Summer camp is a type of laboratory for community living. Society's needs have changed from providing a positive summer challenge for idle youth to experimenting with the demands and rewards of working in community groups. Decentralized camping emphasizes the team decision-making approach to teach self-reliance and awareness of democratic…

The newsletter for parents of handicapped children focuses on summer activities which provide fun and learning without undue expense or effort. Suggestions include encouraging reading activities (including visiting the library, reading out loud, selective television viewing, making a book, and writing letters). Activities to encourage the child's…

Parent training as a service delivery model for 12-month programming is discussed. Legislation, litigation, and research concerning 12-month programming and parents as program implementers for handicapped students are reviewed. A parent training program is described, and results of a study using the program as a 12-month service delivery model…

The report describes accomplishments of a project to provide training and support services to regular educators serving handicapped infants and preschoolers. Project activities for each of 3 years are delineated for the following areas: field-based regional workshops/conferences; summer campus-based inservice training; collection of materials on…

Four issues of the newletter focus on aspects of education for academically talented students. The major articles in each issue address the following topics: the importance of career, psychosocial, and academic counseling for gifted students; curriculum development; summer programs of the Midwest Talent Search (MTS); leadership training; the…

A quasi-experimental study was undertaken of the effects of summer programs on the behaviors and skills of 186 severely handicapped children (2-18 years old). Programs were categorized by their orientation and by their length, resulting in five groupings: 6 week high structure (educational skill and behavior goal-oriented), medium structure (mixed…

The primary goal of the Southern Coalition for Educational Equity's New Orleans Effective Schools Project is to improve academic achievement at one middle school, Martin Behrman, in ways that can be replicated by schools facing similar problems. The Project is based on research findings about school improvement from the school effectiveness…

This handbook, prepared to assist librarians in planning summer reading programs for children, includes suggestions on the following: (1) establishing program goals, objectives, and activities; (2) supplies, resources, and materials needed for the program; (3) sample registration, evaluation, and volunteer recruitment forms; (4) types of publicity…

Describes a 10-week summer program which emerged from a preschool center program in New Jersey. The program accomodates 80 children, 11-14 years of age, from black, Hispanic, and white families. (ED)

Paper presented at Annual Convention of National Council of Teachers of English (Milwaukee, Wis., November 28-30, 1968).

Articles by Grade Teacher's fourth annual summer travel - summer workshop contest winners: Lea Levi, Elsie G. Murray, Elizabeth Dorband, and Emma A. Palminteri.

Research completed as a part of the Connecticut Service Corps Research Project, and supported by Grant MH-02127-03 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

This paper presents key concepts and practical suggestions to use in evaluating three types of Title I summer programs. A description of the summer program characteristics is followed by outlines of the three evaluation designs: (1) norm referenced design; (2) criterion referenced design; and (3) comparison group design. The techniques, procedural…

This guidebook contains suggestions for librarians interested in developing programs which will stimulate children's reading interests and improve their skills. Chapters describe program planning, recordkeeping, storytelling, and children's games. A bibliography cites 18 sources on possible program activities, and a graded list of humorous books…