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Culp, Marguerite McGann, Ed.; Dungy, Gwendolyn Jordan, Ed. – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2014
More than a third of all undergraduate students are 25 or older, and their presence on college and university campuses is growing. However, institutions of higher learning are struggling to meet the needs of, and improve persistence and completion rates for, this significant student population. "Increasing Adult Learner Persistence and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Undergraduate Students
Wilkins, Julia – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2011
High school students with disabilities who drop out are costly to society. Compared to those who graduate, they are more likely to be unemployed, dependent on public services, and involved in the criminal justice system. Consequently, helping students with disabilities graduate has become a prominent national concern. Students with disabilities…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Disabilities, Reentry Students
Melargano, Ralph J.; And Others – 1978
System Development Corporation conducted an extensive project of conceptualization and planning of models for compensatory educational intervention for older disadvantaged youth. This volume treats the two intervention strategies developed to provide the framework for comprehensive compensatory education projects at the secondary and postsecondary…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth

Kontos, Susan – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1988
Project Neighborcare is a comprehensive inservice training program for family day care providers who care for the handicapped preschool children of working parents. The program uses an ecological framework and a consultative approach in an attempt to improve the early intervention skills of the providers. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Consultation Programs, Disabilities, Employed Parents

Yost, Deborah S.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
A nationwide survey of 510 postsecondary learning disability (LD) service providers revealed that an educationally diverse group of professionals is developing programs and providing direct instruction to students with learning disabilities. Service providers are encouraged to utilize interventions that lead to self-determination and independence…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Practices, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
Cohen, Shirley – 1980
A report of a project that established systems of respite care and training of parents who have developmentally disabled members in their home is presented. Attention is directed to project objectives, activities, and outcomes and to the following specific components: collection and analysis of data on factors promoting utilization and…
Descriptors: College Students, Databases, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Janney, Rachel; Meyer, Luanna – 1989
The inservice training module, developed as part of the Child-Centered Inservice Training Project (Syracuse, New York) is designed for use with educators providing services for students with developmental disabilities and behavior problems. The module comprises six units which incorporate theory, demonstration, practice, and feedback and is…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Decision Making
Ouderkirk, Wayne, Ed. – 1980
A curriculum used over a 3-year period in statewide training programs for residential child care workers is organized and described according to 11 training modules. The modules focus on increasing the self-awareness of the human service professional and on presenting basic facts about human development, procedures for assessment and planning, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Caregivers, Continuing Education, Emotional Disturbances

Logan, Kent R.; Stein, Sue S. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2001
This article describes the Research Lead Teacher (RLT) model and its implementation over 3 years to train classroom teachers in research-based instructional and behavior management strategies. The RLT program included teacher study groups and a structured intervention involving the RLT in the requesting teacher's classroom. External evaluation…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Fordham Univ., Bronx, NY. Graduate School of Education. – 1991
This report provides an account of the Comprehensive Learning Program, an experimental program in literacy provided to adults by Fordham University's School Consultation Center (New York). The program targeted learning-disabled adults whose lack of literacy skills resulted in unemployment or significant underemployment. The program's design…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Basic Skills, College Programs
Ronnau, John – 1989
This resource training manual for family advocacy workers is designed to help these workers meet the needs of families who care for adolescents with emotional disabilities. It is intended for use with a companion manual which focuses on the needs of youth themselves, and stresses that effective case management must integrally involve both youths…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Advocacy, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation
Jones, Lester W.; And Others – 1987
A group of three conference papers, all describing successful methods of preparing students for succeeding at the postsecondary level, is presented in this document. The first paper, "Educational Pathways that Promote Student Success at the Postsecondary Level" (Lester W. Jones), discusses a program established at Xavier University--a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cooperative Programs, Educational Improvement
Kline, Judy – 1999
Many volunteer literacy tutors in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, have not completed their 1-year tutoring commitment. Consequently, an action research project was undertaken to determine the causes of the high tutor turnover and to identify ways of improving the tutor retention rate. All tutors involved in the program from 1998 onward were asked…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Lyons, Margaret F.; Whitebear, Anthony M. – 1978
System Development Corporation conducted an extensive project of conceptualization and planning of models for compensatory educational intervention for disadvantaged youth at the secondary and postsecondary levels. One of the initial steps in the planning process was the identification of components in programs presently being implemented in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth