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Jernigan, Joan – 1987
The Vocational Special Needs Support System is intended to identify students who are at risk of failing vocational and academic courses and prevent them from doing so. The system is designed to (1) identify these students' interests and aptitudes and assist them in selecting a high school program of study to match their career interests; (2)…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, High Risk Students, High Schools
Center for Informative Evaluation, Tucson, AZ. – 1981
To facilitate awareness in Indian child services by identifying perennial needs and pointing out developing responses at as many levels as possible the conference was divided into five major sections. Each workshop summary includes names of presenters, purpose of workshop, major points made during workshop, and available materials and human…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indian Education, Child Welfare, Children
Download full textSlaughter, Helen B.; Haussler, Myna – 1984
The Chapter 1 Language Enrichment Communicative Skills Project served students in eleven Tucson Arizona elementary schools in the primary grades during the 1983-84 school year. The project provided supplementary instruction in oral language interaction and developmental reading and writing in small groups. Students were selected on the basis of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communicative Competence (Languages), Federal Programs, Formative Evaluation
Cotter, Marian E. – 1981
This progress report on the Public Information Section of the St. Louis, Missouri public schools covers the period from April to September 1980 and includes a log of events and descriptions of activities related to the implementation of the school desegregation plan. According to this report, the Public Information Section incorporated the…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Roberts, Jo Ann; Szafraniec, Carleen – 1980
In order to review the first year of implementation of the Title I 89-313 federally funded Speech Assistant Program for severely/profoundly handicapped students in the Chicago public schools, data was gathered by interview, questionnaire and observation methods from speech assistants, speech pathologists (who supervised assistants), a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Needs Assessment
Tuttle, Frederick B., Jr. – 1978
The author examines research in the field and answers questions about educating gifted and talented students. (Sections focus on the following topics: characteristics of gifted individuals; identification procedures (including standardized group tests, creativity tests, and parent nomination); recommended identification procedures; misconceptions…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
National/State Leadership Training Inst. on the Gifted and Talented, Los Angeles, CA. – 1978
This document includes articles on programs for the gifted in urban and rural areas. Jean Blanning writes a personalized case-oriented record of an independent studies program offered in an urban high school (in New Haven, Connecticut) serving large numbers of minority children. This section gives testimony to the effectiveness of dedicated…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Needs, Educational Problems, Educational Strategies
Sanche, Robert P. – 1972
According to studies published since 1966, a number of factors appear to be related to the delivery of special education services in sparsely populated areas. Education should not attempt to "go it alone" in special education efforts, for the more sparse the population, the more necessary it is to involve the cooperation of other…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Disabilities, Homebound, Itinerant Teachers
Applied Urbanetics, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1978
Descriptive summaries of twenty-two rural and urban school systems throughout the United States are presented in this report. Data for each summary include: (1) an introduction which describes the school's student population, the school's desegregation strategy (court ordered or voluntary), grants received by the school, and problem areas focused…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged
Nathanson, Jaimie P. – 1975
For the special educator the Suffolk County (NY) Outdoor Learning Laboratories offer many spontaneous "teachable moments" that occur in the out-of-doors in which to guide students' attention and enthusiasm through the process of discovery and problem solving. The program welcomes students with varying degrees of physical, intellectual…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Disabilities, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
RICHMAN, VIVIEN – 1966
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING 1965-66 IS REVIEWED. THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, OBJECTIVES, AND PROGRAM COMPONENTS, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON STAFF, VARIETIES OF CLASSES PROVIDED, AND THE ACTIVITIES OF MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS ARE PRESENTED. THE ADJUSTMENT CLASSES AND RESOURCE ROOM FOR EMOTIONALLY…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Case Studies, Children, Emotional Disturbances
WOOCK, ROGER – 1967
PROJECT UPLIFT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUMMER OF 1965 IN HARLEM IN PART TO AVOID POSSIBLE RIOTS. CONNECTED WITH HARYOU-ACT, AND FUNDED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, THE PROJECT'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDED--CONSTRUCTION OF VEST POCKET PARKS, PLANTING OF TREES IN CENTRAL HARLEM, A REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM, BOOTHS TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT…
Descriptors: Athletics, Day Camp Programs, Drama Workshops, Federal Aid
FUCILLA, JOSEPH G. – 1967
THIS STUDY IS DESIGNED TO GIVE A WELL-ROUNDED AND CONTINUOUS HISTORY OF THE TEACHING OF ITALIAN IN THE UNITED STATES. AFTER PRESENTING A BRIEF PICTURE OF EARLY BRITISH INTEREST IN ITALY AND ITALIAN, THE REPORT TRACES THE CONSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY OF ITALIAN IN THE STATES FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE PRESENT DAY. AREAS DISCUSSED IN…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, FLES, History, Italian
Connors, Eugene T. – 1980
The implementation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142) has placed an enormous financial burden on local districts. In order to create special education programs that combine cost effectiveness and high quality, a regional model has been developed. The Therapeutic Residential Experience for Emotional Stability (TREES) in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Van Wyck, Betty – 1979
This paper provides an overview of the programs and services offered by the St. Louis Child Care Services to meet the needs of preschool and school-age children with special problems (physical, mental and behavioral). A short description of the programs and the services which were carried out between 1971-1979, along with the description of the…
Descriptors: After School Day Care, After School Programs, Elementary School Students, Enrollment
