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McNeil, Mary Elizabeth – Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, 1998
Describes the Peer-Assisted Learning System (PALS) program at Merced High School. PALS was designed to facilitate the transition of disabled students returning to their home schools by pairing them with peers who served as instructors, friends, advocates, and decision makers in several arenas of school life. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Decision Making, Disabilities, Friendship
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1987
In 1986, New York City's summer Preparation for Raising Education Performance (PREP) program operated for the fifth consecutive year. Summer PREP is designed to ease incoming students' transition into high school and to provide instruction in basic writing skills. The program also provided theme-based instruction, enrichment, and guidance services…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, High Schools
