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Williams, Sarah – 1988
This report highlights the major issues discussed during a 2-day workshop on Medicaid funding for community-based mental health services for children and youth with severe emotional disturbances. The report opens with a brief description of the service needs of children and youth with severe emotional disturbances and the system of care that can…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances
Copper, Linda Royahn – 1992
This paper describes a pilot program conducted in Baltimore County, Maryland, which involves using an Apple IIc computer with homebound students. The computer is used to initiate a unit or topic, to provide drill and practice, to review or reinforce a concept, and to motivate students. A sample home teaching lesson plan on the topic of measurement…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Colletta, Nancy Donohue; Satoto – 1989
Over the past decade, there has been a worldwide search for caretaking factors which protect children from poverty, poor health, and neglect. This search has shifted in focus from unchangeable risk factors to conditions and behaviors that can be taught to caregivers. These conditions seem to be: (1) based in species-wide needs; (2) specific to…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Rearing, Children, Early Intervention
McWilliam, R. A.; Strain, Phillip S. – 1993
This paper lists practices recommended by the Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Early Childhood concerning service delivery models in early intervention and early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) programs for infants and young children with special needs and their families. An introductory section discusses five principles that…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Hanson, Janice; Freund, Maxine B. – 1990
This manual describes the results of a 3-year research project at George Washington University (District of Columbia) called the Assessment as Intervention Project, which explored approaches to parent-sensitive developmental follow-up for prematurely born infants who received neonatal intensive care and their families (N=25). After an…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Check Lists, Child Development, Early Intervention
Illinois Public Health Association, Springfield. – 1987
Three separate bibliographies, dealing with disabled infants up to 3 years of age, list books, journal articles, research studies, manuals, and other publications regarding resources for parents, resources for parent educators, and materials on family support services. Sixty resources are listed for parents, including literature dealing with…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Resources
Anthony, William A., Ed.; Wolkon, George H., Ed. – Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 1990
This special journal "Theme" issue presents a collection of papers reflecting the psychiatric practices and community treatment for persons with severe psychiatric disabilities in Asia, Africa, Australia, and India. Some of the papers were presented at the 1988 meeting of the World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR) in…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1990
The report reviews home visiting as an early intervention strategy to provide health, social, education, or other services to improve maternal and child health and well-being. The report describes: (1) the nature and scope of existing home-visiting programs in the United States and Europe; (2) the effectiveness of home visiting; (3) strategies…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Early Intervention, Federal Legislation, Government Role
Illinois State Dept. on Aging, Springfield. – 1987
This document contains Phase I of the Illinois Department on Aging Human Services Plan for Fiscal Years 1986-1988. It describes planning efforts related to past, current, and future service delivery systems for Illinois' aging services network. The introduction describes the Department on Aging's programs and the service network within which they…
Descriptors: Administration, Aging (Individuals), Community Services, Delivery Systems
Illinois State Dept. on Aging, Springfield. – 1986
This document contains an annual report on Illinois' Community Care Program (CCP), a program which provides in-home and other support services to help older persons to remain living at home and avoid premature institutionalization. Three levels of care provided by the CCP are described: (1) chore housekeeping, consisting of basic household tasks…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Aging (Individuals), Community Services, Home Management
Wright, June L.; Church, Marilyn J. – 1986
A model of parent involvement in computer education is discussed in relation to activities of the Computer Discovery Project at the Center for Young Children, University of Maryland. Content focuses on parents' attitudes and concerns about the use of microcomputers in educational settings. Growth in parents' involvement with computers is…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Equal Education, Home Programs, Microcomputers
McLaughlin, Milbrey W.; Shields, Patrick M. – 1986
Strategies to involve parents in the schooling of their children, especially parents of economically or educationally disadvantaged youngsters, are generally either advisory or collaborative. Advisory strategies structure parental involvement through councils at the school or district level. Collaborative strategies pursue various methods for…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
Winter, Phoebe C. – 1989
This paper includes a discussion of South Carolina's 1988 amendment to the law regulating home schooling instruction. A brief history of the law and the amendment is provided. Prior to the passage of the amendment, the State Board of Education approved home instruction programs. The amendment specifies: (1) procedures for application; (2)…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Environment, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Kareev, Yaakov; And Others – 1982
This report presents evaluation results of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), carried out in Jerusalem, Israel. This experimental program was designed to improve the cognitive skills of children (4-7 years old) whose mothers had little formal schooling, and provides instruction in Hebrew and mathematics by using a set…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education
Bolin, Kay – 1984
This handbook presents the key components of an urban home-based tutoring program for adults. It updates information contained in the fiscal year 1983 handbook. Section 1 answers questions regarding what home-based tutoring is, the need, the population served, curriculum design, special clients (mentally retarded, General Educational Development…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Ancillary School Services, Guides
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