Collaboration is an essential practice linked to improved postschool outcomes of youth with disabilities and many school systems depend on special educators to broker this collaboration and engage meaningful partners throughout the transition planning process. Community asset mapping is a strategy for locating and leveraging resources and is…

A summer program for gifted middle students implemented the Enrichment Triad Model through community activities in which students learned the skills and tools of a geographer. Considerations for conducting such a program within a school include teacher selection, scheduling, and parent involvement. (CL)

Steps in developing career education programs for learning disabled adolescents are described, and components of a successful career education program are outlined. (SW)

A very successful artist-in-education program in which jazz musicians introduced elementary students in Augusta (Georgia) to jazz music is described. Students were involved in many activities, including instrumental improvisation, singing, reading staff notation, choreography, and composing jazz. (RM)

The San Francisco Opera Guild sponsors the Operatunities Program which introduces elementary and secondary students in California to opera. For example, each year the Scholar Opera visits 130 schools from San Francisco to San Jose, exposing approximately 50,000 youngsters to the music and drama of opera. (RM)

Three secondary teachers describe a school-wide support system for meeting the needs of gifted students in and beyond the regular classroom. A management team coordinates enrichment within the school and community while a computerized data bank of enrichment resources is accessible to all learners. (CL)

Provides guidelines for developing an inexpensive television production curriculum using community access cable television. (CMV)

This article describes a Des Moines (Iowa) program in which approximately 100 people or organizations have given 600 hours of time to gifted students. It identifies creative ways to use community resources, where to find community resources (professional organizations, service clubs, school staff, retired persons, parents, students, and…

Reviews the purposes and programs of the Extensions Division of the Department of Education of a metropolitan museum. Surveys services provided to schools. Gives a sample lesson plan. Highlights thematic exhibitions at the museum. Considers education by means of the art object as the primary goal of the Extensions Division. (CW)

The third of six volumes in the series on the Making Special Friends Project (designed to increase interactions between handicapped students and their peers), describes an inservice training program to help implement the model. Suggested steps in organizing and preparing to implement the model are outlined, and a plan for inservice training is…

The fourth of six volumes on the Making Special Friends Project, an approach to promoting social interactions between severely handicapped students and nonhandicapped persons in the school and community, details procedures for implementation. The first section discusses a cornerstone of the project, the expanded Individualized Education Program…

Provides an overview of NATURESPACE, 4-H's new approach to environmental education. Explains its origin, philosophical orientation, and program possibilities. States how the goals of environmental literacy, personal resource management, citizenship, life-long learning, and career awareness are addressed through a variety of programs. (ML)

Described is a "Composer in Residence" project in which a local choral songwriter participated in a semester-long music course for fourth and fifth graders. He visited the schools and composed an instrumental work which the students performed at a spring concert. (RM)

This publication is intended to help local school systems plan, implement, and expand programs for secondary aged handicapped students in Maine's public schools. An introductory section examines four major factors: assessment, curriculum, personal and career development, and graduation. The next section contains detailed descriptions of 10 program…

Describes the purposes and programs of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Promotes the Socratic method in museum education. Details the docent training program at the museum. Stresses the philosophy that the object is the message. (CW)