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Nadia Brookes; Sinead Palmer; Grace Collins; Lisa Callaghan – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Shared Lives (adult placement) is a model of community-based support where an adult who needs support and/or accommodation moves into or regularly visits the home of an approved Shared Lives carer. It is an established but small-scale service used mainly by adults with learning disabilities. However, little research has been conducted…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Residential Care, Group Homes
Robin Henrikson; Daniel Bishop – Evaluation Review, 2024
This paper presents the process of conducting a community-wide needs assessment that initially focused on soliciting information about childcare needs of families with school-aged children. The researchers were interested in understanding whether the method designed to conduct the needs assessment helped to foster collaboration, trust, and…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Partnerships in Education, Stakeholders, Community Involvement
Stacey Chimimba Ault – International Journal of Human Rights Education, 2021
Both educational research and practices pay little attention to the experiences of girls related to trauma within the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Educators typically take a deficit approach toward youth experiencing trauma and often reinforce trauma through discriminatory and exclusionary disciplinary practices. Using a Youth Participatory Action…
Descriptors: High School Students, Females, African American Students, Trauma Informed Approach
Corcoran, Lynn; Exner-Cortens, Deinera; Wells, Lana – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2019
Advancing Healthy and Socially Just Schools and Communities is a four-course graduate certificate program collaboratively developed by an interdisciplinary team comprised of faculty from the fields of Social Work and Education at a Canadian university. The aim of this program is to facilitate systems-level change through enhancing the knowledge…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Interdisciplinary Approach, Child Health, Violence
Miller, Gill – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2013
This paper discusses a fieldwork exercise in development geography undertaken by students in the UK. Based on community engagement in partnership with refugee and black minority communities in Liverpool, it explores how such fieldwork can deepen understanding of development geography, contribute to global citizenship and nurture personal skills.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries
France, Thaddeus J.; Moosbrugger, Michelle; Brockmeyer, Gretchen – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2011
Many of the numerous innovations in physical education have the potential to enhance the status of physical education and physical educators. For example, curriculum models such as experiential education and sport education have reshaped content, learning outcomes, and assessment in physical education. In addition, these models are redefining how…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Value Judgment, Status
Secondary and Postsecondary Community Activities of Youth with Significant Intellectual Disabilities
Eisenman, Laura T.; Tanverdi, Annie; Perrington, Carol; Geiman, Allison – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
We conducted semi-structured interviews with family members of 45 young adults with significant intellectual disabilities who were enrolled in or had graduated from transition-focused programs designed for students ages 18-21. We examined the types of community and social activities in which the young adults engaged. We also explored the resources…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Young Adults, Interviews, Family Attitudes
Henry, Leon – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
Students attacking other students. Students attacking teachers, support staff, and even community members. Disrespectful and threatening language, overwhelmed or inattentive parents, and an administrative system that often appears unable to bring back order in the classroom. These are stories have become an everyday part of teaching in urban…
Descriptors: Mentors, Adults, Community Support, Caring
Garcia-Rodriguez; Olaya; Secades-Villa, Roberto; Higgins, Stephen T.; Fernandez-Hermida, Jose R.; Carballo, Jose L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
This study analyzed the viability of financing a voucher program for cocaine addicts in Spain through public and private donations. Of the 136 companies contacted, 52 (38%) provided donations. The difference between the benefits (15,670[euros]/$20,371) and the costs (3,734[euros]/$4,854) was 11,936[euros]/$15,517. The type of reinforcer a company…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Organization Size (Groups), Foreign Countries, Educational Vouchers
Friedman, Debra – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2009
The Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus is a grand-scale exemplar of a city-university partnership. Its demonstrated impacts are economic, social, and educational, transforming both the city and the university. The magnitude of the investment of $223 million by the citizens of a city in a state university is unparalleled in higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs, Community Support
Shapley, Kelly; Sheehan, Daniel; Maloney, Catherine; Caranikas-Walker, Fanny – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
In the study of the Technology Immersion model, high-need middle schools were "immersed" in technology by providing laptops for each teacher and student, instructional and learning resources, professional development, and technical and pedagogical support. This article reports third-year findings for the teacher component of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Middle Schools, Technology Integration, Educational Technology

Kaplan, Lisa – Child Welfare, 1979
The Outward Bound Experience has a strong yet time-limited impact on delinquent youths. Social workers can help maintain the impact by establishing community-based follow-up programs to reinforce and sustain the positive attitudes and behaviors developed. (SE)
Descriptors: Community Support, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Outreach Programs, Program Descriptions

Porter, Philip J. – Journal of School Health, 1987
An overview of the history of school health programs is given. The support of the community, faculty, school administrators, and elected officials is necessary for a successful school-based program. (MT)
Descriptors: Community Support, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach

Derrier, Jean-Francois – International Labour Review, 1985
Drawing on his long experience of Africa, the author discusses what needs to be done and what needs to be avoided to ensure that labor-intensive special public works programs yield tangible and lasting results. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Support, Developing Nations, Employment Programs, Program Development
Meilman, Philip W.; Hall, Tanni M. – Journal of American College Health, 2006
Colleges and universities need to be prepared to address the psychological impact of tragedies on their campuses. In this article, the author describes the development and successful implementation of campus postvention services in the aftermath of college student deaths by suicide as well as by natural and accidental causes. The program has been…
Descriptors: Campuses, Suicide, Community Support, College Students
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