The article describes a project to teach independence to six Down's Syndrome students. Among project components covered are: use of language number concepts, expectation and actual performance, minimal intervention, and independence and normalization. (SW)

To be effective in changing career/vocational education practices for handicapped students, inservice education should be targeted to school teams, involve participatory planning processes, acquire administrative support, use trainers as information givers and consultants, and capitalize on existing services. Successful approaches in New York…

Describes a program for handicapped children in the Lubbock (TX) Independent School District. The program helps through the child's first three years and guides the parent to resources so that time is not lost before kindergarten. (JOW)

Describes the work of the Youth Serving Agency Program designed to provide young people with accurate and age-appropriate sexual information through the informal education systems (youth agencies) in which they participate. (Author/CM)

Presented are brief descriptions of the winning entries in this magazine's contest for existing programs to serve as prototypes for wide-scale use in elementary schools of the 1980s. Top prizes went to computer literacy, energy education, and nutrition projects. Twenty runners-up are also described. Project addresses are included. (SJL)

The rationale and structure of a three-year model center program for severely handicapped children are discussed. Child progress data are given and a regression analysis conducted to isolate possible predictors of improvement is described. (Author/CL)

The Vo-Tech Mini Mall is a model program for unemployed out of school youth (ages 16 to 21). During a 2-year period, 60 youths participated in the program. Participants attended classes at a vocational center and/or community college depending on their career goals, developing skills in areas such as carpentry, plumbing, and heating. (PHR)

The article describes the process and activities of the outreach phase of the Model Vision Project (Tennessee) for multihandicapped and visually impaired children and youth. The project has two replication sites for the purpose of stimulating awareness and for which the model provides technical assistance. (PHR)

The Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project, a demonstration project for gifted/handicapped preschool children and their families, is described. Identification of the population is reviewed, and the criteria for admission to the program and curriculum content are discussed. (PHR)

Describes the activities of National Diffusion Network (NDN) project directors, which include traveling to school districts, demonstrating validated educational programs, and training teachers in schools that have adopted NDN projects. (SK)

Describes activities at MathConn, a mathematics awareness day for seventh- and eighth-grade girls and their teachers which uses all female panelists. (MKR)

This article reports on the 1989 first International Conference on the Postsecondary Education of Deaf Students held in Edmonton, Alberta, October 18-20, 1989. National perspectives and model programs from the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Nigeria, Australia, West Germany, and a Central American coalition are briefly noted. (PB)

The methodology and design of the process evaluation system of the Pawtucket Heart Health Program (an 11-year project for changing/documenting change in cardiovascular disease risk status of a northeastern city's residents) are described. Examples of the system's use are provided. The maintenance of such a system without substantial evaluation…

The article describes a model program which provided a two-week summer seminar on East Asia for gifted high school learners at William and Mary College in Virginia. In addition to learning about East Asian culture and history, participants developed plans for sharing their new knowledge with local communities. (DB)

After reviewing five existing collaborative models for preservice and continuing teacher education, this article proposes a reciprocal model for collaboration that will be mutually beneficial to institutions and individuals involved in teaching and teacher education. (IAH)