Combating Illiteracy among the Elderly [electronic resource] : A Cost-Effective Strategy. Final Project Report.
This final report of the Literacy Education for the Elderly Project (LEEP) provides a description and the results of the project designed to target literacy education to the older adult. The strategy of the two-year program, established in 27 sites nationwide, was to: (1) link the local level aging...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1987.
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| Summary: | This final report of the Literacy Education for the Elderly Project (LEEP) provides a description and the results of the project designed to target literacy education to the older adult. The strategy of the two-year program, established in 27 sites nationwide, was to: (1) link the local level aging services network with the volunteer adult literacy network; (2) recruit and train older adults as volunteer literacy tutors and peer supports; (3) deliver literacy education to older adults in sites such as senior centers, nutrition sites, senior housing, and churches; and (4) provide administrators, literacy tutors and trainers with materials on how to organize a literacy program to address the special learning needs of the elderly. Appendixes include a list of project advisory committee members, a list of demonstration sites, case studies of sites, a follow-up survey, and reproductions of articles from various periodicals describing the program. (RS) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED300757. Sponsoring Agency: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Contract Number: G008440476. ERIC Note: For related documents, see ED 286 000-002. |
| Physical Description: | 80 p. |