Designed for use by teachers, coordinators, and consultants from occupational education and special education programs, the inservice resource guide presents a system for developing and managing instruction for secondary level special needs learners (students traditionally identified as handicapped or disadvantaged). Included are seven modules,…

This directory is intended to provide students and their advisors with authoritative information on 3,171 colleges and universities in the United States as well as supplementary information. The information was gathered in the winter and spring of 1992 through the College Board's Annual Survey of Colleges with descriptions subsequently verified…

This guidebook provides a combination of guidance and policy information that will help California sponsors to plan, purchase, prepare, and serve nutritious meals and snacks that comply with the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal pattern requirements. Sections 1 through 4 list foods that may be used for the meat/meat alternate,…

This is a guide to the organizational units of the United Nations (UN) system that work on environmental issues. Section 1 provides short descriptions of sources of information on the environment from 34 organizations of the UN system. A contact address is given for each organization. Section 2 groups sources of information into 11 subject…

Students leave school for many reasons. Pregnancy, family circumstances, economic necessities, substance abuse, lack of academic success, or disciplinary actions can influence a young person's decision to quit school. There is no single solution to the dropout crisis. Just as there are a variety of causes behind a student's decision to drop out of…

This paper presents an outline for a plan for increasing OCLC cataloging statistics in the monograph cataloging unit of a medium-to-large academic library, along with the evaluation process used to achieve this goal. The focus of the plan was on a group of upper level paraprofessional staff. First, OCLC cooperative cataloging was redefined to…

This publication is addressed to the thousands of alcoholism program directors in the country who head programs that vary widely in age, size, budget and philosophy, but which appear to have one thing in common: they do not utilize community volunteer services to the same degree that other such segments of the public health field do. The purpose…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for helping professionals who have the responsibility of providing career development services to adults employed in…

This guide describes program components and models for the provision of vocational training and skills recertification for refugees. Necessary service components are identified, and possible delivery strategies are outlined with reference to successful programs throughout the United States. The document is intended to help service providers in…

This self-study and evaluation guide on rehabilitation teaching services is one of 28 guides designed for organizations who are undertaking a self-study as part of the process for accreditation from the National Accreditation Council (NAC) for agencies serving the blind and visually handicapped. Provided are lists of standards to be appraised by…

Recommendations made for identifying viable Federal funding alternatives for schools include scanning and reviewing printed information with consistent regularity and taking advantage of human resources. Procurement procedures and considerations are suggested for the following areas: (1) need determination; (2) conceptualization/planning; (3)…

The purpose of this paper is to provide information on child psychology and child development which could be useful to persons planning interpretive programs for children in public parks and recreation areas. Aspects of physical, cognitive and social developmental processes in children of different ages are described briefly and specific examples…

This guide is designed to assist the nursing home staff, and in particular the activity director, in improving the physical, social and psychological care of residents in nursing homes. It contains lists and descriptions of ideas and procedures contributed by over 100 activity directors. The activities are seen as potentially able to help a…

This Whole College Catalog tries to encourage fresh thinking and experimentation regarding alcohol abuse prevention. The aim was to make it as comprehensive, interesting, understandable, provocative, and useful as possible. Each section is a separate unit that can be used independently to meet distinct needs. Part one presents a general overview…

The importance of fiscal management and its reflection in the administrative program (placement of emphasis, priorities in long range planning, and activities that need developing) is reviewed in this report. Guidelines are provided for (1) cost analysis in education budgets; (2) purposes of budgets; (3) types of budgets (Planning Programming…