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Evans, Josie M. M.; Connelly, Jenni; Jepson, Ruth; Gray, Cindy; Shepherd, Ashley; Mackison, Dionne – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: A Bingo club was selected for the design and delivery of a health intervention (Well!Bingo) in order to engage with older women living in areas of socio-economic disadvantage. In the light of our experience, we discuss the significance of the setting in relation to a typology of health promotion settings. Design and Setting: The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Intervention, Games
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Santomauro, Damian; Sheffield, Jeanie; Sofronoff, Kate – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Depression is a potentially life threatening affective disorder that is highly prevalent in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a cognitive behavioural intervention for depression in adolescents with ASD. Participants were randomly assigned to the…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Adolescents, Intervention, Pilot Projects
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White, Susan W.; Richey, John A.; Gracanin, Denis; Coffman, Marika; Elias, Rebecca; LaConte, Stephen; Ollendick, Thomas H. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
The number of young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) enrolled in higher education institutions has steadily increased over the last decade. Despite this, there has been little research on how to most effectively support this growing population. The current study presents data from a pilot trial of two novel intervention programs…
Descriptors: College Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Pilot Projects
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Nguyen, Cathina T.; Fairclough, Diane L.; Noll, Robert B. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Problem-solving skills training is an intervention designed to teach coping skills that has shown to decrease negative affectivity (depressive symptoms, negative mood, and post-traumatic stress symptoms) in mothers of children with cancer. The objective of this study was to see whether mothers of children recently diagnosed with autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Problem Solving, Mothers
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Morris, Heather; Skouteris, Helen; Edwards, Susan; Rutherford, Leonie Margaret; Cutter-Mackenzie, Amy; O'Connor, Amanda; Mantilla, Ana; Huang, Terry TK; Lording, Kate Marion; Williams-Smith, Janet – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
We sought to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of a preschool/kindergarten curriculum intervention designed to increase 4-year-old children's knowledge of healthy eating, active play and the sustainability consequences of their food and toy choices. Ninety intervention and 65 control parent/child…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Intervention, Questionnaires
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Na, Kyung-Ah; Park, Hyun-Jung; Han, Seok Jin – Research in Dance Education, 2016
In this paper, we propose a community-based dance programme designed for North Korean female defectors in South Korea, with the aim of promoting their physical, psychological, and interpersonal aspects. We set up four research objectives: to look into social contexts of North Korean female refugees in South Korea, to identify the women's desire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Refugees, Females
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Ylven, Regina; Granlund, Mats; Persson, Carina – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2012
Problem solving is recognized as a skill, helping families of children with disabilities to manage problems in everyday life. Family problem-solving skills may therefore be seen as an important outcome of a child and youth habilitation service. The aim of this pilot feasibility study was to examine the design of a future web-based questionnaire…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Problem Solving, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Dockrell, Julie; Marshall, Chloë; Wyse, Dominic – Education Endowment Foundation, 2015
"Talk for Writing" is an approach to teaching writing that emphasizes three teaching methods: (1) 'imitation' (where pupils learn texts by heart, so they can discuss and dissect them); (2) 'innovation' (where pupils adapt stories to create their own versions); and (3) 'invention' (where teachers help pupils to create original stories).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Imitation
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Pluye, Pierre; Grad, Roland; Granikov, Vera; Theriault, Guylene; Fremont, Pierre; Burnand, Bernard; Mercer, Jay; Marlow, Bernard; Arroll, Bruce; Luconi, Francesca; Legare, France; Labrecque, Michel; Ladouceur, Roger; Bouthillier, France; Sridhar, Soumya Bindiganavile; Moscovici, Jonathan – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Systematic literature reviews provide best evidence, but are underused by clinicians. Thus, integrating Cochrane reviews into continuing medical education (CME) is challenging. We designed a pilot CME program where summaries of Cochrane reviews ("Courriels Cochrane") were disseminated by e-mail. Program participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Medical Education, Physicians
Conlan, Sharon; And Others – 1989
A 14-month pilot of INFO-U, a fully automated telephone information service, assessed the feasibility of the technology in Minnesota Extension Service (MES) county offices to respond to consumer telephone queries. The project was designed to: (1) explore the potential of regional Extension cooperation and resource sharing; (2) increase recognition…
Descriptors: Dial Access Information Systems, Feasibility Studies, Information Dissemination, Pilot Projects
Council, Forrest M.; And Others – 1978
A three-year pilot project was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a statewide off-road motorcycle training program for beginning drivers in North Carolina. The first year of the program involved approximately 422 students from five locations, the second year involved seven sites across the State. The three basic criteria for the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Driver Education, Feasibility Studies, Pilot Projects
Patrick, Edward; And Others – 1980
Outlined and evaluated in this paper is the collaborative process used by Project 81 state educational agency (SEA), local educational agency (LEA) and support staff in planning and managing a survey to validate life-role competency statements at twelve pilot sites in Pennsylvania. The project is a Pennsylvania Department of Education…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Competency Based Education
Azin-Manley, Mariam; Olson, Christine – 1997
This report presents the results of the evaluation of the Governor's Pilot Distance Learning Project conducted during the spring of 1997 in four rural Wyoming high schools that served as pilot sites for the use of compressed video technology. Such technology provides coursework via two-way interactive video and is used in several states as a way…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Feasibility Studies, High School Students, High Schools
O'Neill, John Nicholas – 1971
This research studies the possibility of increasing an exchange of information among college programs of industrial arts and industrial technology. A total of 213 administrators of teacher education programs in industrial arts were surveyed by mailed questionnaires to determine their ability and willingness to exchange instructional materials with…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Communication Problems, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations
Strong, Emily; Vallery, Arlee
Tests of conditionability in infants were used in a longidudinal study of 32 subjects in the first year of life. The research was based on Eysenck's hypothesis that conditionability i s a unitary factor related to introversion-extroversion and attention span. The objective of the investigators was to devise a battery of conditioning tasks…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Conditioning
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