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R. C. Asher; V. A. Shrewsbury; B. Innes; A. Fitzpatrick; S. Simmonds; V. Cross; A. Rose; E. Hinton; C. E. Collins – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Culinary nutrition education can support improved diet-related health and wellbeing. This pre-post pilot study aimed to assess feasibility and acceptability of an eight-session culinary nutrition programme, the Food and Lifestyle Information Programme (FLIP), for adults with mild-to-moderate intellectual disability. A secondary aim was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mild Intellectual Disability, Nutrition, Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Metzger, Aaron; Crean, Hugh F.; Forbes-Jones, Emma L. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
This study examines patterns of organized activity and their concurrent association with academic achievement, problem behavior, and perceived adult support in a sample of urban, early adolescent, middle school students (mean age = 13.01; N = 2,495). Cluster analyses yielded six activity profiles: an uninvolved group (n = 775, 31.1%), a multiply…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Early Adolescents, Participation, Academic Achievement
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Rimmerman, Arie; Hozmi, Beny; Duvdevany, Ilana – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2000
A study tested the effect of controlled contact with children with developmental disabilities on the attitudes of 62 Israeli volunteer college students toward children with disabilities. The main finding indicates the association between contact and attitudes was related to the time of exposure to a person with disability. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, College Students
Commission on National and Community Service, Washington, DC. – 1993
This report characterizes the current state of community service in the United States, discusses actions the Commission on National and Community Service has taken, and sketches some alternatives for the future. An executive summary presents the main themes of the report. Chapter 1 describes the promise of national and community service for the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Citizen Participation