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Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. – 1976
This handbook establishes the Montgomery County Public Schools procedure for implementing the Maryland state law on early identification, Section 98C, added to Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland by House Bill 234. This law mandates that each student entering the first year in any primary grade in any public school must be evaluated for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Legislation
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health in Schools. – 1996
This information packet is designed to aid schools in identifying financial sources that can be used to finance new intervention approaches that emphasize coordinated services. A four-part framework is offered as a guide to thinking about financing efforts to enhance programs and services to children: redeploying available funds, refinancing and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Guthmann, Debra – 2000
This report provides an overview of chemical dependency, communication barriers, and assessment/treatment considerations for individuals who are deaf or have hearing impairments and have drug or alcohol problems. Following a discussion of the pattern of substance abuse, risk factors, and signs and symptoms, the report describes a model treatment…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adolescents, Adults, Alcohol Abuse
Gugerty, John, Ed.; Kinutsen, Caryl, Ed. – 2000
This report is an outcome of a project designed to seek, screen, evaluate, describe, and disseminate highly effective approaches used by two-year colleges to serve students with significant disabilities. "Two-year colleges" included academic institutions, technical colleges, and vocational institutes. From a pool of 18 applicants, the…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Colleges
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship
Wise, Meg – 2001
Heart attacks are the leading cause of death in the United States, and cardiac rehabilitation, a form of post-MI (myocardial infarction) education, accounts for at most 20% of improved lifestyle behavior that can effectively manage symptoms, delay or prevent subsequent attacks, and lower mortality and morbidity rates. In an attempt to improve…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Cardiovascular System
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 2003
A french language version of a training manual that presents guidelines for planning and conducting a project design and management (PDM) workshop to teach Peace Corps volunteers to involve local community members in the process of using participatory analysis tools and planning and implementing projects meeting local desires and needs. The first…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques
Family Support America, Chicago, IL. – 2000
Since their appearance in the early 1970s, family support programs have represented a new way of working with families, based on the partnership they establish with families, their acceptance in the community as an asset and resource for all families, and the trusting relationship they build with families who participate in these programs. This…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Child Development
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Schaps, Eric; Watson, Marilyn; Lewis, Catherine – Social Studies Review, 1997
Reports on the work of the Child Development Project. The project outlined a series of approaches and characteristics shared by successful character development school programs. These include creating a caring community, a social constructivist approach to staff development, use of cooperative learning strategies, autonomy, belonging, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Study Centers, Educational Development
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Foley, Kathryn Shred; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1988
An overview of empirical research conducted in Canada's core French language programs addresses eight major areas: (1) program characteristics and outcomes, (2) program supplements, (3) student characteristics, (4) enrollment influences, (5) teacher characteristics, (6) public opinion, (7) program implementation and administration, and (8)…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Enrollment Influences, Foreign Countries, French
Perna, Laura W. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2005
This article describes what is known from prior research about the impact of student financial aid program design, operations, and marketing on the formation of family (including parents' and children's) college-going aspirations, expectations, and plans, and the resulting college-going behaviors of potential students. The review focuses on the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, Student Financial Aid
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Willard, Patricia; Wilson, Concepcion S. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2004
Australian library and information studies professional education experienced major changes over the past 15 years or so. There has been a growth in first professional level masters programs. Some schools have been involved in organisational relocation. Program structural changes have aimed to make programs more flexible and appealing to…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Foreign Countries, Library Science, College Programs
Gray (Naomi) Associates, Inc., San Francisco, CA. – 1984
The resource manual is designed to provide educators with information regarding some of the resources available in bilingual education for language minority students. It may also be useful to parents and community members involved in policy formation or interested in being well informed about bilingual education. The first section outlines the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational History, Educational Research
Walling, Susan – 1995
The Allied Health Certificate Program at Massachusetts' Bunker Hill Community College has been successfully integrating academic and vocational education since 1986. The integration of English as a Second Language, academic education, and occupational training was a direct response to requests from business and industry for a competitive…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Planning
Valenciana, Christine – 1995
A literature review and analysis, and a case study of two "mainstream" student teachers working in a minority elementary school explored how teacher education prepares teachers to work in diverse settings. The literature review and analysis addressed both macro level issues (program policies) and micro level initiatives (specific studies…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Higher Education
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