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Autism Training for Law Enforcement Officers: A Scoping Review
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Sreckovic, Melissa A.; Kenney, Christine K.; Wallace, Matthew – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Law enforcement officers are the primary individuals called and who respond to situations of heightened concern. They make split-second observations and decisions based on how best to react to given safety situations and those involved. Characteristics of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), if not properly understood and reacted to, may quickly…
Descriptors: Police, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Training, Knowledge Level
Training Programmes for Practitioners in Sexual Health Promotion: An Integrative Literature Review of Evaluations
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Begley, Thelma; Daly, Louise; Downes, Carmel; De Vries, Jan; Sharek, Danika; Higgins, Agnes – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
This paper reports on findings from an integrative literature review of evaluation studies undertaken into sexual health promotion preparation programmes aimed at professionals with a sexual health promotion remit. Using a pre-defined search strategy, inclusion criteria and PRISMA guidelines, databases were systematically searched. Studies were…
Descriptors: Training, Sex Education, Health Promotion, Knowledge Level
Before Sex Education: An Evaluation of the Sexual Knowledge, Experience, Feelings and Needs of People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities.
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McCabe, Marita P.; Schreck, Agi – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1992
This paper evaluates the current information base on sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities, specifically in the areas of sexual knowledge, sexual experience, sexual feelings and attitudes, and sexual need. Consideration of this information is critical in developing appropriate sex education programs that can enhance the quality of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Development, Knowledge Level, Mental Retardation
Competencies for Teachers of Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Hudson, Pamela Jane; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
The literature review identified needed competencies for teachers of the learning disabled commonly identified by researchers and professional groups or arising from empirical studies. Sixteen competency statements in five areas (general and special knowledge, planning and evaluation, curriculum content, clinical teaching strategies, and behavior…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competence, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Linking Theory to Intervention Practices with Preschoolers and Their Families: Building Program Integrity.
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Miller, Patricia S. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1992
This paper reviews literature on the application of developmental and learning theories to program development and outcome evaluation in early childhood special education (ECSE), and reports on a survey which indicated that ECSE professionals (n=169) knew little about theoretical underpinnings of curriculum implementation. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Evaluation: Review of the Past, Preview of the Future.
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Smith, M. F. – Evaluation Practice, 1994
This paper summarized contributors' ideas about evaluation as a field and where it is going. Topics discussed were qualitative versus quantitative debate; evaluation's purpose; professionalization; program failure; program development; evaluators as advocates; evaluation knowledge; evaluation expansion; and methodology and design. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Research, Evaluative Thinking