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Download full textVinick, Barbara H. – 1983
The fact that few researchers have studied loneliness in widowhood may be related to the concept itself which spans intellectual perspectives, incorporating elements of affect, cognition, and social structure. To examine loneliness among elderly widowers, 24 adult males (participants in a more comprehensive study of widowed men, aged 63 to 93…
Descriptors: Activities, Daily Living Skills, Emotional Problems, Life Satisfaction
Stiles, Richard L.; And Others – 1984
The California Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) is a comprehensive educational system designed to enable adult educators to develop and evaluate a life skills curriculum for competency based educational programs. The system comprises the CASAS Competency List, the CASAS Item Bank, the User's Manual, the Curriculum Index and Matrix, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Competency Based Education
Farlow, Leslie J.; And Others – 1988
The study examined the relationship between probe and training conditions on performance of nine severely handicapped students on functional tasks in classroom and community settings. Findings led to the following recommendations to teachers: measures of student performance under natural or probe conditions should be evaluated in addition to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Daily Living Skills, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
Retsinas, Joan; Garrity, Patricia – 1985
A nursing home has three discharge tracks, determined at admission and reviewed periodically along with treatment plans. Advised by the admitting physicians, the nursing home social worker assesses each resident's discharge prognosis: (1) a discharge plan is in effect; (2) discharge is problematic; or (3) no discharge is planned. A substantial…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Family Role, Individual Characteristics
Soder, Roger – 1984
The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of the context and process by which the Board adopted a policy, came to question that policy, and ultimately rescinded that policy, while maintaining legitimacy within its environment. In 1977, the Board of Directors of a large urban school district adopted a policy establishing successful…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Influence, Daily Living Skills, Educational Change
Campeau, Peggie L.; And Others – 1992
This report on a project called Performance Assessment for Self-Sufficiency (PASS) covers activities conducted in the first stage of expert system development: the acquisition of knowledge to be used as the foundation for the expert system prototype. The project is developing an information system for anticipating the service needs of young…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Daily Living Skills, Data Collection, Decision Making
