The document presents a formative evaluation of the program development process used to produce the 13 kits in the Canadian Content Project. The objective is to recommend whether similar development models should be used in the future. The study is presented in three sections. Section I examines and compares three approaches to local program…

Based on an assumption that research on the treatment components of experiential education programs is useful in understanding and improving them, a study examined the component of student interaction with adults. Focusing on reference group theory (symbolic interactionism), the conceptual framework of the study is founded upon the assumption that…

This program was developed by Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) of Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, to improve nutritional services to 2,146 infants and preschool children enrolled in fifteen area day care centers, by developing the role of a sponsoring organization and by developing standards of expectations for other sponsoring…

LEARNING ABILITIES OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WERE STUDIED OVER A 4-YEAR PERIOD. THE RESEARCH RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIX-PART REPORT. PART ONE, THE ACHIEVEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (EMH) CHILDREN, EMPLOYED THE MATCHED-PAIR METHOD WITH APPROXIMATELY 700 SAMPLES OF EMH CHILDREN, 7-13 YEARS OF AGE.…

BACKGROUND MATERIALS ON THE AFL-CIO PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY SERVICES OUTLINE THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE AFL-CIO IN 1955. IN ADDITION TO LISTING KEY POLICY AND POSITION STATEMENTS STIPULATING THE SCOPE AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF THE PROGRAM, THIS OUTLINE DESCRIBES SUCH MAJOR…

THE 5-MONTH STUDY DEALT WITH THE APPLICATION OF THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL LESSONS GIVEN IN COMBINATIONS TO FIVE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF 41 PUPILS EACH, SELECTED AT RANDOM FROM THE COOPERATIVE, DISTRIBUTIVE, AND OFFICE OCCUPATIONS STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE IN DETROIT. THE STUDY TESTED MEANS OF IMPROVING PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION…

IN THIS FIVE YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS RECEIVED TREATMENT AT A DAY CARE REHABILITATION CENTER SPONSORED BY THE RHODE ISLAND DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (DVR) LOCATED IN A PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (BUTLER HOSPITAL). THE MAJOR TREATMENT GOALS WERE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF…

SINCE ITS BEGINNING IN 1928, THE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED TO BECOME A DEPARTMENT (1953), AND IN 1964, THE DEPARTMENT PROCESSED 1,500 CASES. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, TRAINABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, CONFINED TO HOME OR HOSPITAL, VISUALLY HANDICAPPED, SPEECH HANDICAPPED,…

A number of exemplary planning mechanisms and systems implemented by Native American Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) grantees to achieve coordination of resources for reservation economic development are highlighted in this handbook on integrated planning. Also included is an examination of the problems caused by the failure to…

A large-scale educational program, involving 30 settlements and neighborhoods that had been defined as suffering from deprivation, this project included a variety of reinforcement and enrichment programs. Information for a case study of the program was collected through interviews. Findings indicated that the guiding principles of the program…

Three county-wide coordinated cooporative programs in Pennsylvania were evaluated to determine their impact upon high youth unemployment and dropout rates, to obtain student and employer attitudes toward the program, and to ascertain bow well they meet their objectives. Current students (335), graduates (193), guidance counselors (25), and…

This learning activity package, one of six intended for use in Industrial Cooperative Training Programs, is designed to enable students to understand the basic principles of parliamentary procedure and provide help in conducting a typical Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) business meeting. (The industrial cooperative training program…

In order to meet the instructional support needs of a diverse student population, nine community colleges joined to form the Northern Illinois Learning Resources Cooperative (NILRC). Chartered as a not-for-profit corporation and initially funded with a grant from the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the aims of NILRC are to reduce duplication…

The Businessperson-in-Residence program at Trenton State College in New Jersey is described. It is a four-part program designed to build better long-term relationships between the college and business community. The overall program was planned by a joint business-college task force to meet mutual objectives. The businessperson, working out of a…

A state board of education has several major responsibilities regarding private schools. It should have an understanding of the legal constraints regarding its relationship with private schools. It should have information about the character of private schools nationwide and in their state. Research is needed regarding how private schools affect…