A summer in-home signing program augments signing courses and attempts to reach more families and more family members. Secondary and postsecondary deaf students live with families for brief periods, helping parents, other family members and neighbors develop signing skills. (Author/CL)

Parents (N-117) of participants in a gifted summer program were overwhelmingly positive regarding the program's academic and nonacademic environment, while 80 percent of school personnel indicated that special academic and/or counseling provisions were provided as a result of student evaluation data. A model depicting benefits from the experience…

The Duke University Precollege Program, Summer Residential Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youths, the By-Mail and Computer Programs are reviewed. These offerings allow brilliant young students to plan a multi-summer program beginning in the summer prior to grade 8 and culminating in the senior year of high school. (Author/CL)

This study suggests the need for several improvements in the summer vocational horticulture education programs. Knowledge of the summer program, its aims, and the teacher's responsibilities appears to be lacking in the groups studied. (SSH)

This document lists summer pre-college programs for students with disabilities who are seeking to prepare for college and to enhance their college performance. The programs listed here do not require students to have been admitted to the college nor do they include programs required as a precondition of acceptance into the regular academic…

In view of possible budget cutbacks in summer vocational agriculture programs, the author (from California, a State providing summer supervision) offers suggestions for appropriate summer program activities as well as guidelines for strengthening and justifying summer programs. (EA)

In Alberta, Canada, at the rim of the great western plains, an enthusiastic group has shown how teachers can have family fun while learning a lot of science firsthand -- at small financial cost. (Author)

Some vocational agriculture teachers are taking a critical look at their summer program, asking themselves why such a successful concept is being questioned by school administrators and boards of education. (Author)

A summer program in which teenagers from institutions are tutors to younger institutionalized children is described. (DB)

Suggestions are made to parents of handicapped children concerning whether to send their child to summer camp, and how to find and evaluate appropriate camps. (KW)

A summer program conducted to encourage male high school dropouts to return to school met with a high degree of success. Each boy was directed to re-examine his values toward education and life. (CK)