NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Source
Education Level
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 51 results Save | Export
Arnold, Leslie B.; And Others – 1991
Norfolk (Virginia) has developed an interagency structure, the Norfolk Youth Network, among its child serving agencies in order to more effectively meet multiple problems of area youth. A needs assessment in 1988 revealed a high incidence of youth problems, multiple agencies working simultaneously with the same clients, and inefficient placements.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Butler, Marsha L. – 1985
ASPIRE--"Assisting Special Populations in Readiness for Employment"--is a secondary special education transition program featuring coordinated services between the public and private sectors to integrate secondary level disabled students into subsidized private sector employment. ASPIRE was introduced into the Lake Tahoe Unified School…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Wall, Charles; Mardula, Marie – 1978
The Pennsylvania Department of Education, through Project CONNECT, conducted a pilot study of individual educational programs (IEPs) for preschool handicapped students at 29 intermediate units. A total of 1633 IEPs were coded and tabulated. Among findings were the following: there was a high degree of parent involvement in the IEP planning…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, Individualized Programs
Sherman-Day, Marti; And Others – 1992
The South Central Ohio Regional Training Center (SCRTC) is one of the Centers established in response to a directive from the Ohio State Department of Education to: (1) provide teacher-centered professional development experiences that build on the values of collegiality; (2) strengthen teacher leadership in educational improvement and change; (3)…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Shaw, Stan F.; And Others – 1987
A statewide consortium effort in Connecticut was designed to increase the quantity and quality of services available to postsecondary students with learning disabilities (LD). Two model programs were funded and evaluated, and the consortium was developed to replicate the success of the models by encouraging program development throughout the…
Descriptors: College Students, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Henderson, Deborah R. – 1989
Project WorkAbility is a California program serving special education secondary and postsecondary students. The model design for WorkAbility is based on well-known transition models and contains components common to those models. The design views transition as both a process and a product, supports interagency cooperation and collaboration, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Aksamit, Donna L.; And Others – 1981
The development of the Mainstream Curriculum Integration Model at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, designed to prepare regular educators to deal with handicapped children, is chronicled. Faculty is explained to have identified 10 content areas (including awareness and attitudes, litigation and legislation, and classroom and student behavior…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Baker, Bruce L. – 1986
Parent training goals, models, and predictors of effectiveness are examined with examples from three parent training models: (1) a combination of group sessions and intensive in-home consultation visits to prepare families receiving their child home again after residential treatment; (2) intensive in-home training intended to prevent residential…
Descriptors: Children, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Johnson, Hilary; Bloomberg, Karen – 1988
A survey was conducted in Victoria, Australia, to collect data concerning the prevalence of individuals with severe communication impairments. Based on the data gathered from 1100 service facilities, the Severe Communication Impairment Outreach Project was established. Funding was acquired to employ two statewide consultant speech pathologists…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Johnston, John M. – 1988
In this annotated bibliography, articles and reports of studies on the subject of beginning teacher induction are cited. Covering the topic from different perspectives, these writings address the general purposes of induction programs and, in some cases, describe how a specific program meets these needs. Some of the articles provide information on…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Teachers, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research
Beaver, John F. – 1989
A study was conducted during the fall of 1987 which examined aspects of successful elementary school instructional computing programs. The results show school leaders the approaches adopted by decision makers in a national sample of elementary schools identified for the excellence of their instructional computing programs. Significant findings…
Descriptors: Budgets, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Demonstration Programs
Turner, Ruth M.; Macy, Daniel J. – 1978
The paper describes a 5-year longitudinal study of a Texas school district's implementation of an individualized mainstream special education program. "Plan A" program activities and outcomes are reported for five phases (sample subtopics in parentheses): initiation in one high school, one junior high school and eight elementary schools…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Individualized Programs
Lukas, Carol VanDeusen – 1974
This paper reports the problems involved in measuring the extent to which the practice in program sites matches model theory formulated in Head Start Planned Variation. The main focus in studying program implementation is the question of internal validity, whether the children in the HSPV programs actually receive the treatment being evaluated.…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Objectives
Keith, Patricia B.; Fortune, Jimmie C. – 1993
This report examines critical issues that rural educators face in establishing preschool programs. Even Start is a federal program designed to meet the educational needs of preschool children who have under-educated parents. In addition to participating in their child's education, the program requires parents to enroll in educational or vocational…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Early Intervention, Family Literacy
Martin, William B. – 1989
The Individualized Resource Program/Community-Based Vocational Training Program of the Iowa Valley Community College District provides assessment, vocational and functional academics training, and job placement services for adults with developmental disabilities and moderate mental retardation. Participants complete a non-credit community college…
Descriptors: Adults, College Programs, Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4