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Download full textElias, Maurice J.; Tobias, Steven E. – 1990
Based on the premise that systematic instruction in social decision-making and problem-solving skills is a developmental right of all children, this book provides an in-service training program for teaching a set of social decision-making and problem-solving steps that are essential for success in school, in the family, with friends, in the world…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Mertens, Donna M.; Kluwin, Thomas N. – 1986
The education process of hearing-impaired students in 18 public secondary mathematics classrooms was examined in order to account for achievement and social adjustment differences between 11 mainstreamed and 7 self-contained classrooms. The classrooms were compared on the following dimensions: (1) social interactions among students, (2) teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Expectation, Hearing Impairments
District of Columbia Dept. of Human Resources, Washington, DC. – 1978
A model program, Training, Rehabilitation, and Employment for Addicts in Treatment (TREAT), was conducted to coordinate the resources of community-based, employment-related services to help former drug addicts become productively employed. From 635 applications, ninety-five ex-addicts were randomly selected to receive training (experimental group)…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Community Cooperation, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Hinkley, Nancy E. – 1976
Literature on sexuality and aging and Maslow's hierarchy of needs (which include physiological needs, safety and security needs, belongingness needs, esteem needs, and the need for self-actualization) are used in this paper to identify at each level the needs of the aging individual as they derive from his sexuality in order to provide a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Jordan, June B., Ed.; And Others – 1980
Thirteen author contributed papers are presented from a 1979 conference on disruptive, alienated, and incarcerated youth. Presenters represented fields of education, social work, public policy, and psychology. Included are the following titles and authors: "Juvenile Justice: Where We Have Been and Are Today" (R. Sarri); "Youth as a National…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Bilingual Education, Child Advocacy
KOLTUV, MYRON; NEFF, WALTER S. – 1967
A SAMPLE OF 236 FORMER MENTAL PATIENTS WAS DIVIDED INTO (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 111 CLIENTS WHO RECEIVED FROM 6 TO 12 MONTHS OF AN INTENSIVE AND GRADED SERIES OF VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, WITH SUPPORTING PERSONAL AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, (2) A CONTROL GROUP OF 40, AND (3) TWO COMPARISON GROUPS OF 63 AND 40 CLIENTS. SOME PURPOSES OF THE STUDY…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
LEIBROCK, JOHN BEECHER – 1967
WRITTEN BY A FORMER HOUSEPARENT WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INDOCTRINATING NEW HOUSEPARENT PERSONNEL, THE BOOK EXAMINES WHAT IS REQUIRED OF MATURE, EFFECTIVE HOUSEPARENTS IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING WHICH SERVES DISTURBED ADOLESCENTS. TOPICS ON TREATMENT INCLUDE THE TREATMENT TEAM, HOUSEPARENTS AND EMOTIONS, A HOUSEPARENT SPEAKS OUT, SO YOU WANT…
Descriptors: Administration, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency
American National Red Cross, Washington, DC. – 1975
This book is intended to help Vietnamese people who have recently arrived in this country. It provides phrases the refugees will need in their initial contacts with Americans. The subject matter provides some basic facts about the U.S. and the way Americans live, and covers as wide a range as possible of the situations that the Vietnamese will…
Descriptors: American Culture, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Daily Living Skills
Karnes, Merle B.; Wollersheim, Janet P. – 1963
Sixteen partially seeing children in grades 1 to 8 who were enrolled in a special resource room program were slected for differential diagnosis; their characteristics as a group and as individuals were delineated. Tests administered were the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Wechsler Intelligence Scale…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Arithmetic, Case Studies
Noble, Marjorie; Hervey, Sarah D. – 1968
The purposes of this study were (1) to identify the social-emotional and information-achievement characteristics of 133 children enrolled in Head Start and (2) to explore the interrelationships found to exist between social-emotional behavior, as assessed by the teacher at the outset of the program, and the gains exhibited over the year in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
Puerto Rico Commonwealth, New York, NY. Dept. of Labor. – 1958
By legislative action in June 1958, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico initiated a program to teach English as a second language to Spanish-speaking migrant workers. The purpose of the program is to improve employer-employee relationships and to help the agricultural migrant adjust to the English-oriented community when he is seasonally employed in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Audiovisual Aids, Bilingual Teachers
Arizona State Univ., Tempe. – 1969
The following exceptionalities are described: emotional disturbance, social maladjustment, mental retardation, learning disabilities, bilingualism, physical handicaps, visual impairment, disadvantagement, and giftedness. For each exceptionality, a bibliography is given and teaching methods are suggested; further information is included for some…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingual Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs
Warden, Sandra A. – 1968
This work by a social psychologist is concerned with the consequences of the values, attitudes, and behavior of teachers and more advantaged peers for the educational experience of disadvantaged youngsters in heterogeneous schools. The academic, social, and emotional factors in these schools are interdependent and equally important for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advantaged, Child Development, Child Rearing
Young, Howard D. – 1966
As an alternative to unnecessary inpatient care of adults with orthopedic disabilities, the Independent Living Project (ILP) placed persons who were institutionalized without need and persons who were living in the community under unsatisfactory circumstances in foster homes. Information is presented on the intake procedures, homefinding…
Descriptors: Adult Foster Care, Adults, Career Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness
Polk County Board of Public Instruction, Bartow, FL. – 1974
Presented is the Polk County, Florida preliminary model vocational-occupational curriculum guide for educable mentally retarded (EMR) students in grades 1-2. Aim of the curriculum is the successful placement of students in the community. Provided for grades 1-6 are the following components: a rating scale and behavioral objectives for primary and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Curriculum Guides, Daily Living Skills
