This book was written to assist counselors in developing comprehensive developmental counseling programs for kindergarten through grade 12. It is intended to serve as a planning, implementation, and evaluation guide for a comprehensive program. Chapter I discusses why it is important to plan the development of a school counseling program. Chapter…

This teacher/counselor guide presents a science career development program especially designed for students with deafness in residential schools, day schools, or mainstream settings. The program consists of three sections: "Why Consider a Career in Science?"; "What Do People in Science Do?"; and "How Do You Find Out If Science Is a Career for…

The aim of this international congress was to strengthen international cooperation in the field of physical education and sport and to promote practical measures based on partnership among government authorities, volunteer organizations, and private national or multinational corporations, by pointing out the contribution that the rational practice…

The early education policy of the National Party government in New Zealand is based on the Parents As First Teachers (PAFT) approach and the New Parents as Teachers project, which originated in the United States in Missouri. It is difficult to assess this project, which is not well-documented. The PAFT policy that parents should be home with…

A 9-month longitudinal study of two kindergarten classes compared two types of music instruction: a Kodaly-based developmental music program and a traditional public school music program. The class taught through the Kodaly method received instruction that emphasized the development of rhythmic and melodic perception through visual, aural, and…

This document summarizes discussions at an invitational workshop on the role of culture in development in Nigeria. The discussion centered on encouraging those elements of traditional African culture that contribute to the national development and on identifying a national Nigerian culture. The following broad topics were discussed: (1) the…

This handbook on guidance is one of several subject-area curriculum guides resulting from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's efforts to revise the "North Carolina Standard Course of Study" and to develop the "Teacher Handbook" for the competency-based curriculum. The background, overview, philosophy, and…

Economic development efforts in small towns should focus on the birth, expansion, and retention of small enterprises. A consistent and rational policy towards new growth and an enthusiastic development team composed of individuals with knowledge of or access to others with knowledge of industrial sites, financing, utilities, labor, transportation,…

St. Petersburg Junior College's Project Success provides mentoring and other special support services to students with low placement test scores. Teachers, librarians, counselors, and other staff members meet, usually on a weekly basis, with five students per semester to provide support and assistance with problems. The mentors receive reports on…

On October 11, 1958, The "Committee for a College Reading Association" held a college reading conference at LaSalle College and took the first formal steps to organize a "College Reading Association". This association consists primarily of those professionally interested in a forum for college reading programs in the northeast…

This paper explores the readiness of student affairs professionals to utilize adult development knowledge in everyday interactions with college students. Four types of knowledge about the adult development process (cognitive-developmental, psychosocial, person-environment interaction, and humanistic-existential) are briefly defined, with…

A practicum was conducted to address the needs of teachers and administrators in Pasco County, Florida to provide programs for kindergarten children who were developmentally younger than their chronological 5 years of age. The program goal was to increase the maturity of at least one developmental behavior in each child by at least 80 percent;…

Presented is a sourcebook for the developmental play program, a relationship-focused, activity-based intervention program for learning problem, behavior problem, Headstart, and normal children (2- to 6-years-old) and a training model in child development and parenting for participating adults. Following an introductory section are descriptions of…

A survey of 500 higher education institutions to identify available instructional materials in basic teaching skills relevant to university instructors resulted in a listing of producers and their products. The major focus of the study was on practical materials rather than theoretical, and teaching skills and educational issues of particular…

There is a wide range of communication needs in rural development programs, including the need to develop comprehensive communication strategies for program fulfillment. Such strategies call for communication specialists whose expertise transcends the "information" role and includes the whole process of development. This process must not neglect…