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A School for Healing: Alternative Strategies for Teaching At-Risk Students

Book by Rosa L. Kennedy, Jerome H. Morton; Peter Lang, 1999

Subjects:

Alternative Schools--United States--Case Studies, High School Dropouts--Education--United States--Case Studies, Socially Handicapped Youth--Education--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Jerome H. Morton A School for Healing Alternative Strategies for Teaching...Kennedy, Rosa L. A school for healing: alternative strategies for teaching...references and index. 1. Alternative schools-- United States--Case...
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African American Alternative Medicine: Using Alternative Medicine to Prevent and Control Chronic Diseases

Book by Eric J. Bailey; Bergin & Garvey, 2002

Subjects:

African Americans--Diseases, African Americans--Health And Hygiene, Alternative Medicine--United States, Chronic Diseases--Alternative Treatment

Collections: Entire Library

The author examines past and present traditional healthcare practices among African Americans from a research-based perspective. A cultural-historical review of the traditional African American alternative healthcare practices provides the framework for understanding current African American ...
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The author examines past and present traditional healthcare practices among African Americans from a research-based perspective. A cultural-historical review of the traditional African American alternative healthcare practices provides the framework for understanding current African American ethnomedical practices. New data from a variety of African American alternative health practitioners serving the community share their perspectives.
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Dyslexia and Alternative Therapies

Book by Maria Chivers; Jessica Kingsley, 2006

Subjects:

Dyslexia--Alternative Treatment, Dyslexic Children, Learning Disabilities--Alternative Treatment

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...education plan in place. 3. Look at the alternative therapies available. Dyslexia and specific...The signs below may indicate that a pre-school child is dyslexic - they do not need...remember having problems when you were at school? . have problems with reading...
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The Mainstreaming of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Studies in Social Context

Book by Philip Tovey, Gary Easthope:Jon Adams; Routledge, 2003

Subjects:

Alternative Medicine--History, Alternative Medicine--Social Aspects

Collections: Entire Library

The Mainstreaming of Complementary and Alternative Medicine allows a complex and informative picture to emerge of the different social forces at play in the integration of CAM with orthodox medicine.
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The Politics of Healing: Histories of Alternative Medicine in Twentieth-Century North America

Book by Robert D. Johnston; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Alternative Medicine--North America--History--20th Century, Alternative Medicine--North America--Political Aspects--20th Century

Collections: Entire Library

Takes on controversial issues like alternative treatment for cancer and research funded by pharmaceutical companiesExplores the historical roots of anti-vaccination movementsExamines the role of food in alternative medicine and the health food movement of the mid-20th century

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A Kappan Special Section on Alternative Schools: Reflections of an Alternative School Administrator

Journal article by Jay Mcgee; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 82, 2001

Subjects:

Alternative education--Management, Alternative schools--Officials and employees, School administrators--Attitudes

Collections: Education, Entire Library

A Kappan Special Section on Alternative Schools: Reflections of an Alternative School Administrator. by Jay McGee...an alternative - it is a necessity. ALTERNATIVE schools in the 1960s and early 1970s emerged...
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Academic Achievement, Employment, Age and Gender and Students' Experience of Alternative School

Journal article by Senel Poyrazli, Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Denise G. Meister, Larry Forthun, J. Doug Coatsworth, Kamini Maraj Grahame; Adolescence, Vol. 43, 2008

Subjects:

Academic achievement--Research, Alternative schools--Influence, Employment--Research, Students--Education, Students--Psychological aspects

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...and Students Experience of Alternative School. by Senel Poyrazli...students who are sent to alternative schools are provided with special...perhaps return to their home schools. Alternative schools are the most widespread...
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The Efficacy of CWPT Used in Secondary Alternative School Classrooms with Small Teacher/pupil Ratios and Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Journal article by Lisa J. Bowman-Perrott, Charles R. Greenwood, Yolanda Tapia; Education & Treatment of Children, Vol. 30, 2007

Subjects:

Alternative schools--Services, Disabled students--Evaluation, Peer teaching--Usage, Peer-group tutoring of students--Usage

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Efficacy of CWPT Used in Secondary Alternative School Classrooms with Small Teacher...behavioral disorders (E/BD) in alternative schools with small teacher-pupil ratios...in these conditions. In two alternative school classrooms, students and teachers...
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The Power of Community: A Pennsylvania Alternative School Using Restorative Practices Is Operated by the Community Service Foundation/Buxmont Academy (CFS Buxmont). A Student Faces Traumatic Life Challenges with the Help of Group Problem-Solving with Supportive Peers

Journal article by Brenda Lange; Reclaiming Children and Youth, Vol. 17, 2008

Subjects:

Alternative schools--Services, Alternative schools--Social aspects, At risk youth--Social aspects, Childhood trauma (Psychology)--Management, Psychic trauma in children--Management, Restorative justice--Methods

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

The Power of Community: A Pennsylvania Alternative School Using Restorative Practices Is Operated by the...it. We tell them that this process we use is not alternative-school stuff," said Krajewski with a smile. "This is how...
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Community Mental Health-In an Alternative School, in the Public Schools, and in the Kitchen!

Journal article by Cindy Long, John Page, Beth Hail, Tiffany Davis, Len Mitchell; Reclaiming Children and Youth, Vol. 11, 2003

Subjects:

Disabled youth--Education, Mental health--Research

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Community Mental Health--in an alternative school, in the public schools, and...Three described here are: an alternative school for students who cannot "make...1994). Weems Academy: An alternative school for special children and youth...

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The Effectiveness of a Solution-focused, Public Alternative School for Dropout Prevention and Retrieval

Magazine article by Cynthia Franklin, Calvin L. Streeter, Johnny S. Kim, Stephen J. Tripodi; Children & Schools, Vol. 29, July 2007

Subjects:

Alternative education, Data bases, Effectiveness studies, Extracurricular activities, Intervention, Public schools, School districts, School dropouts, Secondary school students, Social workers, Teachers, Vocational education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...a Solution-focused, Public Alternative School for Dropout Prevention and...preventing high school dropout is alternative schools for at-risk students that focus...The DOE (2002) defined an alternative school as "a public elementary/secondary...
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Making the Case for an Africentric Alternative School

Magazine article by Grace-Edward Galabuzi; Our Schools, Our Selves, Vol. 17, Spring 2008

Subjects:

Alternative education, Black students, School systems, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Ontario Canada

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the Case for an Africentric Alternative School by Grace-Edward Galabuzi...at setting up an Africentric Alternative School in the public education system...under a 43 year old policy on alternative schools, promoting choice in curriculum...
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An Alternative School Voucher System

Magazine article by Russell L. Ackoff; Technos: Quarterly for Education and Technology, Vol. 10, Spring 2001

Subjects:

Alternative schools--Management, Education--Management, Educational vouchers--Management

Collections: Education, Entire Library

An Alternative School Voucher System. by Russell L. Ackoff The continuing...customers and consumers would be encouraged to become familiar with the alternative schools available. Each community should provide information that enables...
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Montessori Learning Aid: Alternative School Shows Impact on Poor Children

Magazine article by B. Bower; Science News, Vol. 170, September 30, 2006

Subjects:

Alternative schools--Services, Else-Quest, Nicole--Services, Lillard, Angeline--Services, Montessori method of education--Forecasts and trends, Montessori method--Forecasts and trends, Poor children--Educational aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Montessori Learning Aid: Alternative School Shows Impact on Poor Children. by B. Bower A...than 5,000 U.S. schools classify themselves as Montessori schools. Alternative-education programs aside from Montessori also deserve closer...
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The Portfolio as a Strengths-based Intervention to Empower Chronically Disruptive Students in an Alternative School

Magazine article by Tracy Carpenter-Aeby, P. David Kurtz; Children & Schools, Vol. 22, October 2000

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Disruptive Students in an Alternative School by Tracy Carpenter-Aeby...Perry, 1978; Mizell, 1978). Alternative schools or programs can provide a...lives of their children at alternative schools (McKnight, 1987; Saleeby...

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Alternative School Serves Wide Range of Needs

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), March 2, 2008

Subjects:

School districts

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Alternative School Serves Wide Range of Needs. Byline...maintaining Eastside as an independent alternative school. Consider the following: 1. Eastside (along with other alternative schools) was reviewed two years ago. Superintendent...
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Alternative School Liaison Post in Financial Jeopardy

Newspaper article by Robert Sanchez; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 20, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Alternative School Liaison Post in Financial Jeopardy...a partnership between a Naperville alternative school and the sheriffs office. Southeast Alternative School is in jeopardy of losing its liaison...
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Breaking the Mold Alternative School Gives Students a Chance at Success

Newspaper article by Erin Holmes; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 14, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Breaking the Mold Alternative School Gives Students a Chance at Success...that before they came to the alternative school. The same survey revealed that...modeled after any particular alternative school program. Plus, the community...
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Alternative School Wins Charter Status from District

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 9, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Alternative School Wins Charter Status from District...opened as a publicly funded, private alternative school in 1998, a year before a state law...students from anywhere. As a private alternative school, students could enroll only with a...
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District 59 Board Split on Proposal for Alternative 'School of Choice'

Newspaper article by Vince Galloro; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 14, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Board Split on Proposal for Alternative School of Choice. by Vince...Monday on a proposal for an alternative school in District 59. Four board...in the year and a half the alternative school has been studied. The alternative...

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Charter School

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

CHARTER SCHOOL alternative type of American public school that, while paid for by taxes, is independent of the public-school system and relatively free from state and local regulations...
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Home Schooling

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school. In most cases, one or both of the...the teachers. Like the charter school movement, home schooling usually arises from religious or...
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Guidance and Counseling

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the curricula and methods of secondary schools, with special reference to the needs...curriculum was revised to embrace these alternative cultural and vocational requirements...guidance. His model was soon copied by many schools, municipalities, states, and private...
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Homeopathy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...small doses in the treatment of that disease. U.S. medical schools do not presently emphasize the homeopathic approach, although...Copelands Cure: Homeopathy and the War between Conventional and Alternative Medicine (2005). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...The son of a rich merchant, he showed precocious ability at school and at the Sorbonne. He early abandoned plans to enter the...Turgots conviction expressed as early as 1750 that the only alternative to radical reform was still more radical revolution. There...

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