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Download full textLipoff, Elise – Here's How, 1991
Disabilities and illnesses are becoming an increasing problem for all employers. To understand the problems unique to schools, 76 elementary and middle school principals were surveyed and indepth interviews were conducted with over a dozen of them. Nearly 70 percent reported that, over the past 2 years, they had between 1 and 5 teachers absent for…
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Elementary Education
RPISE Reporter, 1988
Each issue of "PRISE Reporter" offers a feature article on educating handicapped students and provides descriptions of other information sources, continuing and completed research, and promising practices. The December 1987 issue contains an article by Martha Thurlow titled "A Skeleton in Our Closet? The Special Education…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Learning, Disabilities
Pawl, Jeree, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1990
This newsletter issue contains four articles all addressing aspects of intervention with infants and toddlers having communication disorders. The first, "Assessing the Communication of Infants and Toddlers: Integrating a Socioemotional Perspective" (Barry M. Prizant and Amy M. Wetherby) describes a new instrument, the Communication and Symbolic…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Case Studies, Child Development, Communication Disorders
Hanssen, Elizabeth, Ed.; Zimanyi, Louise, Ed. – Coordinators' Notebook, 2000
This theme issue of Coordinators' Notebook focuses on how early childhood care and development (ECCD) programs world-wide can work with parents and caregivers to support children from birth to 3 years of age. Section 1 of the journal describes the needs of parents and families and the development of parent programs around the world. Section 2…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Developing Nations, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
IDRA Newsletter, 1997
This theme issue focuses on programs and strategies aimed at developing crime-free, nonviolent, drug-free schools. "Alternative Education Programs: Resolution or Exclusion?" (Albert Cortez) describes alternative education programs mandated by Texas state legislation for serious student offenders, and related issues of assessment, due…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Crime, Discipline Problems, Educational Environment
Early Childhood Bulletin, 1997
Reauthorization of P.L. 99-457, which became the Individuals with Disabilities Act Amendments of 1991, mandated the establishment of the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council (FICC) in order to help mobilize all available resources to assure appropriate services for the nation's infants and young children with disabilities and their families.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Coordination, Disabilities
Lumsden, Linda – Research Roundup, 2000
This publication summarizes five works exploring the key role schools can play in dealing with emotionally disturbed students, in part because teachers are more reliable sources of information about troubled youths. The importance of interpersonal cognitive problem-solving (ICPS) skills is analyzed in "Preventing Violence the Problem Solving…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Crime Prevention, Delinquency, Discipline Policy
Early Childhood Bulletin, 1991
This issue of the "Early Childhood Bulletin" consists of excerpts from recommendations prepared by the Education Task Force of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), which were presented to the Senate and the House of Representatives as part of the reauthorization of Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA).…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Appropriate Technology, Coordination, Disabilities
Early Childhood Bulletin, 1995
This issue of the "Early Childhood Bulletin" features extended excerpts of keynote speeches delivered by two parents of children with disabilities at the Partnerships for Progress meeting held in Washington, DC, in July of 1995. Florence Poyadue and Glenn Gabbard both delivered powerful keynote speeches at the Partnership meeting in 1989…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Douglas, Dorothy, Ed. – Alaska's Children, 2000
This document consists of the two 2000 issues of "Alaska's Children," which provides information on the Alaska Head Start State Collaboration Project and updates on Head Start activities in Alaska. Regular features include a calendar of conferences and meetings, a status report on Alaska's children, reports from the Alaska Children's…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Brain, Child Welfare, Compensatory Education
Council Connections, 1997
This special issue of the newsletter "Council Connections" reports on the First North American Leadership Academy. The Academy's theme was "Strengthening the Operation of Reading Recovery" and its purpose was to develop opportunities for strengthening Reading Recovery in individual schools, sites, school districts and state and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Intervention, Government Role, Grantsmanship
Theilheimer, Ish, Ed.; Eisner, Kathy, Ed. – Transition, 1995
This topical quarterly newsletter issue examines the prevention of family violence, with a specific focus on activities, trends, and research dealing with Canadian families. Four feature articles include: (1) "Stopping Family Violence: Steps Along the Road," in which researchers and social workers discuss the meaning of violence, the…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Abuse, Court Litigation, Demography
Garry, Eileen M.; And Others – Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 1996
Truancy is a major problem in the United States that can have negative effects on the futures of young people. Truancy may lead to dropping out of school; may be a precursor to delinquent and criminal activity; and places students at higher risk of being drawn into behaviors involving drugs, alcohol, or violence. Furthermore, truancy has high…
Descriptors: Attendance, Delinquency, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Steven W. – Florida Educational Research Council Research Bulletin, 1992
This report investigates the effectiveness of a metacognitive strategy in reducing anger behavior and/or aggressive acts in elementary and secondary-aged students placed in special education classes. Three separate studies were conducted with three elementary, three middle, and three high school students who were placed in special education…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anger, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems
Osofsky, Joy D., Ed.; Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1994
This journal issue is a contribution to the development of caretaking strategies to help young victims of violence, and is intended to provide support for those who are helping the victims. Four main articles are: (1) "Parenting in Violent Environments" (Joy Osofsky and Beverly Roberson Jackson); (2) "Infants, Toddlers, and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Community Programs
