Because persons over 45 are not adequately served by American educational institutions, a model program was designed to help older persons seeking second careers in the health care field to make realistic career decisions. This program combined classroom work and field experience with individual and group counseling. (Author/LPG)

This article describes the screening approach and subsequent intervention strategies implemented by the Quincy school system in an effort not only to fulfill the legal mandate but to set the stage for follow-up research that will ultimately assist them in designing programs geared to primary prevention. (Author)

The games described here are designed for stimulating the use of positive social interaction skills and for facilitating understanding of self and others. Table games may not be the panacea of humanistic education, but a useful place can be found in many elementary guidance programs for these worthwhile activities. (Author)

It is generally agreed that self-awareness, career awareness, and the awareness of the decision-making process are all elements of career education which relate directly to career guidance activities. The contributors to this column review ten stories from children's literature that include elements of career education. (Author)

Offers a critique of the origins and policies of Jesse Jackson's Project EXCEL. (IRT)

Described is the Professional Career Exploration Program (PCEP) which provides minority and/or disadvantaged students, identified as gifted and talented, with activities to help expand their range of possible occupational careers in the future. (BD)

The article briefly reviews and endorses the Youth Services System (YSS) in Pennsylvania (which treats juvenile delinquency), and discusses the YSS Youth Needs Survey (a tool which identifies critical areas to assist in the planning of delinquency intervention programs). (DLS)

An early childhood language analysis and intervention program, based on two models of pragmatics, is described. (Author/SBH)

Three years ago when Hartford established excellence as a theme, the district put academic achievement at the top of its list of five goals. The other four goals were organizational climate, education with equity, economic empowerment, and management of resources. (Author/IRT)

The Retrieval and Acceleration of Promising Young Handicapped and Talented program, part of the Joint Early Education Program for the Handicapped, identifies and educates preschool children who are both handicapped and gifted or talented. (PHR)

The article discusses the comprehensive services offered emotionally disturbed preschool children by a voluntary social agency (the Childrens Center in Salt Lake City, Utah), focusing on activity group therapy, the major therapeutic tool used there. (Author/DLS)

Describes a project in which every sixth grade class in one California school district taped a 30-minute news program which was later aired on cable television. An accompanying article presents 13 activities to help children learn about propaganda techniques in the media. (JMB)

Describing an inservice program designed to familiarize White teachers with Black student dialect, this article presents an inservice outline that includes the following: program purpose; objectives; program sequence (information phase, fact finding phase, data correlation and recording phase, and evaluation phase). (JC)

This program, developed by the Nalco Chemical Company, helps with energy conservation in industrial plants. The program takes four to six weeks to complete. The training sessions last for about two hours. (BB)

The American Public Health Association has instituted a Quality Assurance Analysis and Review (QUASAR) program to provide consultative services to laboratories.(BB)