The Gnosall Primary Care Memory Clinic has been operating since 2006 and adds the skills of a specialist old age psychiatrist to extensive knowledge available in primary care. Key organisation function clinic is eldercare facilitator, new role situated care linking with wide range other agencies people. In order facilitate replication model elsewhere, function, competencies existing previous facilitators have reviewed, clarified related competency framework similar initiatives literature....

In this research, two questions related to arts integration are studied: First, the extent which sixth and seventh grade students’ language mathematics performance, as well their engagement with school positively impacted by classroom settings in theater strategies integrated into instruction; second, students able sustain learning gains once they return a traditional environment. The research is based on study four schools an urban district that has high poverty level, were randomly...

Building on a stream of educational research that has focused the impact arts performance in traditional academic subjects, current study investigated integrating theatre into language and social studies curricula fourth- fifth-grade students' cognitive, procognitive, prosocial development. The employed randomized controlled design which twenty-eight classrooms (fourteen at each grade level) seven district elementary schools were randomly assigned to "treatment" condition. Twenty-eight...

This article integrates the technical model of policy implementation with a coconstructed perspective to understand impact New Jersey Department Education’s (NJDOE) actions and policies on set court-ordered mandates in 30 state’s poorest school districts (referred as Abbott or special needs districts). The analysis reveals that organizational responses NJDOE subverted goals reforms. At same time, local have interpreted responded reforms ways are consonant their own experiences...

Institutional repositories are valuable platforms that facilitate access to the research output of an institution. Theses and dissertations preserved at most higher education institutions materials prioritize for digitization when building institutional repository. The purpose this case study is share reproducible workflows digitization, enhanced with automation, can be adopted by other who aim increase accessibility discoverability their unique research. Few studies have shared in a...

Retention and remedial aid improve students'achievement scores.

We assessed the cost-effectiveness and student outcomes related to providing breakfast in classroom (BIC) setting versus traditional school cafeteria (Cafe).The sample included 2906 African American Hispanic students attending urban elementary middle schools a city Northeastern United States. Teachers other personnel completed interviews. an online survey.School absences were lower for BIC program than Cafe program. The suspension rate was students. A larger percentage of (80%) ate (30%)....

Abstract Previous research has suggested that school-based pregnancy prevention programs provide sexual education and related forms of support foster life skill development are effective in improving preadolescents' attitudes toward abstinence contraception. However, there been limited on the cost-effectiveness such programs. This study used an economic approach to estimate short- long-term a program by controlling for various influential factors, including predisposing, enabling,...

Since the late 1970s problem of urban education has been cast as partially a governance and authority structures. This focus mirrors larger preoccupation by educational reformers with democratizing decision-making process in public schools, that is evident not only this country but also many nations throughout world. Borrowing from private sector, underlying assumption behind decentralization improvement possible if those closest to point at which decision are enacted become architects these...

An attitude formation model was developed to test the processes through which economically disadvantaged Black students form their educational and occupational goals. The assumed that development of aspirations among urban youths represents an interplay structural subjective factors. predicted youths' goals would be influenced by perceptions limitations American society. tested on 175 African-American male female 12th graders in school district. Results from regression equations revealed...

Abstract Early diagnosis of dementia is vital for optimum care but rates remain patchy across the UK. Dr Benbow and colleagues describe their innovative primary memory clinic model in Gnosall, Staffordshire, benefits it has brought terms increasing diagnosis, improved patient cost savings.

Internal and external validity are threatened when subjects fail to complete an intervention they lost at follow-ups. Accordingly, researchers staff continually strive identify predictors of attrition non-compliance. The present study investigated the success models that incorporate program, family, individual characteristic variables in predicting treatment adherence retention six months a sample 1319 youth who participated abstinence-only intervention, as well relative importance...

In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered state to implement an ambitious agenda for reforming preschool education in state's 30 poorest school districts. This reform formed part of a larger attempt overhaul educational programming these The attempted meld, both programmatically and fiscally, community public programs. According Court's ruling, all 3- 4-year-olds residing districts must be provided with high-quality experiences. paper offers insights into challenges that State is...