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Creaser, Barbara – 1990
This resource booklet focuses on the definitions, developmental stages, and the benefits of socio-dramatic play. The booklet deals with the players, shows how adults can support children's play, describes the play environment, and offers some suggestions for development of curriculum based on play. The booklet discusses children's approach to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Lindner, Barbara – 1988
One of the best guarantees of a child's success in school is his or her parents' involvement in education. This resource guide provides information in the following areas: (1) family types; (2) expectations of parents, teachers, and administrators; (3) barriers encountered by parents and teachers; (4) home environment improvements through family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka. – 1990
This manual describes a Kansas program which is working toward full inclusion of students with deaf blindness through the MAPS approach (which stands for Making Action Plans or the McGill Action Planning System). An introduction stresses the value of integration and the focus of MAPS on the student's abilities and not his/her weaknesses. The MAPS…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Disabilities, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
META (Multicultural Education, Training and Advocacy), Inc, San Francisco, CA. – 1993
Designed for parents, educators, lawyers, and others, this booklet focuses on limited-English-proficient (LEP) students' legal rights to an appropriate education. Contents are as follows: overview of state and federal legal requirements of education programs for LEP students; initial identification of LEP students; requirements for English…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advisory Committees, Bilingualism, Community Action
Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this document is to identify the essential components of appropriate programming that are mandated by Alberta Education for students with special education needs, to provide examples of effective practices, to establish a common understanding of the terminology associated with this specialized field, and to clarify the meaning of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Needs, Programming, Comprehensive Programs
Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this publication is to identify the essential components of appropriate programming mandated by Alberta Education for students with special education needs, to provide examples of effective practices, to establish a common understanding of the terminology associated with this specialized field, and to clarify the meaning of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Development, Special Needs Students, Student Needs
Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship