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Maraschiello, Richard F.; Prusso, Kenneth W. – 1978
The Prekindergarten Head Start (PKHS) program employed five different instructional models: Bank Street (BS), Behavior Analysis (BA), Montessori (M), Open Classroom (OC), and Responsive Learning (RL). All program components: education, social service, health and nutrition, staff development, and parent involvement performed as expected. Data from…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Observation Techniques, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Educational Facilities Labs., Inc., New York, NY. – 1978
This issue contains the second of a two-part feature about European community school centers. The principal difference between the European and the American community school movements is that in almost all European nations the federal government supports them and takes an active part in their development. The article focuses on the forms of…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Community Centers, Community Education, Community Schools
New York State Dept. of Social Services, Albany. – 1978
The status of American Indians in the State of New York and the public services made available to them through various units of state government are outlined. For almost two hundred years the State of New York, with Federal acquiescence, assumed responsibilities for Indian welfare corresponding to those undertaken by the Federal Government in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations
Hepworth, H. Philip – 1979
In a time of economic crisis, Canadians are questioning their social institutions. Major welfare programs may be dismantled under political pressure. Canadians should be cautious, though, in accepting radical, new ideas. Long-term interests may be damaged by planners' reliance on short-term social indicators. Our perceptions of social phenomena…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Ollie, Bert W., Jr.; Leonard, James R. – 1979
Despite the hopes of social scientists and civil rights activists that school desegregation would close the educational gap between blacks and whites, a full generation of effort has not resulted in parity between the achievement levels of black and white students. School desegregation alone is not the answer to ending achievement differences.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Educational Environment
EMMET, GERALD M. – 1967
A MENTAL HEALTH WORKER CAN FUNCTION AS A CONSULTANT WHO HELPS TO IDENTIFY THE FACTORS WHICH INTERFERE WITH SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL INTEGRATION. AT THE PRESENT TIME OPEN ENROLLMENT METHODS FOR SCHOOL DESEGREGATION HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY POOR MANAGEMENT DURING THE THREE "CRITICAL"PHASES OF A MOVEMENT TOWARD INTEGRATION. THE PHASES INVOLVE A…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Blacks, Classroom Desegregation, Community Involvement
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
LYONS, DOROTHY J. – 1967
AN INTERAGENCY PROGRAM FOR UNWED PREGNANT TEENAGERS IN THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FUNDED IN 1965 UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, OFFERS EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL, SOCIAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES. IN ADDITION TO USING REGULAR PERSONNEL, THE PROGRAM ENLISTS THE COORDINATED EFFORTS OF THE ADOPTION BUREAU, THE BUREAU OF…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations, Counseling Instructional Programs, Medical Services
SLACK, CHARLES W. – 1963
REINFORCEMENT AND ROLE-REVERSAL TECHNIQUES ARE USED IN THE SCORE PROJECT, A LOW-COST PROGRAM OF DELINQUENCY PREVENTION FOR HARD-CORE TEENAGE STREET CORNER BOYS. COMMITTED TO THE BELIEF THAT THE BOYS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ETHICAL BEHAVIOR, THE SCORE WORKER FOLLOWS B.F. SKINNER'S THEORY OF OPERANT CONDITIONING AND REINFORCES THE DELINQUENT'S GOOD…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior, Behavior Theories, Counselor Role
Reyes (J.A.) Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
Utilizing specially designed interview schedules to evaluate the kinds of services children and families receive from various Migrant Head Start programs throughout the country, this preliminary report on home base findings consists of questions asked of the staff at every Migrant Head Start site across the country and questions asked of parents…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Employee Attitudes, Interviews, Measures (Individuals)
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
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1977
The statements presented by numerous individuals at the hearing are recorded in this volume. Specific examples of discrimination against older adults in such Federally-assisted programs as the food stamp program, Medicaid, the community mental health centers program, the vocational rehabilitation program, the social services program under Title XX…
Descriptors: Age, Age Discrimination, Community Services, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1965
This report lists the goals of the Head Start project and describes its organization and procedures. A brief introduction describes the need for preschool education in Chicago and past and present programs which have attempted to meet the need. The report describes the children's social and economic deprivation. More attention, however, is given…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Needs, Information Dissemination, Parent Attitudes
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
Blake, Charles – 1976
Physical disability is an enormous psychosocio-economic-medical problem that affects over 24 million Americans. Public policy endorses a multi-disciplinary approach in analyzing this issue. Legislation has broadened the meaning of physical disability to include persons with mental and emotional disorders. Some of the costs associated with physical…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Economic Factors, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities
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