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Greene, Margret – 1988
A curriculum and teacher guide are provided for a program to teach daily living skills to 0-4 level adult basic education students. The guide presents a method of instruction and lists the materials provided. Teaching plans (content outlines) are provided for these areas: cooking, housekeeping, laundry, leisure skills, and medication awareness. A…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Guides, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1983
The Supplementary Services for Previously Non-Public-School Institutionalized Students in New York City was designed to assist students who were formerly educated at state-operated or state-supported schools to adapt to public school education. The 1982-83 program served 1054 students in 367 sites, which included community schools, high schools, a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Affective Behavior
Valletutti, Peter J.; And Others – 1996
This third of three manuals providing a curriculum for students with disabilities focuses on the development of functional academic skills. An introductory chapter provides an overview of the curriculum and offers guidelines for developing instructional plans for the following three units of study. Unit 1 is on the development of functional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Curriculum
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Div. of Continuing Education. – 1982
This directory provides summaries of 65 1980-81 continuing education projects in British Columbia. Projects are categorized into the two broad sections of Adult Basic Education and Community Education which are subdivided by major subject area. Section A, Adult Basic Education, has these three subject areas: Literacy/Up-Grading/Life Skills,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Action, Community Education
Bourland, Eric, Ed. – NICHCY Transition Summary, 1996
This issue consists of a collection of articles that focus on the types of skills and programs that youth with disabilities need to travel independently. Articles include: (1) "An Introduction to Travel Training" (Margaret M. Groce) discusses the support for travel training provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Basic Education, Child Rearing, Civil Rights Legislation
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1988
This guide is intended to make adult educators aware of the materials and products for use with special needs adults that have been developed with funds from Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. The resources have been grouped into the following categories: adult education program management, adults with disabilities, competency-based adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Competency Based Education
Rio Salado Community Coll., AZ. – 1985
A project was conducted to deliver general educational development (GED) instruction through an audio teleconferencing system to adult students in Arizona. Using a previously existing audio teleconferencing system owned by Rio Salado Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, project staff developed a series of credit and noncredit teleconferencing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Daily Living Skills
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1995
Intended to share information about specialized training and demonstration activities from a rich diversity of local subject interests, environments, and populations served, this guide is a compilation of adult education and literacy resources funded under the Adult Education Act. Information is provided on 276 projects funded under Section 353 of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education
McDonnell, John; And Others – 1996
This text is intended to provide new and practicing professionals with an introduction to the strategies necessary to support the transition of students with moderate and severe disabilities from school to community life. It offers recommendations for designing and implementing middle school, high school, and post-high school programs, addressing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Curriculum Development
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1997
This document profiles 285 adult education and literacy resources that were developed with funding provided under Section 353 of the Adult Education Act. The resources are grouped according to the following categories: adult education program management; adults with disabilities, competency-based adult education; corrections education; English as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Leon County Schools, Tallahassee, FL. – 1991
This curriculum guide is designed to help special education adult educators enable adult handicapped students to develop, enhance, and maintain basic skills and competencies commensurate with their interests and ability levels. In addition to an introduction, this guide contains instructions on how to use the Individual Handicapped Adult Education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Communication Skills, Consumer Education, Curriculum Guides
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1993
This guide contains descriptions of 187 adult education resources/projects funded under Section 353 of the Adult Education Act. Included in the guide are descriptions of special demonstration projects emphasizing methods for educating adults with various special needs and descriptions of activities designed to train teachers to recognize and serve…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Annotated Bibliographies
Seibles, Mary, Comp. – 1984
This catalog, the seventh in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, was developed to facilitate the exchange of programmatic information among adult education practitioners about projects funded by states under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. This catalog contains 382 project abstracts from 46 states. The…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Resources
Parker, James, Ed. – 1986
This catalog, which describes over 350 projects, is the ninth in a series of annual listings intended to inform adult educators about projects funded under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. The projects are organized according to the following areas: administration, assessment, community linkage, computer-based programs, correctional…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1984
Designed to provide information about projects funded by States under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act, this catalog lists 400 projects. It is the eighth in a series of annual listings of special projects and staff development programs. The 400 projects are divided into 18 categories or subject areas. These categories are administration,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Literacy