As part of the evaluation of the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) 1970 Summer Reading Program, a Parent Evaluation Form was distributed at the conclusion of the program. This form was sent home with 342 pupils whose parents were invited to participate with them in the program. The summary given in this report includes information received…

The document is a report on the goals, activities, and consultant topics for a three-week vocational education workshop for 29 teachers of disadvantaged students in Baltimore. The workshop, in session five hours each day for lectures, discussion groups, consultant visits, and individual work sessions and conferences, had eight goals for teachers…

This paper argues the utility and necessity of debate evidence handbooks as part of high school summer workshops. First, debate evidence handbooks are useful because of the restrictive time element factor in summer workshops. The large number of debate resolutions and their interpretations contained in debate evidence handbooks frees the director…

The directory lists approximately 115 summer programs for handicapped children in the metropolitan Washington, D. C. area as of May 1974. Services are listed alphabetically within sections for D. C., Maryland, or Virginia. Included are services for the following handicapping conditions: diabetes, emotional disturbance and behavior problems,…

This appendix lists the planned level of work by the participants in the Summer Institute courses. These levels were coded from 0 through 5 in relation to the following definitions: work at level of introductory course; work at level normally requiring approximately a year of prior study of basic subject matter; work at level normally requiring…

This is a record of the first session of the House hearings on H. R. 763, a bill to provide for a study of the extent and enforcement of state laws and regulations governing the operation of youth camps. Included in the testimony are statements concerning the relative lack of state legislation on camp safety and personnel requirements; the…

A DENTAL ASSISTANT TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM OF APPROXIMATELY 4 WEEKS IN LENGTH WAS HELD FOR GRADUATES OF ACCREDITED DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAMS HAVING 5 OR MORE YEARS OF DENTAL ASSISTANT TEACHING EXPERIENCE. THE 72 PARTICIPANTS WERE PRE- AND POST-TESTED IN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF DENTAL ASSISTING. THE PRESENTATION INCLUDED LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS,…

An evaluation report is presented for a 1975 summer program for 25 6- to 12-year-old autistic children in New York City. Evaluative procedures are described, and student ratings in four skill areas (basic life skills, orientation to learning, cognitive skills, and socialization) are explained. Final results are said to indicate that all Ss…

Feedback from students and their rehabilitation counselors indicated that a 9-week college preparatory summer program for visually handicapped secondary students increased student readiness in communication, studying, personal-social skills, and mobility. (CL)

Suggestions are given for people working on a summer curriculum writing team. (SK)

A mother, whose physically handicapped 7-year-old daughter has prosthetic feet, describes how her child adjusted well first to a summer day camp and then to a week long camping program run by the Girl Scouts. (GW)

Described are the weekday, Saturday, and summer programs for over 745 gifted children (grades 4-12) offered at the Talcott Mountain Science Center for Student Involvement in Connecticut. (BB)

Living the credo of its famous forerunner, a creative education program on Maryland's Potomac shore is "sending people away with more than they had when they came". (Editor)

Describes selected examples of successful programs for gifted/talented students now underway throughout the United States. (JG)

Describes the Potential National Merit Scholars program at Jacksonville (Florida) Schools, an effort to identify exceptionally talented students and schedule them into advanced mathematics and language arts clases in the eighth grade. They may also attend special summer sessions and the superintendent's 100 superscholars program. (MLH)