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Peer reviewedTurner, Susan; Lynas, Wendy; Pumfrey, Peter – British Journal of Special Education, 1998
Discusses the results of a survey in England of 89 local education agencies (LEAs) and 89 social service departments (SSDs), that investigated the audiological support to young children with hearing impairments. Results indicated interagency collaboration and that LEAs were more likely to provide separate services for children with hearing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textNational Court Appointed Special Advocate Association, Seattle WA. – 1994
Each year nearly 400,000 children in the United States are thrust into court through no fault of their own. Often these children also become victims of the United States' overburdened child welfare system. A Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer is a trained citizen who is appointed by a judge to represent the best interests of a child…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1991
This annual report examines the implications, for the state of Michigan, of Part H of the 1986 Amendments to the U.S. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and discusses the planning, development, and demonstration activities related to the implementation of the required components of the law. This legislation provides states with funding to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Community Services, Cooperative Planning
Smith, Christopher A.; Russo, Robert – 1989
Intended to help rehabilitation facility administrators increase organizational income from manufacturing and/or contracted service sources, this document provides a decision-making model for the development of a production consortium. The document consists of five chapters and two appendices. Chapter 1 defines the consortium concept, explains…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Institutional Cooperation
Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute. Blumberg Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education. – 1989
The survey was designed to describe and assess the types of services that Indiana agencies provide to learners with severe handicaps. The survey consisted of a section on general descriptive information and sections on daycare and transition services. Sixty-two surveys were distributed to service agencies, and 39 were returned, representing 97…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Day Care, Day Programs
Meehan, Susan – 1983
This manual details a cooperative adult English as a Second Language (AESL)/mental health project within an Asian community. Three groups of participants are described: the ethnic Chinese adult, the AESL staff, and the mental health staff. The description of each group is followed by questions to consider in assessing clients and staff when…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans
GIL, DAVID G.; NOBLE, JOHN H. – 1967
THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND OPINIONS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON CHILD ABUSE AND RELATED ISSUES WERE INVESTIGATED WITH A STANDARD, MULTI-STAGE AREA PROBABILITY SAMPLE OF NON-INSTITUTIONAL UNITED STATES RESIDENTS 21 OR OLDER (1520 RESPONDENTS), IN A SURVEY DESIGNED BY BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY AND CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER. A…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Child Abuse, Child Rearing, Child Welfare
Huebner, Robert B.; And Others – 1979
Social service providers were surveyed in an attempt to obtain an estimate of current social service utilization patterns. A survey was mailed to the director of each major social service agency in the community and filled out in conjunction with a map of the catchment area. Respondents were asked first to outline those areas on the map which they…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Services, Counseling Services, Counselors
Hunter, David E. – 1967
A 1967 study of the Dixwell Legal Rights Association, New Haven, Connecticut, assessed the goals of the DLRA (training of legal service agency personnel and of nonprofessional neighborhood workers, legal rights education of the poor, social change) and their realization. DLRA services to clients were highly respected. Its militancy and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Disadvantaged, Ghettos, Indigenous Personnel
Brooks, Barbara J., Ed. – 1975
This "Civil Rights Directory", is distributed as a service of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under its Clearinghouse functions. The information was supplied by the agencies and organizations listed. Section 1 is a listing of key Federal officials responsible for monitoring, administering, coordinating, and enforcing various aspects…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, City Government, Civil Rights, Directories
Griggs, Robert J.; And Others – 1974
Goodwill Industries of America, Inc. developed a management information system designed to provide rehabilitation workshop managers with information needed to make sound administrative decisions, statistics to measure the outcome of these decisions in terms of service to the handicapped, and the financial resources needed to deliver the services.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Schalock, Robert L.; Kiernan, William E.; McGaughey, Martha J. – 1992
Targeted to mental retardation/developmental disability (MR/DD) and vocational rehabilitation agencies, developmental disabilities councils, consumer and advocate groups, and protection and advocacy programs, this manual is designed to assist in the development of state-level data systems responsive to current accountability requirements. It also…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Database Design
Kissam, Ed; Dorsey, Holda – 1997
This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, discusses how to access the formalized human service delivery systems in the United States, which often replace the networks of extended families and friends that immigrants relied on in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Services
Child Welfare League of America, Inc., Washington, DC. – 2003
Noting that improving practice in all child welfare services is a major goal of the Child Welfare League of America, this handbook presents goals and standards for services to strengthen and preserve families with children. The handbook begins with introductory sections describing standards development, detailing how to use the standards, and…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Children, Community Role
Peer reviewedCornish, Jocelyn; And Others – Children & Society, 1996
Used mail survey to assess contributions of voluntary organizations providing for children with life-limiting incurable disorders. Found a variety of services, including information service, emotional support and counseling, patient and family support, and telephone helpline. Respite care was associated with annual budget size. Unstable funding,…
Descriptors: Bereavement, Child Advocacy, Child Caregivers, Children
