This profile describes the characteristics of day care providers and federally supported day care settings in Washington State. The report evaluates the quality of child care services and the impact of the Federal Interagency Day Care Requirements (FIDCR) both from the perspective of the state and local agencies which must administer federal day…

This profile describes the characteristics of day care providers and of federally supported day care settings in Alaska. The report evaluates the quality of child care services and the impact of the Federal Interagency Day Care Requirements (FIDCR) both from the perspective of the state and local agencies which must administer federal day care…

This profile describes the characteristics of day care providers and federally supported day care settings in Idaho. The report evaluates the quality of care and the impact of the Federal Interagency Day Care Requirements (FIDCR) both from the perspective of the state and local agencies which must administer federal day care dollars and from the…

This working paper, bringing together a variety of materials related to "Food Program Technical Amendments," and compiled by the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs," is organized into three chapters. Chapter One, "USDA's (United States Department of Agriculture's) Authority to Purchase Commodities…

What makes the English and the Soviet educational accomplishments of recent years worth scrutinizing is their scope: they suggest that a national school system can not only strengthen the relationship between the child and his community but also can take over functions once thought of as the province of the family, which here in America, as…

This study investigated the impact of differential programming on urban, low income black children's early school achievement. The 728 children in the study, all residents of the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville areas of Brooklyn, N. Y., were "graduates" of 17 preschool programs during 1967, 1968, and 1969. The programs included 6…

Based on a North Carolina feasibility study (1967-73) which focused on development of a pattern for providing comprehensive mental health services to total people, this guide deals with strengthening and coordinating the existing services. Divided into three sections, this booklet details the successes and failures of program efforts in Vance and…

This curriculum guide for kindergarten teachers contains values-based classroom lessons which are intended to assist students in the development of a positive self-concept, rational thinking processes, and a personal and societal value system. Teaching techniques include role playing, story telling, classroom discussion, puppet shows, skits, and…

This assessment of food service needs in children's residential institutions is based on data gathered from visits to more than 350 children's institutions in 20 states and the District of Columbia and from nearly 1,200 responses to a questionnaire sent to every residential institution in every state. Findings indicate that children in orphanges,…

Ten Veterans Administration hospitals in Appalachia participated in five biomedical communication experiments using the Advanced Technology Satellite (ATS-6). Material was collected and evaluated by both questionnaires and interviews with the medical staff of the 10 hospitals. The five experiments were conducted in the areas of: (1) video…

This abstract bibliography concentrates on aspects of the physical and intellectual development of the Australian Aboriginal child, although educational, sociological and other issues are also raised in a number of the entries included. Most of the 57 entries are journal articles, although some are book chapters, reports and conference papers. A…

This book is designed to serve as a practical reference guide for parents. The bulk of it is devoted to a stage-by-stage study of the black child's development from infancy through adolescence with special emphasis on the role of parents and teachers of school age children. The book begins with a brief summary of the historical experience of black…

The report is a one shot followup study of 128 secondary school students who had completed a health careers course at Jefferson High School in Roanoke, Virginia. The response rate was 87 percent. The former students were surveyed by questionnaire to determine the effectiveness of the program and to provide data relevant to program improvement. It…

The stated objectives of this study were to determine: (1) the differences in knowledge of nutrition, of income, and of family size in the upper and lower strata families; (2) the shopping practices of families; (3) average weekly food expenditures; (4) mean educational level; and (5) differences in the mean weekly food expenditures -- a…

Presented are 20 author contributed papers on the status of deaf persons, their needs, and innovative procedures developed to meet those needs, and reported are research and demonstration activities in the field of deafness. Among topics covered in the papers are: economic factors in deafness, training needs of rehabilitative personnel serving…