation disorders, aphasia, facial deformity, hearing loss, stuttering, delayed speech, voice disorders, and cerebral palsy; examples of five disorders are given. Speech pathology is investigated from these aspects: the…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Articulation (Speech), Career Opportunities, Careers
Download full textStrong, Carol J.; Clark, Thomas C. – 1992
The effects of home-based programming for infants and young children with hearing impairments and their families were studied, with a focus on the SKI*HI program, which includes identification/screening, home visits, support services, parent advisors, and a program management system. The study analyzed data on 5,178 children (ages birth to 5) with…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Family Involvement
Omdahl, Doris – 1987
Professionals who work with developmentally disabled Hispanic clients must enhance their own ability to work with ethnic minorities and become thoroughly familiar with the culture of the people they serve. To encourage disabled Hispanic individuals to apply for services, agencies can employ strategies such as bilingual capability, use of…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Services, Cultural Awareness
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1986
Rules concerning unprofessional conduct are offered by the New York State Board of Regents. Attention is directed to: general provisions for all professions, health professions, and design professions (e.g., architecture and engineering), as well as special provisions for: the medical profession, the dentistry and dental hygiene professions, the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accountants, Allied Health Personnel, Certification
ISENBERG, ROBERT M. – 1966
TRADITIONAL INTERMEDIATE ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS, SUCH AS STILL EXIST IN SOME COUNTY OFFICES, HAVE CONTRIBUTED LITTLE TO SECONDARY EDUCATION. THE NEW INTERMEDIATE UNITS CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS REGIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES, PROVIDING SERVICES WHICH SCHOOLS (ESPECIALLY SMALL SCHOOLS) CANNOT ADEQUATELY OR EFFICIENTLY PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES. INTERMEDIATE…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Counseling Services, Data Processing, Education Service Centers
Faraday, Sally; Harris, Richard – 1989
Where to get help to teach special needs students is the subject of this document, the last of 9 modules in an 11-unit resource pack designed to help trainers and postsecondary and continuing education staff meet the needs of special needs students in Great Britain. Having completed the module, staff should be able to: (1) identify when learners…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Consultants, Continuing Education, Educational Diagnosis
MARCHUS, FLOYD – 1963
THE COUNTY SCHOOLS OFFICE IS A STATE AGENCY WITH CONSIDERABLE LOCAL AUTONOMY. IT IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO ADMINISTER SERVICES TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TO COORDINATE COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEREBY HELPING TO ENSURE EQUALIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. A REVIEW OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY'S SCHOOLS OFFICE REVEALS 12…
Descriptors: Attendance, Consultants, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Planning
ISENBERG, ROBERT M. – 1966
THE TRADITIONAL CONCEPT OF THE INTERMEDIATE ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL UNIT IS THAT OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OPERATING AS AN ARM OF THE STATE, WITH REGULATORY POWERS AND RECORD KEEPING DUTIES AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNCTIONS. THE NEW TYPE OF UNIT THAT IS EVOLVING IS LARGELY SERVICE ORIENTED (I.E., SPECIAL EDUCATION, DATA…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Evaluation Needs
Stephens, E. Robert – 1975
This report emphasizes the major organizational and program patterns of the regional education service agencies (RESAs) operating in Georgia, Iowa, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan, New York, and Oregon. The State laws governing RESA units and the units' organizational patterns and their…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1969
The brochure discusses the Shared Services Program of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory of Portland, Oregon. The program operates on the premise that it can provide additional programs (frequently of higher quality) to rural school districts at a lower per-capita cost. The shared services are conducted through cooperative efforts…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Audiovisual Instruction, Consultants, Counseling
Gil, David G. – 1973
The purpose of this paper is to develop a rationale for the conscious integration of a political component into professional practice. The rationale involves a re-definition of professional roles in the human services as a powerful means of political struggle. The aim of the political strategy is to eliminate the sources of social, economic and…
Descriptors: Activism, Change Agents, Disadvantaged, Economic Change
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Direct linkRodger, Susan; Cummings, Anne; Leschied, Alan W. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: Responding to the need for more foster families to provide care for increasing numbers of children coming into care, this study was designed to understand the motivations and needs of foster parents in order to improve recruitment and retention. To meet this goal, the study identified characteristics of current foster families,…
Descriptors: Motivation, Foster Care, Child Welfare, Factor Analysis
Palmerton, Patricia R. – 1986
The speech communications professionals who are involved in training and consulting need to conceptualize and talk about their activities as communication educators--not as trainers. Clients should be taught to make interpretive choices appropriate to their rhetorical environment, in addition to learning basic skills. As educators in the corporate…
Descriptors: Consultants, Corporate Education, Improvement Programs, Individual Development
