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Rutgers, The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ. – 1968
The purpose of the seminar was to provide selected participants with a broader vision of the importance of vocational education in the rehabilitation of their charges. The program was organized with the "impulsive" offender in mind, or those presumed to be more easily rehabilitated. The advancing cost and increasing number of people committed to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Cooperative Education
Racine Unified School District 1, WI. – 1970
This report describes a teacher evaluation instrument for identifying educationally disadvantaged children. Also described are proposed and existing projects for fiscal year 1970, among which is an after school study center which will provide reinforcement for children retarded in reading and arithmetic skills. Other projects include a home…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Behavior Change, Compensatory Education, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Schmerler, Renee – 1992
The Neglected and Delinquent/High School Institutionalized Facilities Program, funded by the New York State Education Department under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981, provided diagnostic and prescriptive approaches to teaching prevocational, vocational/occupational, and life skills to 1,076 high school…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Correctional Institutions, Daily Living Skills, Delinquent Rehabilitation
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Support Programs. – 1988
This report reviews Chapter 1 programs in North Carolina during 1986-87. Data are provided on the following topics: (1) program administration; (2) Chapter 1 programs in local education agencies; (3) program participants; (4) instruction; (5) staff; (6) expenditures; (7) training; (8) parent involvement; (9) student achievement; (10) evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Holmes, Dennis H. – 1982
The Career Exploration Program was a 10-week outreach summer program for high-risk youth aged 16 to 21, operated for three years beginning in 1979 by the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America (OIC/A) and funded by the United States Department of Labor. The structured demonstration program focused specifically on high school dropouts,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1964
THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THROUGH EXPANDING OPPORTUNITES. INSERVICE TRAINING COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF DISADVANTAGED GROUPS AND TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR TEACHING PROGRAMS. TRAINING IS OFFERED IN LABORATORY SCHOOLS TO TEST NEW MATERIALS AND…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Community Action, Counseling Services, Curriculum Research
Graubard, Paul S., Ed. – 1969
Intended for college students and for teachers working with children who have not succeeded in school, the text presents research findings, brings concrete skills to the practioner, and attempts to clarify approaches to the problems of the field. The chapters, by different authors, discuss the following topics: ecological management of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Cognitive Development, Delinquency
Harlow, James D. – 1981
A self actualization and career education project was conducted by Cedar Valley College, one of the colleges in the Dallas County Community College District (Texas), for residents of the Dallas County Boys' Home. An instructor from the college's counseling center conducted programs on both campuses, and in addition to this linkage, the project…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Community Education, Cooperative Programs
MCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER AIMS TO SHOW THAT VOCATIONAL TRAINING LEADING TO EMPLOYMENT, INTENSIVE COUNSELING, BASIC EDUCATION CLASSES, AND A PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP OF RELEASEES CAN DECREASE THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM AND EFFECT ENOUGH BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN INMATES TO TURN THEM INTO USEFUL CITIZENS. TRAINING…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Appliance Repair, Auto Mechanics, Behavior Change
Gaston, Debra Wickstrom; And Others – 1978
Through an intensive 19 day outdoor experience of backpacking, hiking, rock climbing, and white water canoeing, the Connecticut Wilderness School has provided a novel therapeutic approach for problem youth referred by a wide variety of state agencies. To determine if participants in this program become more internally oriented, develop a higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adventure Education, Behavior Change, Camping
Division of Compensatory Education, BESE. – 1967
AFTER STATISTICALLY DEFINING THE NATIONAL PROBLEM OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND REVIEWING THE PROVISIONS UNDER THE AMENDED TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, THE DOCUMENT DESCRIBES A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS WHICH MAY HAVE TO BE ADAPTED UNDER THE NEW AMENDMENT TO SUIT AN OPEN INSTITUTION…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Counseling, Counseling Services, Delinquency
Berkeley, Heather, Ed.; And Others – 1978
In recent years, the issue of children's rights has become a focal point of concern and controversy. This collection of papers focuses on children's rights under Canadian laws and in Canadian schools. Papers providing general overviews include "Children's Rights in the Canadian Context" by Chad Gaffield and W. Gordon West and "A…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Sacramento, CA. – 1973
The three volume report documents the project to review and evaluate the educational component of the Los Angeles County Juvenile Camp System: the first volume summarizes the project; the second presents in detail the project design, findings and conclusions, recommendations, and guidelines for implementation; and the third volume contains…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Data Analysis, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Pennsylvania State Correctional Inst., Camp Hill. – 1968
Full development of the educational, occupational, and attitudinal abilities of young delinquents admitted to the Camp Hill State Correctional Institute was the object of this Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Program. Young adults 15-21 years committed to Camp Hill average 6.1 on the standard educational battery test and their…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Bibliographies, Career Guidance, College Credits
Levin, Boris Mikhailovich; Levin, Mikhail Borisovich – Soviet Education, 1990
Explores the extent of and reasons for alcohol use among Soviet juvenile delinquents, ages 14-18, confined to labor-upbringing colonies. Examines reasons for drinking, for committing crimes, onset of drinking, and links between types of crimes and frequency of drinking. Illustrates alcohol-crime link. Postulates how family influence predetermines…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Antisocial Behavior, Correctional Institutions
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