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Peer reviewedSachs-Ericsson, Natalie; Ciarlo, James A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Three methods of designating everyday-dysfunction cases in the Colorado Social Health Survey are compared for a sample of 4,745 adults. The clinical judgment approach was chosen as the primary method of identification, with the statistical deviation criterion a backup. The patient criterion group approach was less useful. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Case Records, Clinical Diagnosis
Download full textMathematica Policy Research, Inc., Plainsboro, NJ. – 1986
This report describes the evaluation of the National Long-Term Care (Channeling) Demonstration, a rigorous test of comprehensive case management of community care as a way of containing long-term care costs for the impaired elderly while providing adequate care to those in need. The evaluation process is presented as an experimental design with…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Daily Living Skills, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Reynolds, Arthur J.; Bezruczko, Nikolaus – 1988
The proliferation of minimum competency testing in recent years has not resulted in a critical analysis of the construct validity of such tests. The present study examined the dimensionality and construct validity of an urban life skills competency test (the 1987 eighth-grade Chicago Minimum Proficiency Skills Test (MPST) via linear analysis. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Construct Validity, Daily Living Skills, Elementary School Students
Case, Elizabeth J.; Bearman-Bucher, Isabel – 1987
The therapeutic swimming program of the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools (APS) for severely handicapped students was evaluated to determine its impact and effectiveness. The program is funded under Public Law 94-142, Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Data were collected by interviews, surveys, review of records, and observation. A…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Fischer, Joan Keller; And Others – 1980
This report on the state level use and application of the 1971-1977 Adult Performance Level (APL) study contains two reports: "Competencies for Adult Basic Education and Diploma Programs: A Summary of Studies and Cross-Reference of Results." by Joan Keller Fischer and "The APL Study: Science, Dissemination, and the Nature of Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Competence, Competency Based Education
Hesmondhalgh, Matthew; Breakey, Christine – 2001
Based on pioneering work at a school in Sheffield, England, this book explores the universal issues of access and inclusion in employment and education for children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It describes the challenges educators faced in establishing and running an integrated resource room for children with ASD within…
Descriptors: Autism, Career Education, Curriculum Design, Daily Living Skills
Drug Strategies, Washington, DC. – 1998
Schools are uniquely qualified to play a significant role in preventing violence. In order to assist school officials in choosing the most successful strategies, this guide presents a comprehensive assessment of the 84 most widely used school violence prevention programs in the country. In the introduction, the extent of the problem of school…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Conflict Resolution, Daily Living Skills, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedKenny, Maureen E.; Rice, Kenneth G. – Counseling Psychologist, 1995
Presents a model--consistent with formulations in developmental psychology and psychopathology--that extends attachment theory to late adolescence. Discusses attachment in the context of life-span development, stress, coping, and adjustment. Favors addressing methodological challenges in order to validate attachment-based developmental and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior
Peer reviewedKussrow, Paul G. – NASSP Bulletin, 1993
Educators have forsaken public education's goals and their responsibility to parents and the community by substituting standardized test scores, college entrance requirements, varsity sports, and academic competition for helping young people prepare for life. Schools must involve the community in helping all students learn major life roles,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Daily Living Skills, Educational Objectives
Meyer, Luanna H.; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1990
Development and validation of the Assessment of Social Competence (ASC), designed for individuals at all levels of functioning, are described. Results from samples of 140 children/youth and 161 adults with mental retardation and other disabilities indicate ASC is a comprehensive, criterion-referenced tool for both descriptive and intervention…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Criterion Referenced Tests, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1985
In 1983-84, the Education Consolidation Improvement Act (E.C.I.A.), Chapter 1, Part B Institutionalized Facilities Program was sponsored jointly by the Division of Special Education and, for the first time, the Division of the High Schools of the New York City Public Schools. The program provided supplementary career education and daily living…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Delinquency
Gittman, Elizabeth – 1987
The final report describes the objectives and accomplishments of Project COMPETE, a 3-year project in New York State whose purpose was to develop secondary and transitional postsecondary programming for training youth with severe disabilities in skills necessary to achieve a successful transition from school to vocational opportunities in their…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship, Job Placement
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1980
This is the second of three annual evaluation reports of the Georgia Life Skills for Mental Health program, a primary prevention program for alcohol and drug abuse which utilizes community mental health agencies as the link between program sponsors and public schools. This report is designed to document the program evaluation progress, inform the…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Coping, Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedMatson, Johnny L. – Child & Youth Services, 1988
Reviews some of the major developments in teaching and training relevant community skills to mentally retarded persons. The following adaptive skills are discussed: (1) toilet use and bed wetting; (2) eating, dressing, and personal hygiene; (3) community survival; and (4) vocational and social skills. (BJV)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Exceptional Persons, Mainstreaming
Romano, John L. – 1983
The Connection, a 15-month demonstration program which provided educational and social services to high-risk adolescents at South High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is reviewed and evaluated in this report. The program, conducted through a collaborative effort between the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Public Schools, provided…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Counseling, Daily Living Skills, Delinquency
