"Building Your Program" is intended to help mental health authorities, agency administrators, and program leaders think through and develop Supported Education. The first part of this booklet gives you background information about the Supported Education model. Specific information about your role in implementing and sustaining Supported Education…

This guide to creative movement, relevant to all age groups, opens with a discussion of historical and present trends in movement and dance. Chapters treat (a) the body--body awareness, body activities, and relationships; (b) principles of movement--space, force, time, dynamics, and fluency; (c) topics within the sphere of movement, from the world…

This report describes the procedures necessary to develop a vocational education program to prepare the physically handicapped and culturally disadvantaged for entry level jobs and responsible citizenship. The 2-part model program includes a regular vocational program with supportive services for handicapped and disadvantaged students, and a…

This guide was designed to assist the educator in designing and implementing a program in affective education by introducing him to affective education, attempting to make him feel comfortable with it, and enabling him to improve his skills in the affective domain. The first chapter introduces the affective domain, discusses its importance, and…

The manual presents 16 main steps for health project management, from project formulation through termination. The manual defines a health project as a temporary intensive effort to set up and put into operation a new or revised service that will result in the reduction of specific health or health-related problems. (Typical examples include the…

Focuses on guidelines to be used by high school speech communication teachers when designing a new program that diffuses the teaching of communication skills from the classroom into the entire curriculum. (MH)

Briefly reviews the historical involvement of public libraries in adult programing, provides arguments for such service, and resources for background information on it, and then outlines in steps the decision points and components of an adult educational framework. (JD)

The guide is designed to help states and localities create or strengthen their own youth councils. It is a synthesis of theory and practice that provides a general framework for thinking about youth councils, explaining the principles for youth action and the importance of youth engagement. It also incorporates advice and lessons from people in…

This document is composed of seven leaflets to aid parents in housing projects to develop play programs for their children. "Board Structure and Leadership" describes the constitution of a board of directors, the planning of a program by committees, and the development of leadership. "Publicity and Fund Raising" relates the value and outlines…

Noting that a family with young children is under tremendous pressure and that a babysitting cooperative can give parents relief during a vital stage of a family's development, this book provides guidance for mothers of preschool children in starting and maintaining a Smart Mom's Babysitting Cooperative based on the University Place Baby-Sitting…

Despite many barriers, a group of Oregon educators began to discuss ideas about how they could provide information that would build skills to improve the entry and success rate for high school students with disabilities in postsecondary education. These educators included high school, community college, and university staff. The Postsecondary…

Orientation of vocational teachers to the fundamental concepts of planning and conducting cooperative occupational experience programs in off-farm agriculture is the major objective of this guide. The guide suggests that teachers attend special classes or workshops and consult additional references when planning an occupational experience program.…

The document examines a number of sex education programs and reviews some of the problems and issues educators encounter in planning and initiating sex education programs. Included is a discussion of population background of Polk County, Iowa and a presentation by school administrators of five reasons which favor the teaching of sex education: (1)…

Intended as a guide to acquaint interested persons with the facts and developmental efforts surrounding the career education concept, this publication provides: (1) a definition of career education, (2) the goals and objectives of the program, (3) concepts upon which career education is based, (4) suggested action steps for developing a career…

Presents a set of pirnciples based on "Peter's People and Their Marvelous Ideas" (L. J. Peter, 1979) to explain the inner structures of computer assisted instruction. These principles relate to courseware development and testing, preparing guides, and computer assisted instruction service, languages, and systems. (MBR)