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Perceived Competencies And Attitudes Of A Select Group Of Elementary School Administrators Relative To Preparation And Experience In Administering Special Education Programs, Nancy Equils. Hyatt
Perceived Competencies And Attitudes Of A Select Group Of Elementary School Administrators Relative To Preparation And Experience In Administering Special Education Programs, Nancy Equils. Hyatt
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The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived competencies involved in administering special education programs and the attitude toward educational preparation and training of a select group of elementary school administrators. Principals from fourteen public school divisions throughout the State of Virginia, during the 1985-86 school year, participated in the study.;An original survey developed for purposes of the study was mailed to 173 elementary school administrators chosen in a random sampling from seven geographical divisions throughout the state. Sixty-nine percent of the administrators responded to the survey.;Responses from the three part survey were analyzed through use of the …
The Efficacy Of Parent Counseling And Support Groups On Stress Levels, Self-Esteem And Degree Of Coping Of Parents Of Developmentally Delayed Or Handicapped Infants Involved In An Infant Intervention Program, Rebecca Marie Lafountain
The Efficacy Of Parent Counseling And Support Groups On Stress Levels, Self-Esteem And Degree Of Coping Of Parents Of Developmentally Delayed Or Handicapped Infants Involved In An Infant Intervention Program, Rebecca Marie Lafountain
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The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of parental intervention on the self-esteem, degree of coping, and stress levels of parents of developmentally delayed or handicapped infants involved in an infant intervention program.;The research design for this study was a posttest-only control group design. The samples consisted of 48 parents who had infants enrolled in an infant intervention program. Sixteen subjects were assigned to each of the following treatment groups: Support, Counseling, and Control. The Support groups were structured as self-help groups. The Counseling groups were primarily affective, but also included a didactic component based on the …
The Relationship Of Teamwork Factors To Perceived Success Of Inter Agency Collaboration, Leslie William Jones
The Relationship Of Teamwork Factors To Perceived Success Of Inter Agency Collaboration, Leslie William Jones
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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of teamwork factors to perceived success of interagency collaboration.;Administrators (n = 375) of eight governmental service agencies, state and local, serving handicapped children, ages birth through twenty-one (21), in Virginia responded to the researcher's mailed survey. The survey instrument was validated with 20 graduate students and 4 national experts in interagency collaboration. A telephone follow-up on certain items in the survey with 26 randomly selected respondees resulted in a significant reliability coefficient (Spearman Correlation Coefficient of .9307). The survey collected, in addition to certain demographic data, information on the perceptions …