This report evaluates education programs within the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Board of Education which received funds under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981. In addition to fulfilling legal requirements, the report serves as a critique of the effectiveness of program management and leadership at local,…

The 1983 summer E.C.I.A. Chapter 1, Part B Institutionalized Facilities Program provided supplementary career education and daily living skills instruction to 780 students residing in facilities for neglected and delinquent children and youth. Analyses of the pupil achievement data indicated that the program was highly effective: nearly all…

Twenty-one upper level psychology students underwent 24 hours of paraprofessional training, followed by 15 hours of practica experience. When compared to controls, experimental subjects' attitudes toward three target groups (institutionalized patients, graduate students in psychology, and undergraduates in psychology) became significantly more…

A special project for aged, hospitalized mental patients, drawing on home economics skills in a team approach to rehabilitation, provides skills training leading to patients' increased capacity for self-care, helps patients transfer from the hospital to some form of community life, and provides follow-up services. (Author/AJ)

Discussed are approximately 60 physical activities for institutionalized severely retarded children. (CL)

The family and school environment of 47 juvenile delinquents (JD) who were learning disabled (LD), 15 JD-nonLD Ss, 23 nonJD-LD Ss, and 5 nonJD-nonLD Ss were examined to investigate a possible link between juvenile delinquency and learning disability. Ss were from a state industrial reformatory which offers academic and vocational training to…

Texas State Library activities for 1977 which were funded under the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) are reported, including administrative expenses for LSCA; administrative tape conversion--to duplicate books recorded on open reel tapes to cassettes for use by the blind; continuing education and consulting for librarians; special…

A specialized therapeutic intervention called peer-pair psychotherapy was administered to five pairs of severely disturbed and retarded children (4 to 9 years old) in a residential psychiatric setting. The feasibility of the intervention was determined by the social interaction before, during, and after two blocks of 10 treatment sessions by a…

This bibliography reviews approximately 70 reference materials on criminal justice. Entries are presented in eight categories--dictionaries, indexes and abstracts, professional position papers, working conditions and unions, law and the police, crime, prisons and prisoners, and victimization. Types of publications included under the subject…

The relationship between age and residential factors in environmental preference was investigated by measuring the degree to which recently institutionalized elderly adapted to the new environment. Their needs and preferences for environmental qualities of stiumulation, order and privacy were assessed and compared with a matched sample of older…

From the surge of recent litigation it appears that the civil rights movement has at last discovered another oppressed minority. Traditionally, society and the courts have ignored mental patients during their institutional confinement. Particular attention has been paid to the newly emerging concepts of rights to treatment, least restrictive…