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Wald, Penelope J. – 1991
The Family Involvement Triangle (FIT), developed by Project APIP (Alexandria Preschool Intervention Program), is a family-focused, family-directed, school-home partnership for integrated preschool intervention programs. The major goals of the FIT model are to promote parent participation in the schooling of their child, to support parents in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Cooperation
Jacobsen, G. Michael, Ed. – 1982
The papers selected for this reader represent the broad range of "practice oriented" interests, problems, populations, and interventions found in both rural social work and at the Seventh National Institute. Section 1 contains four papers which deal with program development and community practice, i.e., planning social services in a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Community Action, Community Education
Gross, Ronald; Gross, Beatrice – 1983
A 2-year project designed to identify and meet the needs of America's independent scholars is described. Project objectives were to: increase visibility and support for independent scholarship; learn more about independent scholars and their activities and organizations; identify the main problems and needs of independent scholars; stimulate…
Descriptors: Achievement, Agency Role, Employment Opportunities, Higher Education
Yin, Robert K.; Heinsohn, Ingrid – 1980
This case study, one in a series of research efforts designed to examine the utilization of the Administration on Aging's research, describes the different types of uses of materials produced by a research project on improvement of transportation services for the elderly. (The materials are a state-of-the-art report, planning handbook, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Case Studies, Community Services
Butler, Jocelyn A.; Batey, Anne – 1990
This directory contains information about schools that are working to improve student performance through the school-based management process "Onward to Excellence." Over 600 schools were sent questionnaires asking for detailed information about activities using "Onward to Excellence" and about results of that work. Data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Berney, Tomi D.; Gritzer, Glenn – 1990
This report presents an evaluation of the Asian-American Communications (A-AC) In-School Staff and Parent Workshops program in New York City public schools for the 1988-89 school year. A-AC provided workshops on Asian cultures for schools with large Asian populations and acted as a resource center by offering support services to interested…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Damico, Sandra Bowman – 1985
School desegregation has been promoted as a means for decreasing racial hostility and for raising minority achievement. A study was conducted to explore the effects of school organizational structure on the race/gender composition of interacting social networks of adolescents attending two middle schools. While the schools varied in the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Grade 7, Junior High School Students
Cronin, Roberta; Heinsohn, Ingrid – 1981
This case study, one in a series of research efforts designed to examine the utilization of the Administration on Aging's research, compares the use of two handbooks--one on nursing home ombudsman services for which high use resulted and one on residential repair and renovation for which low use resulted. An introduction describes the study that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Minnesota State Dept. of Energy and Economic Development, St. Paul. – 1984
The texts of four speeches and seven workshop presentations comprise this report intended to be a resource for rural women seeking careers in business ownership and to assist Minnesota's legislature and others interested in helping them. Presentations provide practical, technical, and inspirational information by 18 women with experience and…
Descriptors: Business, Business Administration, Career Guidance, Career Planning
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Raiser, Lynne – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
A teacher support network, established at the University of North Florida to help first-year special education teachers solve classroom problems and also attended by preservice and veteran teachers as well as university instructors, features telephone consultation, forums, and discussion groups. (CB)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Disabilities, Education Majors, Faculty Development
Ross, Susan M.; Straus, Murray A. – 1997
The Social Integration Scale (SIS) is intended to facilitate empirical research on the applicability of control theory to many types of adult crime, including "street crime," white collar crime, and physical assaults on spouses. There are five subscales: (1) belief (belief in law and social control); (2) commitment (psychological…
Descriptors: Adults, Beliefs, College Students, Crime
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 2001
This is the report of a congressional hearing on the new National Family Caregiver Support Program. First, it looks at this new program before it is fully implemented in the states and assesses how the states are setting up their programs. Second, it examines whether the States are receiving the clear and effective guidance they need from the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Aging (Individuals), Caregiver Role
Grace, Margaret – 1998
Research aimed to enhance rural women's access to communication and information technologies and to assess the impact of their technology use on their participation in small business development and community development. Over 200 women throughout Queensland (Australia) were involved. A trial electronic mailing list linking rural women to urban…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Development, Distance Education, Electronic Mail
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Meissen, Greg; Warren, Mary; Nansel, Tonja; Goodman, Samantha – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 2002
A study examined costs and benefits perceived by 26 self-help group leaders who helped rural Kansas communities in extending the use, awareness, and effectiveness of self-help groups. Findings that satisfaction in helping was the major benefit and time constraints the major cost were used to tailor leadership roles. Self-help group activity…
Descriptors: Action Research, Health Activities, Informal Education, Leadership Effectiveness
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Kaufman, Allan V. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1990
Presents a framework that identifies variables associated with relationship dynamics that exist between older persons and their social network members. Suggests framework can be used by case managers to help them assess the characteristics and functioning of their clients' social network relations and develop service strategies that maximize the…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Services, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role
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