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Brookins, Craig C. – 1991
Inadequate preparation for parenting during the prenatal period, and the inability to provide adequate parenting have been cited as major reasons for a myriad of problems experienced by parents. This study examined support and education programs based on the aggregate 7-year experience of over 75 support and education programs funded by the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Programs, Parenting Skills
Ferrero, Lee – NAWDP Advantage, 1994
The most serious problem with the current work force preparation system is that many employment and training programs operate today to serve roughly the same people. Instead, these programs should be coordinated better to lower costs in the face of lowered funding. The General Accounting Office reports that about 125 federal programs do…
Descriptors: Adults, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1987
This book is a compilation of drug education and drug abuse prevention materials collected by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) along with example of activities carried out by various countries. It opens with four introductory papers by separate authors: (1) "Prevention of Drug Dependence: A Utopian…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Foreign Countries, Prevention
National Association of Private Industry Councils, Washington, DC. – 1989
This report presents data revealing the participation rates of people with disabilities in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs for the program year July 1, 1987 to June 30, 1988. Four charts are included in the paper. The charts display state-by-state participation rates for: both adults and youth with disabilities in the JTPA's Title…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Baker, Thomas E. – 1990
This paper describes the 5-year Austin Teacher Program (ATP) at Austin College with emphasis on the collaboratively supervised internship in the graduate year. Some results of a comprehensive survey of over 400 ATP graduates are discussed, as well as issues and needs in the supervision of interns, and implications for the future in the supervision…
Descriptors: Extended Teacher Education Programs, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Internship Programs
Howard, Susanne H. – 1990
Promotion, outreach, and data production efforts related to the 1990 decennial census conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce are discussed. Promotional efforts, which particularly targeted minority groups, included multilingual mass media advertisements, public service announcements, press releases, school and church components, and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Citizenship Responsibility, Federal Programs, Minority Groups
Piper, Robert Lewis; Grunbaum, Judith – 1983
The manual describes Project Excel, a program for gifted and talented high school students on a college campus. The curriculum is designed to introduce high potential tenth and eleventh graders to processes of creativity, critical thinking, artistic endeavor, and social consciousness and to provide a bridge into college for them. The project is…
Descriptors: Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Enrichment
Gotfredson, Gary D.; And Others – 1983
This report, prepared by the Delinquency and School Environments Program of the Center for Social Organization of Schools, presents a set of standards for implementing Program Development Evaluation (PDE), a method for strengthening school organizational and research effectiveness. This report supplements an earlier account of the Program…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Rogers, J. Mark; And Others – 1982
The Program Standards Evaluation System was developed in response to evaluation requirements in the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. The system includes procedures for using standards data to monitor and evaluate vocational rehabilitation (VR) service outcomes and outputs as well as standards on key procedural issues. These guidance materials, volume 3 of…
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Program Effectiveness
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. – 1988
This pamphlet provides an overview of the present situation concerning technology education in Oklahoma. It lists learner outcomes, details the criteria for a technology education program, and illustrates the role of industrial arts/technology education in the total education system. The four functions that industrial arts/technology education…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Industrial Arts, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Assael, Daniel, Ed. – 1984
The 1983-84 directory presents synopses and descriptions of Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) projects. An initial chapter reviews the background of HCEEP and reviews a 1982 study of the impact of HCEEP. The overview section presents information gathered from 1983-84 surveys on the type of activities pursued by the five types…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Infants
Zamora, Ramon M. – 1982
Alternative learning environments offering computer-related instruction are developing around the world. Storefront learning centers, museum-based computer facilities, and special theme parks are some of the new concepts. ComputerTown, USA! is a public access computer literacy project begun in 1979 to serve both adults and children in Menlo Park…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Microcomputers
Kamien, Janet; Goldbas, Amy – 1981
The document describes development and implementation of a program offered by the Boston Children's Museum to facilitate museum visits for handicapped children and their families. An advisory council was formed with professionals who work with families and parents of severely disabled children. Among the original objectives were the provision of a…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Demonstration Programs, Family Programs, Museums
Ramey, Luellen – 1984
This document provides a description and evaluation of the RECAP (Re-employment Career Planning)/JETS (Job, Education/Training, Selection) program, a cooperative re-employment training program for displaced automobile industry workers in Michigan. Following the brief introduction, program development and pre-training preparation are discussed,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Dislocated Workers, Job Training, Program Descriptions
Woodin, Ralph J. – 1978
Intended to provide the reader with information concerning the development and early heritage of a secondary vocational agriculture program, this historical account of the development of an Ohio vocational agriculture program is intended also to be useful as a prototype for other communities who wish to make a similar report of their programs.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Demonstration Programs, History, Local History
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