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Tirella, Linda G.; Tickle-Degnen, Linda; Miller, Laurie C.; Bedell, Gary – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2012
The purpose of this study was to describe reflections of nine American parents on the strengths, challenges, and strategies in parenting young children newly adopted from another country. Eight mothers and one father with an adopted child aged less than 3 years and home for less than 3 months completed standardized assessments measuring the…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Adoption, Community Resources, Child Rearing
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Nelson, Judith A.; Rose, Nancy L.; Lutz, Danielle – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2011
The purpose of this case study was to examine random student drug testing in one school district relevant to: (a) the perceptions of students participating in competitive extracurricular activities regarding drug use and abuse; (b) the attitudes and perceptions of parents, school staff, and community members regarding student drug involvement; (c)…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Early Intervention, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
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Porowski, Allan; Passa, Aikaterini – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2011
Communities In Schools, Inc. (CIS) is a nationwide initiative designed to connect needed community resources with schools to help students, particularly those identified as at-risk, successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life. As part of a comprehensive 5-year national evaluation of CIS, ICF International conducted a school-level…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Community Resources
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Pal, Sarmistha – Economics of Education Review, 2010
The paper argues that access to public infrastructure plays a crucial role on the presence of private schools in a community, as it could not only minimise the cost of production, but also ensure a high return to private investment. Results using community, school and child/household-level PROBE survey data from five north Indian states provide…
Descriptors: State Schools, Private Schools, Economics, Access to Education
Sirinides, Phil; Fantuzzo, John; LeBoeuf, Whitney; Barghaus, Katie; Fink, Ryan – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2015
High-quality care in the earliest years of life has been shown to relate to positive developmental outcomes for children, including improved early academic skills, social-emotional competencies, and cognitive functioning. Unfortunately, the early care experiences of many children are not always high quality; rather, research suggests that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Research Reports, Educational Quality, Quality Control
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Swan, Suzanne C.; Sullivan, Tami P. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Studies have found high rates of help seeking among domestic violence victims. However, little research has investigated the help-seeking patterns of women who use violence (many of whom are also abused). Understanding the resources utilized by women who are violent toward their partners may aid in designing interventions that will reduce the…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Help Seeking, Females, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Goulder, Ray; Scott, Graham W. – Bioscience Education, 2010
This communication reports how bioscience students are encouraged to benefit from city and regional community-based resources through use of a guidebook and student-managed learning. Positive outcomes of the module are that bioscience students take their learning experience beyond the classroom, they engage with wider community resources, and they…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Community Resources, Use Studies, Learning Modules
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Griffin, Dana; Farris, Amy – Professional School Counseling, 2010
Budget cuts in education demand that school counselors learn how to do more with what is presently available, and to collaborate with families and communities to find resources that meet student needs. In an effort to address how school counselors can be proactive in finding needed resources, this article draws on information from various…
Descriptors: Student Needs, School Counselors, Counselor Client Relationship, Family School Relationship
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Tellez, Kip; Waxman, Hersh C. – School Community Journal, 2010
This article synthesized current research on effective communities for English Language Learners (ELLs). The findings are discussed under the following categories: parents, community resources, and peers. The results of the review indicate that parenting programs are effective, but they must be carefully developed and often require specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Programs, Second Language Learning, Community Resources
Borrero, Noah – Multicultural Education, 2011
Inquiry into the academic achievement of Latino/a youth in the United States should be of major interest to teachers, administrators, families, communities, scholars, and policy makers committed to equitable multicultural education in schools. Although the diversity of Latinos is well documented, academic achievement discourse continues to lump…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Hispanic American Students, First Generation College Students, Academic Achievement
Peace Corps, 2010
This idea book addresses key concepts in two earlier Peace Corps' publications, "Participatory Analysis for Community Action (PACA) Manual" [ICE No. M0053], and the "Gender and Development Training Manual" [ICE No. M0054]. These previous resources were large training manuals that introduced PACA to staff and Volunteers in the context of the Peace…
Descriptors: Community Action, Foreign Countries, Community Leaders, Nongovernmental Organizations
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Scanlan, Martin – Education and Urban Society, 2010
This case study examines St. Malachy, an urban Catholic elementary school primarily serving children traditionally marginalized by race, class, linguistic heritage, and disability. As a private school, St. Malachy serves the public good by recruiting and retaining such traditionally marginalized students. As empirical studies involving Catholic…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Catholic Schools, Private Schools, Community Resources
Searcy, Jeny – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
This article presents important lessons the author has learned on a leadership journey in the field of Early Childhood Education. The author describes the steps in her journey, along with lessons learned with those steps. Throughout the journey, regardless of its length, the author stresses one essential lesson for leaders in the field: "Find joy…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Leadership Responsibility, Administrator Role, Community Resources
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Easton, Denise; McCord, Alan – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2009
In this edition of Innovate-Ideagora, Denise Easton and Alan McCord announce the consolidation of Innovate-Live, "Innovate's" venue for author webcasts, with Ideagora; webcasts will now be accessed from Ideagora, and archives will be made available through Ideagora. This change will simplify presentation and merge our multimedia presentations,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Participative Decision Making, Web Sites, Information Technology
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Oschwald, Mary; Renker, Paula; Hughes, Rosemary B.; Arthur, Anne; Powers, Laurie E.; Curry, Mary Ann – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
To increase safety and minimize the risk of interpersonal violence, it is critical that women with disabilities and Deaf women have an opportunity to identify whether or not abuse is happening in their lives. Awareness and knowledge of what constitutes abusive behaviors is an essential first step in addressing interpersonal violence. This article…
Descriptors: Self Disclosure (Individuals), Females, Safety, Disabilities
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