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Peer reviewedLong, Patrick R., Ed. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1987
This special feature, an introduction and nine articles, highlights the continued impact of rural America on recreational lifestyles of both rural and urban residents. Topics include change, the role of leisure, local park and recreation departments, corporate cooperation, recreation development, health/wellness, festivals/special events, and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Involvement, Corporate Support, Health Activities
Download full textDay Care and Child Development Council of America, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1971
The purpose of this guide is to give individuals, community groups, and other organizations a checklist of important points that must be considered in day care program planning if quality services are to be established for children and families. The guide provides information concerning the preliminary steps needed to establish a day care program;…
Descriptors: Day Care, Educational Programs, Home Programs, Infants
Dishart, Martin – 1970
This report evaluates the 1970 Summer Enrichment Programs for the Public Schools of the District of Columbia. There were 35 programs with a very wide range of purposes, involving 21,555 students. These much needed programs for student achievement and enrichment could only have taken place during the summer. A few were exemplary programs, but some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Evaluation
Elkins, Bruce; Czapski, Stephen – 1979
The report describes Detroit's Adaptive Physical Education Consortium Project in Michigan. Among the main objectives of the project are to coordinate all physical education and recreation services to the handicapped in the Detroit area; to facilitate the mainstreaming of capable handicapped individuals into existing "regular" physical…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Consortia, Coordination, Dance Therapy
Sea Ventures, Highlands, NJ. – 1975
A detailed profile of the largest fresh-air education program in the country for disadvantaged youth -- Sea Ventures -- is provided in this document. Created entirely through the effort of volunteers, Sea Ventures provides learning opportunities that go beyond occupying youngsters. This multi-racial/lingual juvenile delinquency prevention program…
Descriptors: Delinquency Prevention, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Field Experience Programs
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1975
This report is the eighth in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and underachieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The document provides a summary section which focuses on program purposes,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1974
This report is the seventh in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and underachieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The document has an introductory section including such topics as the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1973
This report is the sixth in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and under achieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The sixth year brought the completion of the discovery and development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
Rosenthal, Elizabeth C.; And Others – 1984
The report of the fifth National Indian Child Conference (1983) contains a statistical portrait of the American Indian child, excerpts from the keynote address by J. Herman Blake, workshop topics, summary of a forum on the federal government's role in Indian affairs, conference resolutions, conference evaluation, and a directory of conference…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Tickton, Sidney G.; And Others – 1981
A compendium of innovative approaches, practical ideas, and notable programs devised by colleges and universities to provide or improve educational and career opportunities for physically, mentally, and developmentally disabled persons is presented. The examples describe what 166 colleges and universities have done to serve handicapped students,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Ancillary School Services, Awards, Career Development
