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Hahn, Andrew – 1992
This Digest argues that management factors are central to youth program successes and failures and that these factor have been ignored in research on youth programs. Instead, the Digest notes that research and evaluation of programs have focused on the following: (1) whether the right audience is served; (2) whether to make incremental…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Administration
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. – 1989
This research abstract summarizes two reports titled: (1) "Mainstream Assistance Teams to Accommodate Difficult to Teach Students in General Education" (Douglas Fuchs and Lynn S. Fuchs) and "Prereferral Intervention through Teacher Consultation: Mainstream Assistance Teams (Douglas Fuchs and others). The project investigated a…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Consultation Programs
Preece, Laurel, Ed. – ERIC/EECE Newsletter, 2002
This document consists of the two 2002 issues of the newsletter of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE). Each issue contains a feature article and one or more short articles on topics related to early childhood education, calls for papers, announcements about Internet resources, news items about and list…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Prevention
Deutsch, Morton – 2001
There are many ways to assess the effectiveness of school conflict resolution training (CRT) programs. Some methods require extensive resources, but others, conducted by CRT practitioners themselves, also provide useful information. This digest presents a framework for CRT evaluation by practitioners that enables them to reflect productively on…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Solving, Program Effectiveness
Fitzsimmons, Mary K. – 1998
This digest reviews and summarizes what is known about effective school-wide behavioral management systems. Emphasis in such systems is on consistency throughout the building and across classrooms with the entire staff, both professional and nonprofessional, uniformly implementing common strategies. Common features of school-wide behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Discipline
Connor, Frances P., Ed. – 1987
Proceedings of a 1986 symposium on the education of children with low incidence handicapping conditions focus on medically fragile children, advocacy, and technology. R. Dwain Blackston enumerates conditions affecting medically fragile children, family needs and stresses, and guidelines for effective family-staff relationships. Responses by…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Advocacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Practices
Ianni, Francis A. J. – 1992
Rather than viewing youth as an isolated and alienated subculture, it is more useful to view the needs of youth as largely determined by where and how they live, and to recognize that they differ from one another just as adults do. Professionals and volunteers in community youth programs need to understand how the youth they work with experience…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Context Effect, Cultural Awareness
Yarrington, Roger; And Others – 1982
This series of Junior College Resource Reviews focuses on the community college's role in literacy development. After Roger Yarrington's overview of the topic, Robert McCabe and Susan Skidmore consider "The Literacy Crisis and American Education." In light of the changing nature of work and the severe decline in the communication skills of youth,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Basic Skills, College Role
Kerka, Sandra – 2003
Educators are considering ways to help youth identified as "at-risk" succeed in school and beyond. Alternative programs (AP) can be effective environments for students who may not fit the mainstream mold and need additional support. Effective AP use a holistic approach that encompasses social, academic, psychological and career-related…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Career Academies
Kerka, Sandra – 2001
Capstones are culminating experiences in which students synthesize subject-matter knowledge they have acquired, integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge, and connect theory and application in preparation for entry into a career. Capstone courses should be both a synthesis and a bridge to students' future after graduation. In career and technical…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Capstone Experiences, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques