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Friedman, Clare Taylor – Exceptional Parent, 1989
Integrating infants with visual impairments into playgroups for nonhandicapped infants and their parents has been successfully accomplished and offers benefits to both infants and parents. A model demonstration project, "Parents and Visually Impaired Infants Project," integrated infants into a community program involving play, music, and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Infants
Levin, Diane E. – 1998
Ever since television became a daily staple of U.S. family life, its influence on children has been the subject of study and debate. No aspect of the debate has been more heated than violence in the media. But a growing knowledge base has shifted the focus of the debate from whether media violence contributes to violence in real life to what can…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development, Child Welfare, Childrens Television
Helen Keller National Center - Technical Assistance Center, Sands Point, NY. – 1991
This community living assessment tool for parents of children with deaf-blindness was developed to help parents identify the strengths and weaknesses of their child's residential program using a user-friendly instrument. Three areas of assessment are covered: physical attributes of the home, available resources for promoting capabilities, and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Programs, Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education
Delaware Valley Child Care Council, Philadelphia, PA. – 1993
These two booklets, one for parents and the other for human service professionals, were designed by the Delaware Valley Child Care Council to provide information about local day care services to low and moderate income families, families with income at or below the poverty level, and families who either receive or have received public assistance…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Ray, Tip; Meidl, Diane – 1991
This booklet attempts to answer commonly asked questions of parents of children with developmental disabilities about how to get children active in community recreational activities. The questions focus on accessing recreational activities and settings that include children both with and without disabilities. The booklet notes requirements of…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adolescents, Children, Community Programs
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
This book focuses on the prevention of drug and alcohol use by children. It is intended for use by parents, teachers, students, religious and community leaders, and others interested in drug prevention. The book, which begins with a letter by Nancy Reagan and an introduction by Secretary of Education, William J. Bennett, stresses the seriousness…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Role, Drinking
Transition Summary, 1986
Two articles examine issues of transition for people with mental retardation. The first article describes how the Ohio Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) developed a parent-based project to monitor the quality of residential placements. The project was intended to assess both the strengths and weaknesses of community residential programs, to…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Group Homes, Mental Retardation
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Holden, Cathie – Educational Review, 2004
Education for citizenship has the teaching of social and moral education, community involvement and political literacy at its core. Perhaps more than any other curriculum area, the influence of the home is significant, yet little is known of the extent to which parents support the teaching of citizenship. This paper presents the findings from a…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Case Studies
McDermott, Dana R. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
This book looks at parent-professional-child relations very differently than other books in this area. Author Dana McDermott focuses on parents and teachers as adult learners who should be growing and learning along with the children in their care. Accessibly written, the book synthesizes the latest theories and research on parent-and adult-child…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Teachers, Parents, Cultural Context
Pitts, Raymond J., Jr.; Marchitell, Carolyn K. – 1994
This guidebook is intended to assist parents of children with disabilities who will be returning to the state of Maryland because of Senate Bill 588, which strongly discourages out-of-state placements of individuals with disabilities or other special needs. The first section is on "getting ready" and provides a summary of Senate Bill…
Descriptors: Community Services, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Decker, Larry E.; And Others – 1994
This book describes how school systems across the nation are seeking new ways to involve parents while strengthening efforts already in place. The introduction describes the need for strengthening the school's ties to the community, in light of increasing numbers of children living in conditions that predispose them to being at risk, such as…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation
News Digest, 1986
Two newsletters focus on alternatives for community living and approaches to teaching social skills to children and youth with disabilities. The first issue provides information on some family support services and community-based living arrangements that are currently available for children with severe and profound handicaps or chronic illnesses.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Community Programs
Gardner, Mary, Ed.; Reed-Mundell, Charlene, Ed. – 1984
This document provides nine papers presented at a 2-day conference where representatives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) described the future of space exploration and discussed the implications of that future for educators. The proceedings begins with an introduction by Ralph Winrich, NASA Aerospace Education…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Community Colleges, Computer Graphics, Computers
Shields, Mark – Exceptional Parent, 1986
Parents need information about the range of community resources and services available to them as soon as they learn their child has a disability. Schools must take a more active role in directing parents to community resources. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Community Services, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship
Brindis, Claire D.; Park, M. Jane; Valderrama, L. Teresa; Lee, Caron M.; Margolis, Rebecca; Kolbe, Lloyd J.; Achrekar, Angeli P.; Hannan, Casey; Anglin, Trina M. – US Department of Health and Human Services, 2004
Adolescence represents a unique period in the life cycle. No longer children and not yet adults, adolescents make significant choices about their health and develop attitudes and health practices that impact their current safety and well-being. Those choices also often influence their risk for future serious chronic disease. Adolescence also…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adolescents, Human Services, Health Promotion
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