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Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1991
Materials for the fifth year of the Wisconsin Families in Education program are included in this document. These materials are intended to help schools to organize more parent and community involvement programs. The material is organized into five packets. The first packet, the introductory packet, contains a discussion of the themes for the year,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Pollock, John S. – 1991
The Early Literacy Program in the Columbus, Ohio public schools provided early intervention to underachieving first- and second-grade pupils who appeared unlikely to read and write successfully without additional reading instruction. The program featured small group instruction for 40-45 minutes daily. During 1990-91, 65 teachers served 1477…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Compensatory Education, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy
Download full textGuarneri, Gina, Ed.; And Others – 1988
This curriculum is for an intensive 5-day institute in team assessment of young children with disabilities. Each of the eight chapters includes text, training activities, and an annotated bibliography. Sample forms and evaluation guides are appended to relevant chapters. The introductory chapter presents an assessment philosophy and notes…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
DeFreitas, Louis A. – 1991
This practicum involved parents in academic workshops and home visits to help parents learn how to assist their children with school work and assignments. Workshops were set up to teach parents how to: (1) communicate with teachers; (2) help their children with reading and mathematics homework and skills; (3) set up study programs for their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Elementary Education, Family Involvement
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Bloomington, IN. – 1991
This ERIC/RCS Special Collection contains 4 ERIC Digests (brief syntheses of the research on a specific topic in contemporary education) and 14 FAST Bibs (Focused Access to Selected Topics--annotated bibliographies with selected entries from the ERIC database), providing up-to-date information in an accessible format. The collection focuses on…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Kleinfeld, Judith; Shinkwin, Anne – 1983
This paper on a widespread nonformal American educational experience, the Boy Scouts, describes the close relationship between family socialization and scouting, and the education that occurs in three key scouting settings: camp-outs, troop meetings, and scout service projects. The paper argues that certain types of families deliberately use…
Descriptors: Camping, Educational Experience, Family Influence, Family Involvement
Gallagher, James J.; And Others – 1988
In Part H of Public Law 99-457, the Federal Government agrees to provide modest financial resources to aid the states in planning and developing comprehensive, multidisciplinary, coordinated services for young children with handicaps and their families, and presents mandates for reforms in the service delivery system. This paper identifies the…
Descriptors: Coordination, Data Collection, Decision Making, Definitions
Ronnau, John – 1989
This resource training manual for family advocacy workers is designed to help these workers meet the needs of families who care for adolescents with emotional disabilities. It is intended for use with a companion manual which focuses on the needs of youth themselves, and stresses that effective case management must integrally involve both youths…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Advocacy, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation
Bergman, Roberta L. – 1987
Child Care Dallas planned and implemented a project aiming to produce an employer-assisted family day care system which would meet the developmental needs of infants and toddlers, increase the community supply of infant/toddler care, be affordable for parents and employers, demonstrate effective methods for recruiting and training competent…
Descriptors: Business, Child Caregivers, Corporate Support, Cost Effectiveness
Kumar, Keval Joe – 1986
This paper provides both a preliminary analysis of a survey on media education in India, and reviews of the research on media education in the western world, the limited media education research already done in India, and the more extensive research that has been done on the sociology of Indian youth and the media. The purpose of the survey was to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Computer Science Education, Cultural Influences
Drier, Harry N. – 1977
As trained counselors, career educators, and career education guidance and counseling programs have become increasingly available, there has been a tendency for the church to lose the perspective of its role in preparing people, particularly the young, for purposeful and satisfying lives. A church-based career development program would provide…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Groups, Career Development, Career Education
Brigham, Earl K., Ed. – The NFE Exchange, 1981
Devoted to the role of participation in nonformal education (NFE) activities in enhancing development, this issue consists of an article on participation in NFE activities, descriptions of participatory programs, an annotated bibliography on participation, and a review of various publications related to participation. The lead article, "Can…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizen Participation, Developing Nations, Disabilities
McGraw, Onalee – 1978
Drawing on the writings of scholars in the field, this report presents the case for increased parental control over the education of children. It begins by maintaining that the American public school has fallen from favor mainly because of a decline in academic achievement and the replacement of the teaching of basic skills with social…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Curriculum, Educational Responsibility
HEARD, J. NORMAN – 1968
THE AUTHOR RELATES HOW HE AND HIS WIFE LEARNED ABOUT MENTAL RETARDATION IN EACH OF THEIR THREE CHILDREN, HOW THEY REACTED, AND HOW THEY TRIED TO COPE WITH THE SITUATION. HE DESCRIBES THEIR EXPERIENCES IN ATTEMPTING TO BUILD A FUTURE FOR THEIR CHILDREN BY HELPING TO ORGANIZE SEVERAL PARENT ASSOCIATIONS, CREATE THE FIRST VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childhood Needs, Employment Opportunities, Exceptional Child Education
Rich, Dorothy; Jones, Cynthia – 1977
Emphasizing the importance of the family in education, this book presents a sampling of strategies for fostering a strong parent-teacher-community partnership. The first chapter discusses the need for parent and community involvement; lists strategies to help administrators, teachers, and parent and community leaders in working with one another;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Involvement, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement
