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Ferguson, Roy, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the child and youth care field in Canada. It covers a spectrum of key concerns within the field of child and youth care, and presents an analysis that spans a variety of program areas. The 12 chapters in the book are: (1) "The Scope of Child and Youth Care in Canada" (Roy Ferguson and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Child Health, Children
Download full textSouthworth, Michael; Southworth, Susan – 1990
The Oakland (California) Explorers is a program to help children learn about the city. The project is part of a long-term effort by the Junior Center for Art and Science to make Oakland a better place for children to be raised. Project goals are to create the following: (1) a living museum of Oakland that will include children and adolescents in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Schinke, Steven P.; And Others – 1991
This comparative study evaluates the effects of Boys and Girls Clubs and related SMART Moves drug prevention programs on children and adolescents living in public housing and on the quality of life in public housing. The study involves 15 public housing developments in a representative sample of American cities and focuses on alcohol and other…
Descriptors: Athletics, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Drinking
Steel, Lauri; Schubert, Jane G. – 1983
The effectiveness of Upward Bound (UB), a federally funded program to assist high-ability disadvantaged youth in completing programs in higher education, is addressed in this study. The study sought to determine if participation in UB enhances high school performance and participation in postsecondary education, especially in comparison to non-UB…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth
Department of Labor, Chicago, IL. Region V. – 1989
This document comprises the second volume of a two-volume resource guide to help states and localities take advantage of new Federal initiatives to increase services to youth under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). This volume comprises the discussion papers that formed the basis for the options summarized in the first volume. The papers…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Employment Programs
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). – 1987
This document begins with a communication from the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) that proposes an action program for the training and preparation of young people for adult and working life. It analyzes the present situation, outlines the action program, and presents a nine-point plan of supporting action to be implemented by the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Howard, Deborah A.; And Others – 1990
A review of the social needs of adolescents in Glendale (California) and elsewhere was conducted to determine the needs and potential support for the proposed Glendale Teen Support Center (GTSC) and to provide documentation for the Center's future funding requests. The GTSC was conceived as an after-school social center that would provide a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Community Centers, Community Recreation Programs
Jucovy, Linda – 1987
This workshop report deals with developing a youth service corps. Twenty-nine representatives from 15 youth corps attended the workshop, the second in a series of six sponsored by the Youth Corps Exchange Project. The report begins with an overview of the highlights of the workshop. The second section, which discusses the need for human services,…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Delivery Systems, Financial Support, Human Services
Mathews, David – 1986
Assessment of student achievement in the workplace identifies workplace skills students may not demonstrate in course work. It also induces a continuous sensitivity to industry needs. On-job training tends to have sufficient formality to encourage organized assessment and off-job learning can involve assessment to the point of excess. However,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adult Education, Competence, Developed Nations
Banks, John – 1987
This report is about recent steps undertaken at national and other levels to help schools in the countries of the European Community develop links with industry or the economic world. It draws particularly on examples from the 30 pilot projects that formed part of the European Community's second program on young people's transition from education…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Demonstration Programs, Developed Nations
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System Consortium. – 1987
An amendment to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) mandated an assessment of the basic skills of all Summer Youth Employment and Training (SYET) Program enrollees. Many agencies in California used the Employability Competency System Appraisal Test to assess 1987 SYET participants' basic reading and math skills. Between June and October 1987,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Demography, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
Wood, Miriam M. – 1988
Statistics describing the independent sector are incomplete and ambiguous. This is especially true in the area of services provided to youths between the ages of 16 and 24. According to Internal Revenue Service files, the independent sector consists of 821,000 organizations, including nonprofit organizations, churches, colleges and universities,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1987
This annual report covers the period July 1985 through June 1986, Program Year 1985. Part I presents findings and recommendations from Commission work on the impact of new technologies on jobs, the problems of displaced workers, and workers' increasing need for basic skills. Part II describes the major activities of the Commission in three major…
Descriptors: Adults, Annual Reports, Career Education, Computers
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1984
This guide is intended to assist planners and administrators in designing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) youth programs. The following topics are covered in the individual chapters: serving youth under JTPA; program planning (planning and performance standards); program operations (participant activities and services under JTPA, establishment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coordination, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs
Youth Service America, Washington, DC. – 1989
The three issue papers in this document contain the recommendations made by a Working Group on Youth Service America (YSA) regarding pending and proposed youth service legislation. "Recommendations to the President about the Youth Entering Service to America Foundation" discusses youth service and its mission. Operating tenets for the…
Descriptors: Community Services, Experiential Learning, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
