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Download full textResearch Connections in Special Education, 2001
This issue discusses homework issues related to students with disabilities and how to ensure that students with disabilities benefit from homework. It addresses communication problems teachers face in assigning homework to students with disabilities and recommendations for overcoming these communication barriers. Strategies are provided for…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills
Nathanson, Jeanne H., Ed. – OSERS News in Print, 1993
This theme issue on transitions for individuals with disabilities contains nine papers discussing transition programs and issues. "Transition Issues for the 1990s," by Michael J. Ward and William D. Halloran, discusses self-determination, school responsibility for transition, continued educational engagement of at-risk students, and service…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Verrette, Sallie C., Ed. – Iowa Journal of School Social Work, 1989
The journal of the Iowa School Social Worker's Association is dedicated to the enhancement of social work practice in schools. It attempts to disseminate knowledge relevant to practice and to promote effective and accountable models for professional use. Included in this series of journals is the journal's first issue, published at the time of the…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
Rasbold, Ruth-Ann – Early Childhood Bulletin, 1994
Since Part H Interagency Coordination Councils (ICCs) were established in 1986, parents have been discussing what the primary role of the parent member is and should be, such as providing a parent and family perspective to the work of the ICC or representing family consumers throughout their state and, as such, a wide range of needs and opinions.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
McManus, Marilyn, Ed. – Focal Point, 1995
This newsletter theme issue discusses collaboration between professionals and families whose children have emotional disorders. Background information is provided on the concept of empowerment and the development of collaboration as a principle for delivering services. Factors that lead to empowerment and barriers experienced by families are…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Community Services, Coordination
Community Update, 1997
This document consists of the 11 issues of the newsletter, "Community Update," which were published between April 1996 and March 1997. The newsletter provides information to help schools and communities reach the National Education Goals. Each issue contains announcements of monthly satellite town meetings, topics to be discussed in…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Caplan, Elizabeth, Ed.; Blankenship, Kelly, Ed.; McManus, Marilyn, Ed. – Focal Point, 1998
This bulletin focuses on family participation in mental health policymaking and highlights state efforts to increase family involvement. Articles include: (1) "Promoting Family Member Involvement in Children's Mental Health Policy Making Bodies," which describes how different states are promoting family member involvement in various statutory and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Family Involvement
Silvern, Joan, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1991
This newsletter issue highlights a variety of successful youth, family, and community program models that have been developed to curb substance abuse, lessen risk factors, and strengthen protective and supportive resources for individuals and their communities. The newsletter includes the following articles: (1) "A Systems Approach to the…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, American Indians, Community Programs, Cultural Awareness
Anthony, William A., Ed.; Wolkon, George H., Ed. – Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 1990
This special journal "Theme" issue presents a collection of papers reflecting the psychiatric practices and community treatment for persons with severe psychiatric disabilities in Asia, Africa, Australia, and India. Some of the papers were presented at the 1988 meeting of the World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR) in…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations
Higgins, Cindy, Ed. – Families and Disability Newsletter, 1997
This theme issue focuses on family-centered practices and policies for service delivery. The first article, "Family-Centered Service Delivery," reports on a study of 130 published sources in education, social work, nursing, psychology, occupational therapy, and related disciplines, which found that the key components of family-centered…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Awareness, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
White, Sheida; Dewitz, Peter – NAEP Facts, 1996
The 1994 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) reading assessment was administered to approximately 27,400 public and non-public school students at grades 4, 8, and 12. Across the 3 grades assessed, there were a total of 96 multiple-choice, 144 short constructed-response, and 33 extended constructed-response questions. Information for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement, Family Role, Grade 12
Eggbeer, Linda, Ed.; Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1995
This special newsletter issue was based on a July 1994 forum for educators and trainers of infant/family practitioners. Papers in the first section present emerging conceptual frameworks and the process of helping trainees to use these frameworks. Included are the following papers: "Head Start: The Emotional Foundations of School Readiness as…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Silvern, Joan, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1990
This newsletter issue focuses on the issues surrounding and benefits of childcare that actively involves the family. Articles include: (1) "The Working Parents' Dilemma"; (2) "The Consortium of Family Organizations"; (3) "Children's Services: Directions for the Future"; (4) "Implementing Strategic Policies for…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Day Care, Divorce, Employed Parents
Aranda, Mario J., Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1987
This issue of the Family Resource Coalition Report focuses on Hispanic families. The articles and authors are the following: (1) Voices and Issues: A Celebration of Hispanic Diversity, M. Aranda; (2) Some Facts in Understanding Latino Families, J. Hernandez; (3) Invisibility in the Data, Invisibility in the Policy: The Latino Family and Public…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Community Programs, Cultural Differences, Family Financial Resources
Pianta, Robert C.; Cox, Martha J.; Taylor, Lorriane; Early, Diane – NCEDL Spotlight, 1999
Teachers' most common initiatives to help students in their transition to kindergarten signal a negative shift in quality, nature, and depth of contact. Excerpting an article discussing transition practices of kindergarten teachers, this newsletter issue summarizes a study of 3,595 kindergarten teachers. The teachers were asked about their use of…
Descriptors: Day Care, Family Involvement, Kindergarten, Parent School Relationship
