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Marks, Beth; Sisirak, Jasmina; Heller, Tamar – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
Adults with developmental disabilities are at significant risk for health problems. Effective health promotion can improve outcomes--and that's why adult day and residential agencies, schools, and other organizations need this invaluable program development guide. An urgent call to action and a start-to-finish framework for health promotion, this…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Physical Disabilities, Quality of Life
Walvoord, Barbara E.; Carey, Anna K.; Smith, Hoke L.; Soled, Suzanne W.; Way, Philip K.; Zorn, Debbie – 2000
A literature review, the experiences of the authors, and the results of the Project To Improve and Reward Teaching (PIRT) at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, are used to derive suggestions for change in academic departments. A qualitative study of change in eight PIRT departments has provided data to support the suggestions. Assessing the…
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Change, Higher Education, Needs Assessment
George, James E.; McCallon, Earl L. – 1976
This is one of a series of eight short monographs intended to aid practicing educators in planning and conducting accountability programs in schools. This booklet discusses how to plan and conduct a competency-based staff development program as part of an overall accountability program. Short sections focus in turn on various steps in the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Inservice Education
Guerra, Nancy G.; Williams, Kirk R. – 1996
This planning guide is designed to help communities answer important questions about programs to address youth violence, including finding out the types of programs that are effective and learning how to implement them. The guide is divided into four sections. Section 1, "Key Facts about Youth Violence," presents key facts about youth violence…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperation, Guides, Needs Assessment
Queeney, Donna S. – 1995
This book offers step-by-step guidance on using needs assessment to design high-quality programs in continuing education. The book begins with a definition and description of needs assessment as part of the process of developing a continuing education program. The first of the book's 10 chapters describes the role of needs assessment in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Continuing Education
Knell, Suzanne; Scogins, Janet – 2000
Field-tested in libraries nationwide, the 13 strategies in this hands-on book are designed to help librarians create effective and accountable adult literacy programs. These step-by-step assessment tools will help in: identifying and evaluating the skill levels of learners; making program changes based on users' aptitudes; writing thorough and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Information Literacy
Delisle, Jim; Lewis, Barbara A. – 2002
This guide is intended for teachers and administrators of programs for gifted students. Following an introductory chapter, six chapters present six survival strategies (sample subtopics in parentheses): (1) set a solid foundation for your program (stating your mission and philosophy, conducting a needs assessment); (2) cast a wide net to identify…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Marshall, Brigitte – 2002
This book describes the policy initiatives and economic realities that influence the design of programs for adult English language learners, demonstrating how the agendas of each stakeholder can be reconciled in a way that renders them mutually supportive. It focuses on the commonalities among stakeholder goals. It equips instructors to provide…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Pollock, Michael L.; And Others – 1978
A synthesis of research findings in exercise and physical fitness is presented to provide the general public with insights into establishing an individualized exercise program. The material is divided into seven subtopics: (1) a general overview of the need for exercise and fitness and how it is an integral part of preventive medicine programs;…
Descriptors: Exercise (Physiology), Heart Disorders, Individualized Programs, Literature Reviews
Kaufman, Roger; English, Fenwick W. – 1979
A professor and an administrator joined forces to provide answers to two basic questions: What is needs assessment, and how does one do it? Discussion of the conceptual framework of needs assessment is based on experiences in the design and implementation of needs assessments in many states at levels ranging from state departments of education to…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Decision Making, Educational Development, Evaluation Methods
Ryan, T. A., Ed. – 1975
The two volumes are intended primarily as a supplemental resource for use in conjunction with the Model of Adult Basic Education in Corrections. The volumes are divided into seven major sections which correspond to the seven major divisions of the model: (1) analyzing the real life environment; (2) establishing a philosophy; (3) assessing needs;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Anthologies, Correctional Education, Curriculum Development
Hadfield, Mark – 1997
This book and its accompanying video are part of the work of the Transnational Innovation Multimedia for Employment (TIME) project in England, a project designed to look at the life-long learning needs of inner-city community members and when appropriate to negotiate access to higher education. This guide is aimed at helping those who are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning
Lumley, Richard D.; Bailey, Gerald D. – 1993
This guidebook was designed to help school administrators with little or no experience in technology planning initiate and carry out a step-by-step planning cycle. It shows how to organize a district for instructional technology integration by following a six-step planning model. Six chapters, based on the steps of the model, begin with a set of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advisory Committees, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Robin, Hazel; And Others – 1988
This manual aims to help communities develop a plan to improve services to children from birth to 3 years of age who are chronically ill or disabled, and their families. Section I provides background information needed to begin a Community Approach to an Integrated Service System (CAISS) committee in a community. It addresses the issue that…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Chronic Illness, Community Action, Community Coordination
Devaney, Kathleen, Ed. – 1979
As a collection of articles this book is intended for use as a guide for planning and building teacher centers. The beginning articles tell how a combination of convictions, experience, high energy, and happenstance formed the first American teacher centers. The next several articles focus on practical matters such as staffing, needs assessment,…
Descriptors: Facility Requirements, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutional Cooperation, Needs Assessment