The responsibility of the Child Care Worker Training Project was to train 500 unemployed people from five cities in an experimental and demonstration project designed to overcome the shortage of child care personnel. Each of the centers (Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Newark and New York) developed its own method of recruitment, short-term…

A demonstration project (1958-1961) was conducted to establish that a self-sustaining workshop for epileptics can maintain itself competitively and be a viable rehabilitative setting for the epileptic midway between one employable in private industry and one employable only in a sheltered workshop. An EPI-HAB project in Phoenix, Arizona,…

This paper presents a program which involves the recruitment and training of college students as counselor-aides in elementary schools. The function of the counselor-aides is to provide the necessary screening, testing and preliminary follow-up contact to facilitate the work of the professional staff. Some of the general goals for the…

This manual presents a planning and implementation process for counselors' use in career guidance, counseling and placement programming. The Kansas Action Model for Career Guidance, Counseling, and Placement illustrates a process for effective programming which includes Needs Identification, Plan Development, and Implenentation and Follow Through.…

The authors describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of an instructional module designed to facilitate the acquisition by teachers of competencies required to work with mildly handicapped children who have reading problems. (SBH)

Gives an overview of the United States' Project Developmental Continuity. Discussed are administration, education, preservice and inservice training, developmental support services, parent involvement, handicapped, and bilingual/bicultural components. (SB)

The directory lists and describes 48 resources organized by: projects using microcomputers to instruct young exceptional children, other early childhood special education microcomputer projects, technical assistance projects, software evaluation projects, publications and projects on adapted toys and educational devices, online electronic…

Presents the Belgian viewpoint on the educational curriculum for engineering at the university level. Discusses existing program content and compares it to European professional standards. Gives ideas about improvements that consider technical developments and professional aims. (CW)

The Even Start program, designed to demonstrate ways of implementing and delivering family literacy services, has had strong evaluation requirements since its inception. An analysis was conducted to determine the types of evaluations programs had conducted and their findings concerning Even Start outcomes. A convenience sample of 4 state…

This book presents 16 exemplary programs in schools that enroll American Indian or Alaska Native students. Exemplary, by definition, means the top 5 percent of education programs in student outcomes. In most cases, these programs are in the top 1 percent. Each program entry includes contact information, a narrative description, and in some cases,…

Reports on a study that evaluated the effectiveness of Project Follow Through programs on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. Reveals continued improvement in reading achievement scores at all grade levels studied. (FL)

The development of a muralmaking project during a three-week summer institute in open education in Manhattan is described. Photographs and videotape provide a record to share with teachers and schools who wish to use muralmaking as a curriculum element. Preparation is recounted; participants' logs and community reactions are quoted. (AJ)

Experience-Based Career Education finds a comprehensive curriculum existing outside school walls; it restructures the educational environment to take maximum advantage of direct experience and of community institutions' special capabilities for preparing youths for adulthood. Staff, student, and community resource person roles are defined and…

The implementation of Experience-Based Career Education in Georgia's secondary schools highlights the need for initial assessment of existing curriculum structure (Georgia had an established K-14 career education program) and complimentary program development (Georgia enjoyed a strong school-community partnership). On this groundwork, EBCE has…

Summarizes the objectives, conceptual model, results, and implications of a project called Foster Care Training: A Comprehensive Approach, in British Columbia, Canada, which was designed to illustrate ways in which a networking model can provide increased support and training for participating foster parents. (BB)