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1977
This volume presents the views of participants from seventy-two countries and twenty international nongovernmental and intergovernmental agencies who met in Puerto Rico to discuss the struggle for equal opportunity. The report of the Pre-Conference Working Party which analyzes and discusses the conference's theme of equal opportunity and possible…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demography, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textCondry, Sandra; And Others – 1981
Two federal interagency panels convened a research forum for the purpose of reaching consensus on research findings relating to five broad areas of concern for children and youth: health, education, social services, legal considerations, and economic factors. Experts volunteered to write working papers focusing on a single aspect of the broad…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Diseases, Economic Factors
Azores, Fortunata M. – 1980
The proceedings of a conference on Asian Americans held in New York City in May 1978 are summarized in this report. The conference consisted of workshops on four issues: employment, voter participation, youth, and the elderly. In the workshop on employment, issues discussed included the participation of Asians in the health system and in the…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Employment, Language Proficiency, Older Adults
Research Assessment Management, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1981
The document reports on a symposium, sponsored by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization), designed to develop strategies for improving educational, health, and social service to handicapped children and their families, particularly in developing nations. Section 1 is an overview of the background and organization…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
White, Patience, Ed. – 1989
This report of a consensus conference on pediatric rheumatology deals with the complex nature of rheumatological conditions of children, which require diagnostic, therapeutic, and follow-up services for comprehensive care and demand the cooperation of medical, health, education, mental health, and social service professionals. Conference…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Health, Chronic Illness, Data Collection
Peer reviewedPracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
Swindell, Rick, Ed. – 1991
These conference proceedings contain nine theme papers from a conference on the University of the Third Age (U3A); the concept of positive aging; and new directions in political thinking, education, health, and social services. An introduction by the conference coordinator, Geoff Cawthorne, begins the volume. The papers are as follows:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Office of the Surgeon General (DHHS/PHS), Washington, DC. – 1992
This report details the proceedings of a conference hosted by U.S. Surgeon General Antonia Novello. The conference joined 225 parents from all 50 states and more than 700 government officials and representatives from public and private health, education, and social service agencies to search for new ways to advance the health and education of…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Federal Government
Perez, Ricardo J. – 2001
Located along the U.S. Mexico border, colonias are unincorporated areas with no building codes, city taxes, or infrastructure. Most colonia residents live in poverty. Involving rural colonia residents from Hildago County, Texas, in a concerted effort to solve their problems became a central focus for a task force of educational and social…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Centers, Community Education, Community Services
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. – 1968
The Conference on Early Childhood Education was held during Early Childhood Education Week (March 1968) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Conference participants included Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) school personnel responsible for the establishment and coordination of proposed BIA kindergartens, representatives of National, public, and voluntary…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anthropology, Community Role, Comprehensive Programs
Solorzano, Sylvia M., Ed. – 1993
This compilation presents edited manuscripts of presentations from a community education conference held in Illinois. Summaries are provided for the following presentations: (1) "Leadership for Diversity," by Theodore L. Gross, outlining classroom goals to lead students out of prejudice; (2) "Building Coalitions," by Pat Kaye Edwards, reviewing…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Action, Community Coordination, Community Education
Sheppard, Harold L., Ed. – 1991
These proceedings contain an introduction and 26 papers arranged in five sections: (1) People's Republic of China and Taiwan (Republic of China); (2) Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand; (3) Korea; (4) Japan and the Western Pacific; and (5) United States. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "Recent Social Security Policies and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Community Programs, Coping
Deafblind International, London (England). – 1998
This text includes all of the plenary presentations from the 3rd European Conference of Deafblind International's Acquired Deafblindness Network. This international conference was the first to focus specifically on older people with dual sensory impairment. Presentations addressed the awareness of the needs of older people with deafblind or dual…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics
Sheppard, Harold L., Ed. – 1988
This document contains presentations on the state of social services and care for the aging in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States given at the 1986 International Conference on Social Service and Aging Policies. Included are a conference statement by T. H. Li, remarks by Shui-teh Hsu, the major of Taipei, and these presentations: (1)…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Housing
World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession, Morges (Switzerland). – 1992
This report focuses on social protections of teachers in Europe, synthesizes responses to a questionnaire by 18 European members of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP), and provides an overview of a variety of situations in European countries. The report includes a list of organizations/countries which…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Fringe Benefits, Health Insurance
