The Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)/Spring Hill Commission at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, described in this report, was formed in response to a nationwide movement to improve and upgrade the quality of teacher education. Sixteen individuals were selected from the ranks of professors, students, and administrators to function as…

Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) grants were awarded to 30 school districts in Minnesota to improve their arts education programs. Each district formed a community-based team of eight persons. Each team was then responsible for planning developing, and promoting comprehensive arts education within the district. Following a brief…

This report describes the use of hypnosis at the Hiram College Counseling Center, a counseling technique that has been especially helpful in academic, athletic, and personal improvement areas. The induction techniques of hypnosis are described as well as the use of hyperempiria. The use of hypnosis in improving study habits and alleviating test…

This report reviews the 31 exemplary vocational guidance and counseling projects in Virginia during the 1981-82 school year and includes a brief summary of each project, its objectives and methodology, and the name, address, institutional affiliation, and phone number of the project director. Nine of the abstracts deal with programs to increase…

This report details the rationale, origins, and practice of peer counseling, a system of training people to help other people through empathy and decision-making. Specific applications are described, with particular attention to involving adolescents as peer counselors. The article illustrates the training model of peer counseling as developed by…

Provided is the final report of the Arkansas Child Abuse and Neglect Demonstration Project, a service delivery model based on the use of volunteer personnel to provide services directly to families with child abuse problems. It is noted that the project was carried out by SCAN (Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect), a non-profit voluntary agency.…

Described is the West Central Minnesota Institute for Creative Study, developed by a group of rural high schools to provide a summer enrichment program for gifted and talented youth. It is noted that the program was designed to bring together outstanding students, teachers, facilities, and materials in an attempt to expand and strengthen the…

This manual for use by vocational administrators, local system staff development coordinators, and teacher educators describes the state staff development program for vocational personnel, including rationale, structure, and procedures for such programs. It is also designed to establish an organized channel of communication for disseminating…

This report focuses on the development of a behavior modification program to help institutionalized patients prepare for situations they may encounter after discharge from the hospital. The rationale for this program is explained in terms of the severe differences that exist between life in a mental institution and community life. A daily program…

The youth work curriculum, developed as a special degree program at the College of Public and Community Service of the University of Massachusetts at Boston as part of a demonstration grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to the Boston Teen Center Alliance is presented. The Youth Work Career Certificate (equivalent…

New York University's Leadership Program in the Care of Infants and Toddlers, an interdisciplinary training model, is described in this final report covering the program's three-year grant period from the National Institute of Mental Health. Focusing primarily on training individuals for leadership positions in the area of infant and toddler care,…

The goals of this nondiscriminatory assessment training model are presented in terms of training school psychologists to carry out their tasks with greater sensitivity to the needs of bilingual students and to work with the resources available within the school and the community. The two courses of an inservice program focusing on cultural-ethnic…

The present paper describes the implementation of Judgment Analysis (JAN) as a useful experiential facilitator in the educational process. JAN first appeared in the literature in the early 1960's as a tool for capturing the decision-making policies of individuals. After individual policies are "captured," the process groups individuals…

This monograph provides a narrative summary of ideas and thoughts gathered from two mini-conferences held to discuss the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) as it relates to career education. The conference participants included eight representatives of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors and…

The central thesis of the paper is that there are beneficial outcomes derived from engagement in the process of creating instructional materials, quite apart from the benefits to those who use the materials later. Of the three stages in materials production--design, development, and dissemination--this paper highlights the development stage by…