This technical assistance guide for offender programs is a guidebook to be used by CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) prime sponsors, state manpower service councils, state manpower planning councils, and Department of Labor (DOL) regional staff concerned about offenders and interested in developing employment and training programs…

The purpose of a project was to identify and explain the issues involved in formulating a role for vocational education in serving the employment-related training needs of older persons. The overall goal was to identify, analyze, describe, and disseminate information concerning policy and planing issues, service needs, service providers,…

This handbook was written for all parents and staff who participate in elementary school programs. It was designed to help assess the results of program development efforts and impact on students and to identify opportunities for further improvement. The first chapter explains the underlying concepts of the school program review and the basic…

This manual, based on procedures used in the PEECH (Precise Early Education for Children with Handicaps) Project, is designed to aid classroom teachers of preschool handicapped children. Chapter 1 discusses planning time and space and presents the essential elements of a PEECH daily schedule. Chapter 2 defines and states the purpose of classroom…

This handbook is designed to illustrate how nine rural schools, along with area postsecondary institutions, planned and implemented guidance and counseling programs and to help others similarly situated to do the same. It contains the ideas, strategies, obstacles, and accomplishments of field test sites in diverse geographic areas. This document…

This instructional handbook describes a program in which children are taught reading in relation to artistic media. It describes the staff, training, and a typical schedule. Program activities include reading workshops on vocabulary instruction, comprehension, and study skills; art workshops on crafts, puppetry, super 8 film, mixed media,…

To remedy the lack of well-planned developmental listening programs and adequate listening instruction in New Zealand schools, the New Zealand Council for Educational Research has produced this research-based teacher guide. The following materials are included: objectives for the reading program, including seven characteristics of a good listener;…

While providing information about children's programs primarily for Delaware County Public Libraries, this guide offers general planning tips and specific program ideas and resources useful to any county/public library considering developing its children's services. Special attention is given to program ideas and public relations. The former…

THE TELEVISION GUIDE FOR THE ANAHEIM PLAN IS PRESENTED. INSTRUCTION IS PROVIDED BY MEANS OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUBJECTS OF SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH, AND ARITHMETIC. REGULAR CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCE TEACHERS PRESENT CAREFULLY PLANNED AND THOROUGH PREPARATORY AND FOLLOWUP…

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,…

The document presents Module 8, gifted and talented students among educationally disadvanted groups, of the Star Power modules developed for school personnel who have an interest in or a need to explore the area of gifted and talented education. It is explained in an introductory section that the modules can be used for independent study, for…

The problems of residence hall damage and vandalism are examined in this booklet. An analysis and control program is proposed to provide a systematic method of dealing with the problem. A list of basic assumptions held by students and staff on residence hall damage is presented for discussion. Problems created by damage to residence halls are also…

From July, 1974 to June, 1977, a federally funded project to develop a competency based training program for human service workers was run at Elgin Mental Health Center, a 750-bed inpatient, state psychiatric facility. During the course of the project, over 500 discrete tasks were identified which such workers perform. Tasks were grouped into…

This training manual presents current information about alcohol abuse and alcoholism among minority populations. It is designed to aid counselors employed in alcohol abuse programs. Areas discussed in this report include: interpersonal communication, knowledge of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, evaluation and assessment, planning, referral,…

This publication discusses criteria for post-secondary education of technicians as illustrated by the accumulated experience of successful programs which have had their graduates sought after by employees. Chapter headings are (1) Technicians: Who They Are and What They Do, (2) Administration of Programs to Educate Technicians, (3) Physical…