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Johnston, Susan S.; O'Neill, Robert E. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2001
This article provides a review of current literature on the comparative validity of different functional assessment and analysis strategies. It describes functional assessment as an outcome-driven process and explains observational assessment strategies and using assessment information to plan interventions. A proposed process for teachers and…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Children
Peskin, Carol Ann – Business Officer, 1993
Elements in the effort to make the annual Nova University (Florida) audit more time efficient included gaining agreement with the auditors for a specific closing date; coordinating efforts of various departments involved; identifying and eliminating major obstacles; streamlining procedures when needed; and continuous coordination and monitoring of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, College Administration, Efficiency
Bingham, C. Steven; Neal, Elizabeth Anne; Tesh, Linda; Turner, Patsy; Millsaps, Cherise – 1998
Describing the SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) program and its mission to promote and support the continual improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast, this paper focuses on the importance of improving student literacy outcomes in schools due to the demands of living in a technological,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Efficiency
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Urban, David J. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1990
A discussion of focus groups in college marketing planning looks at the applicability of the approach, describes important considerations in focus group research, and provides step-by-step guidelines for conducting such groups. The technique's advantages are illustrated in an actual case in which the approach saved valuable institutional…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning, Committees
Parnell, Janet – Business Officer, 1993
The University of Denver (Colorado) reduced workers' compensation losses 97 percent in 1990-91 by developing a master safety plan, sponsoring safety training, managing medical costs, providing modified duty for injured employees, screening applicants, orienting new employees, investigating claims thoroughly, performing life-safety audits, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Costs, Efficiency
Taylor, Beverly Loy – 1978
This guide, one of four, is a product of the Project on Social Architecture in Education, initiated to find out what it takes to develop a program and a working social system for a new school. The project began with interviews with school planners and consultants, then moved to the study of six new innovative public schools for a two-and-a-half…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution, Consultants