Described is a program for autistic children, and presented are educational case studies of 13 children (6-9 years old). The program is explained to provide individualized instruction based on assessment using the Peabody Individual Achievement Test, B. Ruttenberg and E. Wolf's Vocalization and Expressive Speech Development Scale, L. Lee's…

Traditional preliterate Maori society had an integrated educational structure, later augmented by the work of various Maori and European organizations. Auckland University developed programs in Maori adult education in a bicultural setting, and recognition has evolved of the needs of Maori people for education in coping skills and in Maori…

Based on the assumption that education is an ongoing process, this first national seminar was instituted to serve as a clearinghouse of information on year-round education. The seminar brought together some of the nation's most creative educators to consider year-round schools as a means of improving the quality of education without corresponding…

The objective of the three-year project was to synthesize career education concepts from the literature and from practice into a continuous occupational information program for grades one through twelve. A variety of methods was used to implement the program: teacher-made lesson plans, "hands on" activities, and in-service workshops…

The Oklahoma exemplary program located at Tulsa was designed to provide occupational orientation and vocational training for disadvantaged and previously unserved students from Grade 5 through 12 in a comprehensive urban school system. To evaluate the program, data were collected about the: (1) contest or goals and objectives of the program in…

At the urging of the governor of Iowa, private business and industry plus interested citizens organized and funded Project Iowa Training and Retraining of Youth (Project I-TRY) programs in many Iowa cities during the summers of 1967 and 1968 and during the 1968-1969 school year. The program gave youth from low and marginal income families a…

Four hundred eighty-five postsecondary institutions reported to have liberal arts cooperative education programs were surveyed to: (1) identify institutional type and size, (2) obtain data on program type, scale, and scope, (3) obtain data on administrative structure, and (4) secure opinions regarding program success. A 52% response rate was…

Described is the H.E.L.P. (Handicapped Employability Learning Program) project for counseling severely handicapped (including cerebral palsied, emotionally disturbed, mentally retarded, and orthopedically handicapped) young adults aged 15 to 35 years. (SBH)

A program designed for the highly qualified recent high school graduate making a commitment to a dental career provides early student contact with the dental school and its programs, reduces the years required for a dental degree, and combines predental and dental education. The program's first-year results are mixed. (MSE)

Describes DePauw University's program of speaking and listening across the curriculum. (MS)

Describes three programs cosponsored by the University of Texas at Dallas Center for Continuing Education: a children's theater workshop series; a fund-raising institute; and a professional writers' conference. Using these as examples, discusses advantages of cosponsorships, financial arrangements, and offers operational guidelines. (DMM)

Business incubators can help fledgling firms get off the ground by providing business services and rental space, at below-market costs, for a business's first few years. The payoff for the community is more jobs. Concentrated until recently in urban areas, incubators are now succeeding in rural areas too. (JHZ)

Reviews the first 50 years of the U.S. Employment Service. Describes the role and functions of the Employment Service and shows how the service could become more relevant during an age of computerized employment service operations involving highspeed electronic communications and retrieval systems. (JAC)

Describes the design and implementation of a model leadership training program for women faculty (N=19) at North Carolina Central University. Evaluation showed a greater sense of self-assurance among participants and a resulting increase in their impact on students, colleagues, and supervisors. (JAC)

This paper reports the early stages of a 3-year evaluation of the Early Intervention Programme in Scotland. The Early Intervention Programme is a high-profile government initiative which receives major government funding (60 million pounds sterling over 5 years) and is designed to improve standards of literacy and numeracy in the first 2 years of…