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This guide contains all of the information, support and tools that community members need to implement "Talking About Mental Illness" in their community--an awareness program proven to be effective in bringing about positive change in young people's knowledge about mental illness, and in reducing stigma that surrounds mental illness. The…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Community Programs, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level
Faddis, Constance R.; And Others – 1988
This guidebook is part of a series of program materials for a school-based intervention process to help at-risk students stay in school. It is intended for participating adults and begins by giving them a quick look at the extent of the dropout problem nationwide. The booklet goes on to provide a discussion of the basic steps of the helping…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
Norton, Robert E.; Belcher, James O. – 1984
This guide describes successful linkage activities and programs and discusses ways in which vocational educators and administrators can develop more effective linkages with labor unions. The first two chapters outline the purpose and procedures of the feasibility study on which the guide is based. Provided next are descriptions of 24 linkage…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Packer, Arnold H.; And Others – 1996
Education for the future must prepare all students for paid work of all kinds, something that is especially important in view of the fact that only half the students who begin high school go on to postsecondary education and only half of these students actually receive 4-year degrees. This book presents options to help bring this about by changing…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Thomas, Ruth G.; And Others – 1985
One of the four case studies addressing access of rural students to vocational education through inter-school district cooperation, the Heartland case study represents the decentralized variation of the center cooperative school pattern, identifies essential features of this form of cooperation, details factors facilitating/impeding the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs
Peterson, Roland L.; And Others – 1986
The centralized secondary center pattern of inter-school district cooperation is examined in this third of four case studies addressing access of rural students to vocational education. The report identifies essential features of this form of cooperation, details factors facilitating/impeding the operation/maintenance of the cooperative…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Centralization
Thomas, Ruth G.; And Others – 1986
A decentralized noncenter agreement pattern of inter-school district cooperation is examined in this final of four case studies addressing access of rural students to vocational education. The report identifies essential features of this form of cooperation, details factors facilitating/impeding the operation/maintenance of the cooperative…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs
Peterson, Roland L.; And Others – 1985
Representing the mobile facilities pattern of inter-district cooperation, the Northwest Multi-District case is one of four studies addressing access of rural students to vocational education through inter-school district cooperation. The report identifies essential features of this form of cooperation, details factors facilitating/impeding the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs
Lipka, Richard P.; And Others – 1985
This booklet examines the theory and practice of projects that involve secondary students in community services. Through such involvement, young people will develop positive attitudes toward community participation that will persist throughout their adult lives. Community service projects represent an important and exciting way to bring democracy…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Objectives, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1986
Information on educational equity in California is presented in this supplementary report. Issues in the state, resources, proposals, and areas for action are addressed. Areas of analysis include: income for men and women by race and years of education; the numbers of Black and Hispanic students that graduate from high school, enroll in college,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Change Strategies, Community Colleges
Idaho State Div. of Vocational Education, Boise. – 1996
This manual is a guide to local partnership councils as they plan and design work-based learning experiences for credit. Chapter 1 provides an overview of work-based learning as part of vocational education. Chapter 2 describes a variety of work-based learning experiences, including established secondary vocational program work-based learning…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Clinical Experience, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
This guide consists of suggestions, ideas, and tips intended to stimulate development of cooperative summer youth employment programs in local communities. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: tips on where to start, suggestions on how to get started, hints on securing resources, program resources, use of…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation
