This guide lists organizations, centers, and sources of information relating to adolescents in transition and adults with learning disabilities and attention disorders. Addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and a short description of each organization, center, or other information sources are provided to help readers identify…

This resource paper provides information about postsecondary programs for young adults with substantial learning disabilities and other special needs. The introductory section gives the characteristics of the population and components of selected educational and training programs which seem to be successful. The resource guide then provides…

This guide to more than 1,000 summer programs for teenagers encompasses recreational and academic programs sponsored by colleges, universities, independent schools, foundations, museums, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit businesses. Every program listed accepts students age 13-18; some programs also accept participants older or younger.…

This booklet describes 26 projects funded by Pennsylvania (PA) Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE). Descriptions include title, purpose, impact, project outcomes, conclusions or recommendations, project continuation or future implications, product, project director, and descriptors. The following projects are profiled: AchievE:…

This is the thirteenth edition of the most comprehensive reference book covering the wide range of learning disabilities resources available nationwide. This directory contains well over 7,000 entries and covers the schools, learning centers, vocational training programs, associations and organizations, and government agencies involved in learning…

This catalog is intended to make successful programs and practices available so that interested school districts may adapt and install their key elements. All programs were approved by program offices within their funding agencies and often by state education agencies. All were then carefully scrutinized for quality by the Joint Dissemination…

To provide basic information on new educational methods and programs, this catalogue describes 315 projects designated as exemplary by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The catalogue is divided into 12 categorical sections, including (1) adult education, (2) alternative schools and programs, (3)…

This catalog provides an overview of all exemplary educational programs approved for national dissemination by Department of Education (DOE) Review panels, and introduces the National Diffusion Network (NDN), its programs and services to schools. The programs described fall into two categories: Non-funded Developer Demonstrator Projects and Other…

This catalog, the sixth in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, is designed to keep practitioners in the field of adult education informed about projects funded by states under section 310 of the Adult Education Act. Included in the catalog are descriptions of a total of 243 projects focusing on the following program…

Designed to assist colleges, school boards, and other educational institutions to offer awareness-oriented courses and workshops to both the general public and educational personnel, this package of resource materials describes print and nonprint materials relating to the needs of disabled adults. Outlined are issues and questions for discussion…

This catalog of adult education projects for fiscal year 1982 is the fifth in a series of annual listings of education projects funded by states under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. Included in the catalog are descriptions of 255 developmental activities in the following program areas: adult basic education, administration, adult…