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Download full textTobias, Jim, Ed.; Woods, Diane E., Ed. – 1988
Symposium papers describe programs which use volunteers to provide rehabilitation technology services. George Winston describes Australia's Technical Aid to the Disabled (TAD), focusing on volunteer recruitment and selection, legal liability, volunteer insurance, advantages and limitations of the volunteer approach, and the TAD organization,…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Engineering Technology, Foreign Countries, Physical Disabilities
Shearer, Ann – 1985
This report provides an account of the discussions and issues from a symposium held by the International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap in November, 1984. It describes: (1) the role of voluntary organizations in the future; (2) the need for strong advocacy of the organization's goals; (3) the issue of whether voluntary…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Role, Foreign Countries, Leadership
Johnson Foundation, Inc., Racine, WI. – 1987
This document reports on a conference that addressed the involvement of the National Council of Churches of Christ/USA in literacy education in North America, at which literacy program participants, national leaders in literacy education, church leaders, and international literacy delegates described their successes and struggles. The first…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Advocacy, Basic Skills
Youth Employment--The Link to the Future. Conference Report (3d, Washington, D.C. June 13-14, 1979).
National Assembly of National Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Organizations, New York, NY. – 1979
This report describes the third conference on Youth Employment sponsored by the National Collaboration for Youth (NCY) held in Washington, D.C., June 13-14, 1979. An introduction adresses the realities of youth unemployment. NCY goals are then presented. Opening day proceedings summarized include the opening speech; three presentations dealing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Business Responsibility
CBE Report, 1989
This document reports on the Association for Community Based Education's (ACBE's) 14th annual conference. The first section is an introduction by the conference co-coordinators. The other sections describe conference sessions on the following subjects: (1) ACBE's literacy program; (2) advocacy methods, models, and resource development; (3) the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Advocacy
Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Literacy, PA. – 1984
This report on the program highlights of the first national conference on urban literacy contains 40 information sheets describing the literacy programs represented at the conference. Each program information sheet contains some or all of the following: the name of the program; the name, address, and phone number of a program contact person; the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs
