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Ashburn, Sarah H. – 1976
Presented are a description and evaluation report of the Comprehensive Support Services Program (CSSP), a regional effort by seven New York school districts to identify, evaluate, and provide supplemental educational support for learning disabled students with special educational needs through a multi-disciplinary team in each school. Summarized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Organization for Autism Research, 2004
The goals of this guide are to: (1) Educate teachers and help them prepare for having a student with autism in their classroom; (2) Emphasize the critical importance of communication and collaboration with the parents of their student with autism; (3) Support the creation of an inclusive environment for all the learners in their classroom; and (4)…
Descriptors: Autism, Teacher Competencies, Special Needs Students, Inclusive Schools
Singleton, Glenn E.; Linton, Curtis – Corwin Press, 2005
Educators are acutely aware of the statistical gaps in achievement between different racial groups. Considering the rapidly changing racial composition of student populations, how can educators reach a level of cultural proficiency necessary to eliminate this disparity? Examining the achievement gap through the prism of race, this comprehensive…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Race, Leadership, Racial Composition
2002
This document contains three papers from a symposium on team-based work in human resource development (HRD). "Toward Transformational Learning in Organizations: Effects of Model-II Governing Variables on Perceived Learning in Teams" (Blair K. Carruth) summarizes a study that indicated that, regardless of which Model-II variable (valid…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, Conferences, Cooperation
Laiken, Marilyn E. – 2002
At the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Ontario, a course entitled Developing and Leading High Performing Teams: Theory and Practice is experimenting with a design that surfaces the action/reflection paradox for the purpose of learning how to manage this polarity. Whether the product is defined as services or goods,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning
Richard, Gail J.; Hoge, Debra Reichert – 1999
Designed for practicing speech-language pathologists, this book discusses different syndrome disabilities, pertinent speech-language characteristics, and goals and strategies to begin intervention efforts at a preschool level. Chapters address: (1) Angelman syndrome; (2) Asperger syndrome; (3) Down syndrome; (4) fetal alcohol syndrome; (5) fetal…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Behavior Modification
Brown, Jean; Sheppard, Bruce – 1997
Teacher-librarians in a learning organization must function both as members of teams engaged in organizational learning and as leaders of leaders. Teacher-librarians must be a mirror image of teachers, plus contribute more to the school. This paper examines the characteristics of the work of teachers and teacher-librarians in four major…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Hollis, James N. – 1998
This book is intended to help participants in Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings for children with disabilities to meet basic requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in a defensible way and offers an approach to putting data before the IEP team, structuring deliberations, and documenting decisions. It stresses…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Behavior Change, Compliance (Legal)
National Skill Standards Board (DOL/ETA), Washington, DC. – 2000
This publication is a reference document meant to accompany other National Skill Standards Board (NSSB) publications that describe the development of skill standards, including Built to Work: A Common Framework for Skill Standards. This companion guide provides the NSSB Complexity Rating Skill Scales. Chapter 1 explains briefly how this tool fits…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Career Development, Decision Making
Northwest Regional Literacy Resource Center, Seattle, WA. – 1997
This document contains the materials required for two 6-hour workshop sessions designed to introduce educators working with adult basic education (ABE) and/or English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students to the use of cooperative learning in adult education classrooms by modeling. Included in the document are the following: introduction (overviews…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
Rainforth, Beverly, Ed.; Kugelmass, Judy W., Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers shows how an integrated approach to classroom teaching can support and advance inclusion in elementary schools. There are 10 papers in three sections. Section 1, "Designing Elementary Education for All," includes: (1) "Searching for a Pedagogy of Success" (Judy W. Kugelmass and Beverly Rainforth); (2)…
Descriptors: Art, Behavior Problems, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Differences
Quinn, Mary Magee; Osher, David; Warger, Cynthia L.; Hanley, Tom V.; Bader, Beth DeHaven; Hoffman, Catherine C. – 2000
This guidebook is designed to help educators and others in their efforts to work with students with emotional and behavioral difficulties (EBD). Chapter 1 provides an overview of the needs and problems presented by such students. Chapter 2 contains basic information to help provide an enhanced understanding of students with EBD. Causes of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences
Catlett, Camille; Winton, Pamela J. – 1998
This resource guide lists materials that could be used for early childhood/early intervention training. Resources are provided for the following areas: (1) assistive technology (6 resources); (2) cultural diversity (36 resources); (3) early care and development (36 resources); (4) evaluation/assessment (17 resources); (5) family-professional…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Development, Cultural Awareness
Broadbent, William A. – 1999
A study used the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) workplace skills inventory in a validation exercise for use of the inventory in Hawaii. A facilitator reduced the size of the V-TECS instrument. The resulting document was tested using several colleagues of the principal investigator before it was used in the field. The…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Coping, Critical Thinking, Job Application
Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Morningstar, Mary; Husted, Doris – 1999
Part of a series designed to provide practical resources on topics essential to the process of preparing individuals with disabilities for adulthood, this manual focuses on family involvement in transition planning and implementation. Chapter 1, "Overview and Introduction," discusses the history of family involvement in education, and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning
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