Describes a demonstration program called Project Developmental Continuity which attempts to provide continuity between the Head Start Program and the public school, with the parents as a major element in both settings. (SE)

The report synthesizes information from 10 years of operating the Child Service Demonstration Centers (federally funded programs serving learning disabled students). Particular emphasis is placed on the areas of diagnostics, training, research, replication, student characteristics, and intervention models. (Author/CL)

This monograph evolved from the unique, innovative partnership between the Florida State University Music Therapy Program and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. Its purpose is to serve as a model for music therapy educators, students, clinicians, and the hospital administrators who might employ them. This book should prove a valuable resource for…

Thirteen student nurses and 48 students from Alice Lloyd College worked in 5 countries of southeastern Kentucky to improve health and education. (YP)

The topics of six speeches presented at the 1969 American Vocational Convention include a bilingual office occupations project, distributive education in a rural setting, vocational subject mix and on the job training curriculum, integrated shop programs for small high schools, and innovations in industrial arts and home economics. (BC)

Presents a community analysis plan used at the University of Colorado to develop a graduate-level community health nursing program. Examines a model that describes different possibilities for including the aggregate in community health nursing programs. States that community health nursing will be strengthened by developing associations between…

Discusses a project that was to construct an empirical description of a model employer cooperative education program. (JOW)

The article examines acceleration methods for gifted girls and recommends a program of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The program appears to have been effective in attracting gifted high school girls because it offers university courses within the high school as part of the regular school day. (Author/SW)

Georgetown University is demonstrating a new approach to burning coal. Its fluidized bed steam generating plant is showing reliability and efficiency within all emission limits. (Author/MLF)

A 5-year study of the Saturation Work Initiative Model (2290 participants, 2260 controls), which requires welfare recipients to work, showed that it increased employment and reduced welfare payments. However, income from increased employment did not offset the loss in welfare income. (SK)

Examines the problems inherent in preparing allied health graduates for traditional roles and presents a model educational program that provides practitioners with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide quality health care services in a variety of settings. (Author)

Describes an award-winning training program for managers and supervisors in Rolls Royce's Research and Development department. What impressed the judges were efforts to make the training relevant to working life, relevance and imaginative design of the training, and its benefits including reduction of engine build time. (JOW)

A cooperative demonstration project in correctional education offers vocational training and supportive services in a neighborhood environment for youth offenders confined to the correctional facility in South Portland, Maine. The project provides an all day comprehensive vocational/life skills program in the community to youth offenders prior to…

Discusses the Cheche Konnen ("Search for Knowledge") Project in which researchers work to understand how culturally and linguistically diverse students make sense of science and explore with teachers ways to involve their students in learning scientific discourse. (MKR)