The booklet consists of 12 papers on the provision of appropriate secondary education programs for handicapped students, presented at the Council for Exceptional Children's Invisible College Conference on Learning and Behavioral Problems of Handicapped Students in Secondary Programs, held on November, 1976. Titles and authors include…

This report describes the strategy adopted by the Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) for the implementation of Elementary Science Study (ESS) materials in its schools. A plan was prepared for the implementation: (1) inservice teachers were given training in the use of ESS kits and motivated to use these effectively, and (2) an Instructional…

The author discusses the use of oral history in social studies classrooms K-12. The validity of oral history and problems to solve are examined; the Native American Oral History Project is described as an example of an oral history teaching technique. For journal availability see SO 504 433. (Author/RM)

Described is a program in which mental health services coordinated by a physician intern were provided in a New York City school. (CL)

Describes an effort to develop a cooperative network of university-based social scientists and representatives from various education-related organizations within a community for the purpose of exchanging their limited resources in effective and mutually productive ways. (JG)

Described is a social education project developed for 13-18 year olds in Dudley, England. The project's major objectives were to broaden the school curriculum to relate it more closely to real life and to promote community participation, particularly by employers. (Author/RM)

The author outlines ways in which a guidance department can help a school to adapt to the needs of students of differing cultures and help these students prepare for education, jobs and life in Canadian society. (Author/NWS)

Describes a sixth grade public health unit about community services, health department/government agency/industrial prevention and enforcement techniques, and personal student contributions to community well-being. Unit plan and activities are outlined. (BL)

Describes a program designed to give educators and students better access to community resources and provide opportunities for student motivation. (SB)

In a search for alternative funding sources, as well as opportunities to involve the community voluntarily in the rehabilitation of visually impaired persons, the Rehabilitation Center for the Blind in Daytona Beach (Florida) turned to the local community college. (Author/SBH)

The authors describe a successful method for using community resource speakers for career awareness sessions with high school students. The method involves a program to train the resource speakers to communicate effectively about their knowledge and information which is followed by the career awareness sessions. (SE)

Ten papers address topics in career education for students with behavior disorders. W. Morse points out "Problems and Promises," including problems with the definition and scope of career education and the needs for individualization and support systems. C. Kokaska and L. Cook in "Concepts and Definitions" offer insight on problems in defining…

This project assumes that a youngster's problems with the law rarely occur in isolation. More often, they are part of a constellation of problems--family conflict, school failure, unemployment, emotional difficulties and, in urban ghettos, inadequate housing and health care. The Neighborhood Youth Resources Center (NYRC) of Philadelphia provides a…

This paper investigates the changing role of women, the decline of the "feminine mystique," the "empty nest" stage of marriage, sex role stereotypic counseling in secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, and other problems resulting from the increasing numbers of women enrolled in colleges and universities in the…

The inservice teacher education course described is designed to aid the elementary school teacher to either help install a career education program or enrich such a program already established. Included in this descriptive report is an outline of the scope and sequencing of topics contained in the modules, activities, and resources involved in use…