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1999
The National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE), which represents 65,000 academic staff working in further and higher education (FHE) institutions across the United Kingdom, reviewed the current state of post-16 education and training in the United Kingdom and submitted its views on how the system should be improved.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, Colleges, Curriculum
Brand, Betsy – American Youth Policy Forum Inc., 2004
This report draws heavily on the material already written about the programs and sites that were visited, as well as speakers at forums, presentations at roundtables, and summaries of discussion groups, available on the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) website. This report describes some of the common approaches, strategies, and policies that…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Change, Change Strategies, High Schools
Luecking, Richard; Gramlich, Meredith – 2003
This brief highlights the benefits of work-based learning for students with disabilities, what constitutes quality work-based learning, and selected evidence-based models of work-based learning. Benefits to students include providing them with the opportunity to identify career interests, skills, and abilities, explore career goals, develop…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Barnes, Ellen – 2001
This booklet is designed to offer preschool staff who are working with children with special needs a process for supporting children and families through the transition to kindergarten. It begins by discussing the teachers role as a partner to parents of children with disabilities. A timeline is then presented for planning a child's transition to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Developmental Stages, Disabilities, Educational Planning
Greenbaum, Judith; Markel, Geraldine – 2001
This manual is intended to provide practical guidance to teachers of adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or learning disabilities (LD) through specific techniques, teaching strategies, checklists, and student case histories. The 12 chapters address the following topics: (1) an overview of ADHD and LD including…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Compliance (Legal)
Wortham, Sue C. – 1996
Intended to help teachers of young children prepare for diversity among their students, this early childhood education textbook focuses on the integration of assessment and learning as an interactive process; and the integration of curriculum and instruction to be age-, group-, and individually-appropriate. The introductory chapter discusses…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development
Oswald, Donald P.; Coutinho, Martha J. – 1997
This final report discusses the outcomes of a policy research study designed to improve decision making during the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Issues were identified and policy briefs were developed on: (1) the federal financial formula for special education; (2) the role of economic and demographic…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Bergert, Susan, Ed. – LCCE Insider, 1997
This document brings together the first three issues of a newsletter designed for users of the Council for Exceptional Children's Life Centered Career Education (LCCE) curriculum. The newsletter's goal is to inform practitioners of curriculum implementation ideas and transition issues, and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Featured…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Design, Daily Living Skills
Garland, Corinne W.; Kniest, Barbara A.; Quigley, Andrea C. – 1998
This report discusses the activities of the Caring for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: New Roles for Physicians Outreach Project (CFIT Outreach), a program designed to increase physician participation in the early intervention system through replication of a proven model of inservice training. The model, which provides continuing medical…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Competency Based Education, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development
Porter, Stephanie; Freeman, Linda; Griffin, Lynne Reeves – 2000
Designed for Massachusetts parents and adolescents with special health needs, this booklet provides information on the transition to adulthood. It covers four major areas of adulthood: health care, education, employment, and recreation. It includes: (1) a family fact sheet on health care transition that explains important issues and lists…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Check Lists, College Preparation, Disabilities
Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston, TX. – 2000
This participant's manual for a teleconference on independent living for youth with disabilities provides an agenda for the teleconference, a list of trainers, and information for assisting students' transitions to adult life. It includes "Building Your Future: A Guide to Transition from School to Work and Community," a publication for students…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Check Lists, Community Programs, Delivery Systems
Hanson, Susan A. – 1997
A project was conducted to build an education and career enhancement system for Pennsylvania's adult population over age 24 that includes all three basic components of a school-to-work program: work-based learning, school-based learning, and connecting activities. The program was opened to unemployed and underemployed adults in two rural…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Career Counseling, Career Education
Hayward, Becky J.; Schmidt-Davis, Holly – 2003
This report is the second in a series of four final reports that present the findings of the Longitudinal Study of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services Program. Initiated in fall 1992, the study has tracked VR participation and post-VR experiences of applicants to and consumers of VR services (n=8,500) for up to 3 years following exit from…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship, Disabilities, Employment Counselors
Learning and Skills Development Agency, London (England). – 2003
This publication is a summary of the E2E (Entry to Employment) Learning Framework that provides guidance on program implementation. (E2E is a new learning program for young people not yet ready or able to enter Modern Apprenticeship programs, a Level 2 program, or employment directly.) Section 2 highlights core values to which all involved should…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Curriculum, Developed Nations
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2002
This executive summary of Wisconsin's 5-year state improvement plan outlines goals and objectives for improving special education services to students with disabilities and progress toward these objectives in Year 2. The first goal (students with disabilities will demonstrate skills that will engage them to become independent, productive, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Early Intervention
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