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LANGDON, MARGARET – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO APPLY CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TO REHABILITATING THE HANDICAPPED BY USING THE LABOR FORCE AVAILABLE IN SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND HOMEBOUND PROGRAMS. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED AS TASK FORCES IN CHICAGO, NEW YORK, AND LOS ANGELES WITH THE…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Handicrafts, Home Programs
Eastern Montana Coll., Billings. Inst. for Rehabilitative Service. – 1980
Final year achievements of a 3 year federally funded early education program for handicapped children in rural Montana are recounted. Noted are personnel aspects of the project, staff development activities and responses, objectives of technical assistance, child find data, and dissemination and demonstration activities. A section on program…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Handicap Identification
Gaab, Carolyn; James, Sally L. – 1977
The educational needs in curriculum programing for the gifted and talented are considered; and a program for gifted and talented students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in the North Kitsap (Washington) School District is described. Chapter I Outlines results of a 1973 survey (including that there is a need to provide for students who have…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Needs, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
Chattanooga Public Schools, TN. – 1972
The main objectives and activities of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Demonstration Project are evaluated for the 1971-72 project year in the Model Neighborhood Area of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Briefly discussed are: a community overview, general program status, program management (program goals; job descriptions for the project director,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum, Demonstration Programs, Educational Objectives
Drake Univ., Des Moines, IA. – 1970
This demonstration project was designed to develop and evaluate a pre-retirement planning program, and to train representatives of various organizations to develop their own programs. The seven-session pre-retirement program involved 1,329 participants during its 3 years of operation. The program was evaluated through participant evaluation,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Counseling, Attitude Change, Demonstration Programs
Pearson, John W. – 1971
The purpose of the program was to divert court processing for a large number of minors, with no apparent increase in risk. This document includes a brief background review of the development of the program, research activities and methods, and discussion relating to each of the grant proposal objectives. The appendices contain type of data…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Demonstration Programs, Drug Abuse
Harris, Ronald A. – 1999
The School Attendance Demonstration Project (SADP) was designed to improve school attendance among teenagers receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits in San Diego County, California. An impact study was conducted from March 10, 1996 to March 10, 1998, to evaluate the effects of providing social services and imposing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attendance, Demonstration Programs, High Schools
Appalachia, 1970
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Role, Demonstration Programs, Financial Support
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Kohler, Paula D.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994
The Transition Institute at the University of Illinois analyzed 15 studies that had identified effective or exemplary transition programs for students with disabilities. The analysis revealed 107 key elements associated with effectiveness or exemplary program status, including variables in career/vocational training, systematic interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods
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Fox, Danielle Polizzi; Gottfredson, Denise C.; Kumpfer, Karol K.; Beatty, Penny D. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2004
This article discusses the challenges faced when a popular model program, the Strengthening Families Program, which in the past has been implemented on a smaller scale in single organizations, moves to a larger, multiorganization endeavor. On the basis of 42 interviews conducted with program staff, the results highlight two main themes that…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Demonstration Programs, Interviews, Program Implementation
Nevin, Ann I.; McNeil, Mary M.; Kellogg, Jaime – Online Submission, 2006
The authors present the results of a comprehensive evaluation of a model program co-sponsored by the Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, the Pakistani Ministry of Education, and the US State Department Office of Cultural Exchange, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The evaluation included interviews with program planners,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Demonstration Programs, Cultural Influences, Teachers
Rivera-Casale, Cecilia; And Others – 1982
In order to test the effects of financial subsidies on employment for disadvantaged youth, two experimental situations were set up: (1) a worker subsidy operating in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and (2) an employer subsidy operating in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The first project, the Cambridge Job Factory Voucher Experiment, tested a voucher…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employees, Employers
Chick, Lila; And Others – 1983
This evaluation handbook is a collection of forms, ideas and questionnaires designed to be of help to potential or actual adoptors/adaptors of Project Futureprint. They are arranged in order of chronological use from the beginning step of analyzing the present reading program at a specific school to the final form which is the Futureprint adoption…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Junior High Schools
McGuire, Joan M. – 1986
The document presents the final report on Connecticut's pilot programs for students with learning disabilities. During 1984-86, the two programs were implemented at Housatonic Community College and the University of Connecticut. Evaluation activities are reported for each program site. Among evaluation results for Housatonic College were the…
Descriptors: College Students, Demonstration Programs, Eligibility, Higher Education
McDaniels, Garry L. – 1981
Aimed at persons planning and implementing strategies for documenting school improvements, this paper is comprised of four sections. The first section distinguishes between national problems in education and federal issues in education (a distinction considered necessary for planning evaluations and establishing priorities for federally sponsored…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Beliefs, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs
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