This book provides a framework for developing community-based family support initiatives in public housing. After describing the historical and present contexts of this approach, the book details principles and key elements. Profiles are presented for eight organizations, all working in public housing, but with different strategies and emphases:…

This document is a directory of current and newly expired projects funded under the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Secondary Education and Transition Initiative. The compendium is divided into four sections: (1) an overview of project profiles, which contains a summary description of both current and expired…

As schools respond to higher expectations for student learning, school staffs are uniting around innovations that show the greatest promise for improving student learning. This paper examines one particular staff-development initiative, the Northwest Initiative for Teaching and Learning (NWIFTL), and the leadership actions that support and sustain…

This report examines the evolution of state laws that allow family daycare providers to operate daycare programs in their own homes despite local zoning ordinances restricting such programs. Such preemptive legislation is currently in force in 17 states, and under consideration in others. Following an overview of preemptive legislation for the…

Included in this document are 24 preconference workshop papers prepared for the 1982 annual convention of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), entitled "Shaping the Employer Role in Child Care." The purposes of the workshop were (1) to provide NAEYC members with a realistic picture of current employer involvement…

Discusses problems related to the lack of mathematical competence in school physics, the contribution of modern math to the teaching of school physics, and the lack of cooperation between physics and math teachers. Presents a promising model to create a satisfactory liaison between math and science in the schools. (GS)

The authors describe a program designed for enhancing family growth based on systems theory. The program, which requires the participation of parents and their children, uses social learning approaches and humanistic psychology to establish a supportive environment and to help families talk about their values. (SE)

"Microcounseling" can pack a lot of skill training into 60 minutes, including role playing, modeling of interview behavior, and use of video feedback. (Author)

Development of student leaders has been identified as an important need on college campuses. Experience drawn from numerous training sessions for various student leadership situations has led to a leadership training model based upon five propositions for effective training. (Author)

This discussion proposed to describe components of training and roles parents can assume in a language development program and to describe a model program in which parents assumed a major role in their language-handicapped child's rehabilitation. (Author/RK)

The authors offer a sample of CBTE in action. They have worked through some of the problems and point to an optimistic future. (Editor)

This paper (1) briefly describes Tennessee Technological University's past involvement in teacher education follow-up evaluation; (2) discusses work related to the evaluation of programs training early childhood teachers; and (3) describes a new center established to study teacher education program evaluation. In 1973, the University developed and…

In July 1988, 14 Florida scholars traveled to India on a 6-week followup of a 1976 project on the status of women in India. Headquartered in Madras (India), the group also studied in 12 other locations. A pre-departure orientation program included lectures on health and related issues, a discussion of life in an Indian village, films, and slides…

The Health Promotion Program began with establishment of a one-credit course in health promotion and wellness and the training of family practice residents at the Mountain Area Health Education Center to serve as lab leaders in the course. The course later became part of the university's general education requirements. In addition, a health…