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Robledo, Gilbert – 1987
A study was conducted to gather information about the use of microcomputers within the learning disabilities (LD) programs in California community colleges. Surveys were sent to all 106 two-year colleges in the state, requesting information on the number of students enrolled in LD programs, the kind and number of computers used in the LD programs,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Download full textEly, Lydia; And Others – 1987
According to recent studies, families with children are now the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population: 40 percent of the homeless population consists of members of families. Forty-three percent of homeless children do not attend school, which provides children with a much-needed sense of place and continuity that they otherwise lack…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation
Rasp, Alfred, Jr.; Plato, Kathleen C. – 1988
The State of Washington received a Chapter 2 award of $8,224,052.00 for the school year 1986-87, a decrease of 3.3 percent from 1985-86. Planned expenditures and student services for basic skills programs declined over the past four years, but the amount of expenditures for special projects rose for the fifth consecutive year. These special…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
McGuire, Joan; And Others – 1984
Descriptive and evaluative information is provided on the approach used by Mitchell College, a small, private, liberal arts junior college, to meet the needs of learning disabled (LD) students. Introductory material cites the growing number of LD adults pursuing postsecondary educational options and describes the development of a learning resource…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Educational Diagnosis, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions
Butler-Adam, Jane E. – 1982
The study considers broader issues of language in relation to high intelligence in primary school children. Section 1 reviews the views of several theorists regarding the relationship of man's ability to think and to speak. Section 2 considers theories of intelligence; while Section 3 looks at types of intelligence quotient tests (including the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Creativity, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted
DeClue, James A.; Uchitelle, Susan – 1985
Progress made during 1984-85 in the implementation of a student transfer desegregation plan in St. Louis, Missouri, and surrounding counties, is described and evaluated in this report. Focus is on the activities of the two bodies which assumed responsibility for administering the plan, the Voluntary Interdistrict Coordinating Council (VICC) and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Carroll, Andrea; And Others – 1977
Designed to accompany the volume "The Secondary Resource Specialist in California--Promising Practices", the document presents the components of a program for training secondary resource specialists for mildly and moderately handicapped students. Covered are three training components, each including a listinq of objectives, reading…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Inservice Teacher Education
Elkins, Bruce; Czapski, Stephen – 1979
The report describes Detroit's Adaptive Physical Education Consortium Project in Michigan. Among the main objectives of the project are to coordinate all physical education and recreation services to the handicapped in the Detroit area; to facilitate the mainstreaming of capable handicapped individuals into existing "regular" physical…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Consortia, Coordination, Dance Therapy
British Columbia Univ., Vancouver. Center for Continuing Education. – 1979
Continuing education opportunities offered by the University of British Columbia (UBC) are summarized in this third comprehensive annual report for the year September 1978 to August 1979. The university administers a decentralized program encompassing several university offices, community resource centers, and individual faculty members. Evening,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annual Reports, Continuing Education Centers, Foreign Countries
Educational Service Region of Cook County, Chicago, IL. – 1980
This study examined the form and availability of alternative education programs in suburban Cook County, Illinois, public secondary schools. Alternative education was defined as any special program that is directed to specific academic, emotional, and/or work training needs of students. A survey was submitted to school districts to gather…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Dropout Programs, Educational Opportunities, Evening Programs
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1965
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A SPECIAL PROJECT IN SOME DISADVANTAGED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A CHICAGO SCHOOL DISTRICT. OVERAGE, UNDERACHIEVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS WERE OFFERED YEAR-ROUND SPECIAL INSTRUCTION AND AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDED VOCATIONAL SKILL TRAINING, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND PART-TIME JOBS. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS TO…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
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
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Occupational Education Research. – 1978
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the effect of a 1972 change in New York certification requirements for vocational education teachers which made it possible for individuals with minimal work experience to become certified to teach vocational subjects. To determine the effect of these changes on local schools, this study attempted to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Employment Qualifications, Research Reports, Special Programs
Lord, F.E., Ed.; Isenberg, Robert M., Ed. – 1964
Representative approaches used in programs in special education in the United States are presented. An overview is given of the types, definitions, numbers, and prevailing practices for serving exceptional children in the public schools; various approaches to developing area programs (contracting for service, organizing a special district, and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Comprehensive Programs, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Best, Helen; And Others – 1967
Students in 24 perceptual development classes for the minimally brain injured were studied to determine the effect of structured physical activity on motor skill development, to compare this effect with the effect of unstructured activity, and to determine the effect of an increased amount of time of physical activity. The Johnson Test of Motor…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
