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Choonoo, John – 1993
This report presents an evaluation of the Bilingual Readiness for Achieving through Valued Opportunities (Project BRAVO), an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its first year of operation at Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn (New York) and Louis D. Brandeis High School in Manhattan (New York). Participating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC. – 1994
This document presents the proceedings of a conference attended by Project Directors (or their designees) of projects funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and having a significant component of technical assistance (TA) and/or dissemination activities. The conference was designed to provide new information to projects, to…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Byrd, Rita, Ed.; Rous, Beth, Ed. – 1991
This manual is intended to provide teachers of young children with disabilities with guidance in facilitating the independence of young children with and without disabilities and in making the transition from preschool to public school. The manual has three sections. The first describes the components of the teaching process and presents…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities
Arnold, Ellen; Czamanske, Jackie – 1991
The metaphor of a family road trip is used to describe a 10-week seminar program at the Rochester Institute of Technology (New York) for learning disabled high school students and their parents in preparation for student transition to college. The small group format (maximum eight families) allows for both whole group and separate (parents and…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, High Schools, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Carlock, Jeanne M. – 1989
A field test was conducted of the "Transition to Independence Curriculum" that was developed in 1987-88 by the Endependence Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The curriculum includes peer counseling and other services to help students with disabilities become independent. During the field test, the peer counselor met with students at each of three…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
Sonoma State Univ., Rohnert Park, CA. California Inst. of Human Services. – 1982
Activities and accomplishments of the Napa (California) program for disabled infants, birth to 5 years old, are summarized; and forms and program materials are presented. Components of the program, which served 25 children (birth to 3 years old) in 1981-1982, are discusssed as follows: early identification of children at risk; developmental…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developmental Stages, Disabilities, Early Identification
Hood, Kathleen; And Others – 1982
This parent guide provides an overview of the Gesell Developmental Program (pre-first grade) in the Eastern Lancaster County School District (Pennsylvania). The following topics are covered: (1) a history of the program; (2) a brief description of the Gesell preschool tests; (3) answers to questions parents are likely to ask about the program; (4)…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten, Parent Materials, Parent School Relationship
Teaneck Board of Education, NJ. – 1983
The Vocational Counseling Project was undertaken to provide secondary-level handicapped students, who were identified as possible dropouts, with vocational counseling and support to facilitate post-high school adjustment. In addition, project staff were supposed to determine the readiness of secondary-level handicapped students for work placement,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Coordination, Disabilities, Dropout Prevention
Ellingson, Jo Ann – 1989
Focusing on Chicago (Illinois), this report describes the magnitude of issues related to the education of non-English-speaking immigrants, and presents an overview of both the learning resource materials available to support bilingual education in the Chicago School System and the availability of materials in foreign languages in the Chicago…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Coyle-Williams, Maureen – 1989
This report highlights recommendations made in recent research reports concerning the role of vocational education in enhancing the success of students at risk of dropping out of school. It has been found that components of vocational education programs successful at retaining students include mechanisms for helping at-risk youth to follow…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Porterfield, Jan – 1989
The Alaska Consortium for Transition Services (ACTS) is a federally funded project to develop and implement secondary transition planning for rural Alaska students with severe disabilities. Secondary transition is the process of change occurring as students prepare to move from high school to adult life. As rural Alaska's severely disabled…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, Community Programs, Exceptional Persons
Loyd, Robert J.; And Others – 1989
This paper describes the Life-Centered Career Education (LCCE) Curriculum and Employment Enhancement Strategies (EES) for mildly disabled students. Special education high school graduates encounter many difficulties in assuming community living and work roles. EES materials are consistent with the competencies and subcompetencies of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Research, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
Turner, Belinda Olivarez; And Others – 1989
The achievement levels of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District in mathematics, reading, and writing are reported and compared with those of students in previous years. The district enrolled 4,888 LEP students in 1988-89 (89% were Spanish speakers, 4% were Vietnamese, and 7% represented 49…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Wagner, Mary; And Others – 1989
The National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students (NLTS) provides information to practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and others in the special education community regarding the transition of youth with disabilities from secondary school to early adulthood. The sample for the study, which began in 1987, involves more…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Adolescent Development, Data Collection, Data Processing
Littlefield, John F., Ed.; West, Sharon Crook, Ed. – 1990
This monograph includes the following seven papers: "The TIE (Training, Industries, Education) Concept--Moving from Theory to Practice" (Grieser); "Proposals for Prison Education and Training in Prison Industries" (Norris); "Implementation of TIE: Some Legislative Aspects" (Miller); "Federal Prison Industries…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Employment Potential, Federal Aid
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