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    Participation in education among older people

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    National random sample data on 4254 people in four adult age categories were analyzed with regard to enrollments in different kinds of education settings, enrollment motives, and barriers to enrollment. Further analysis compared participants to nonparticipants. Most adult enrollments were at the college or university level before age 40, in other settings thereafter, and instrumental motives were predominant across the lifespan. Lack of time and interest were major barriers to enrollment among older people, and those enrolled generally had higher prior educational attainments, were younger, and lived in urban or suburban locations.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44538/1/10755_2005_Article_BF01080356.pd

    Creating the Back Ward: The Triumph of Custodialism and the Uses of Therapeutic Failure in Nineteenth Century Idiot Asylums

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    My focus in this chapter is on the origin of the back ward rather than its demise. Where did the “back wards” that [Burton] Blatt and [Senator Robert] Kennedy witnessed come from in the first place? What 3 exactly were those “antecedents of the problems observed” that Blatt cited? This chapter reviews that history and argues that, in fact, there is a specific narrative to the evolution of the institutional “back ward” as an identifiable place where people with the most significant intellectual disabilities were to be incarcerated and largely forgotten.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/education_books/1006/thumbnail.jp

    Comparing the Functional Independence Measure and the interRAI/MDS for use in the functional assessment of older adults: a review of the literature

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    <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The rehabilitation of older persons is often complicated by increased frailty and medical complexity - these in turn present challenges for the development of health information systems. Objective investigation and comparison of the effectiveness of geriatric rehabilitation services requires information systems that are comprehensive, reliable, valid, and sensitive to clinically relevant changes in older persons. The Functional Independence Measure is widely used in rehabilitation settings - in Canada this is used as the central component of the National Rehabilitation Reporting System of the Canadian Institute of Health Information. An alternative system has been developed by the interRAI consortium. We conducted a literature review to compare the development and measurement properties of these two systems.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>English language literature published between 1983 (initial development of the FIM) and 2008 was searched using Medline and CINAHL databases, and the reference lists of retrieved articles. Relevant articles were summarized and charted using the criteria proposed by Streiner. Additionally, attention was paid to the ability of the two systems to address issues particularly relevant to older rehabilitation clients, such as medical complexity, comorbidity, and responsiveness to small but clinically meaningful improvements.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>In total, 66 articles were found that met the inclusion criteria. The majority of FIM articles studied inpatient rehabilitation settings; while the majority of interRAI/MDS articles focused on nursing home settings. There is evidence supporting the reliability of both instruments. There were few articles that investigated the construct validity of the interRAI/MDS.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p><b>A</b>dditional psychometric research is needed on both the FIM and MDS, especially with regard to their use in different settings and with different client groups.</p

    Monitoreo del progreso del alumno en la identificaciĂłn de riesgo en la lectura

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    Este estudo tem por nalidade analisar o uso da monitorização com base no currĂ­culo como sistema escolar de identi cação de alunos em risco na leitura, no contexto de um modelo educativo baseado no grau de resposta Ă  intervenção. Realizou-se uma investigação quantitativa em que participaram todos os alunos do 3o ano (82 alunos) de um agrupamento de escolas do norte de Portugal. O tratamento de dados foi feito com recurso Ă  estatĂ­stica descritiva e inferencial. Destacam-se, entre outras conclusĂ”es, a existĂȘncia de dez alunos em risco na leitura durante todo o ano letivo e o facto de, no nal do 3o ano de escolaridade, a mĂ©dia de resultados dos alunos que nunca estiveram em risco ser superior ao dobro da mĂ©dia de resultados dos alunos que estiveram em risco todo o ano.This study aims to analyze the use of curriculum-based monitoring as a school system to identify students at risk in reading, in the context of an educational model based on the degree of response to intervention. A quantitative investigation was conducted with all third grade students (82 students) from a group of schools in the north of Portugal. Data processing was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. Among the conclusions, the following stand out: the existence of ten students at risk in reading throughout the school year and the fact that, at the end of the third year of schooling, the mean results of students who were never at risk was more than double the mean results of students who were at risk for the entire year.Cette Ă©tude a pour but d’analyser l’usage du contĂŽle ayant pour base le coursus comme systĂšme scolaire d’identification des Ă©lĂšves prĂ©sentant des risques dans la lecture, dans le contexte d’un modĂšle Ă©ducatif fondĂ© sur le degrĂ©e de rĂ©ponse Ă  l’intervention. On a fait une investigation quantitative Ă  laquelle ont participĂ© tous les Ă©lĂšves de CM1 (82 Ă©lĂšves) d’un groupement d’écoles du nord du Portugal. Le traitement des donnĂ©es a Ă©tĂ© fait Ă  l’aide de la statistique descriptive et infĂ©rentielle. On souligne, entre autres conclusions, l’existence de dix Ă©lĂšves en risque dans la lecture pendant toute l’annĂ©e scolaire et le fait qu’à la fin de la troisiĂšmme annĂ©e de scolaritĂ©, la moyenne des rĂ©sultats des Ă©lĂšves n’ayant jamais Ă©tĂ© en risque soit supĂ©rieur au double de la moyenne des rĂ©sultats des Ă©lĂšves qui ont Ă©tĂ© en risque toute l’annĂ©e.Este estudio tiene la finalidad de analizar el uso del monitoreo del currĂ­culo como sistema escolar de identificaciĂłn de alumnos en riesgo en la lectura, en el marco de un modelo educativo basado en el grado de respuesta a la intervenciĂłn. Se llevĂł a cabo una investigaciĂłn cuantitativa en la que participaron todos los alumnos del 3er año (82 alumnos) de un agrupamiento de escuelas del norte de Portugal. El tratamiento de datos se efectuĂł por medio de la estadĂ­stica descriptiva e de inferencias. Se destacan, entre otras conclusiones, la existencia de diez alumnos en riesgo en la lectura durante todo el año lectivo y el hecho de que, al final del 3er año de escolaridad, el promedio de resultados de los alumnos que nunca estuvieron en riesgo era superior al doble del promedio de resultados de los alumnos que estuvieron en riesgo todo el año.(undefined)info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
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