This forty-page annotated bibliography includes specific information on career planning programs for women employees (or activities of such programs). Program listings appear alphabetically by community and junior college and alphabetically by employer. An index by state is also provided. Listings include name of college or employer, contact…

Three papers focusing upon the beliefs and issues confronting professionals concerned with consumer and homemaking education programs are presented. The first paper "Consumer and Homemaking Education Today" (R. Hughes), examines the questions of content and audience from a curriculum development view. The status of programs using…

In this guide four career education resource areas are identified in four sections. In section 1 community resources are discussed in terms of finding material and human resources, conducting a community survey, coordinating and consolidating resources, and examining exemplary practices. Four exhibits are included: (1) individual career resources…

The suburban or rural Short Term Adolescent Rehabilitation Treatment (START) Centers house 20 or 25 youths unable to cope with daily community involvement, yet not requiring institutional isolation or security. This program evaluation monitors the effectiveness of the START program. The report examines in detail the types of delinquent youth…

Described in this paper is a project utilizing the linkage concept in the implementation of a diffused team planning process in six elementary schools undergoing desegregation. Strategies employed in designing the project are reviewed. These reviews include a retrospective analysis of the first two years of the project, a review of the minutes of…

The Wyoming Infant Stimulation Program (WISP) provides a comprehensive preschool program utilizing both center-based and home-based intervention for handicapped preschool children (age 0-3 years) and their families in rural Wyoming. A developmental-prescriptive model is used and the curriculum objective is that each child will progress according…

This plan to mitigate the impact of potential geophysical natural disasters, including those caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes, integrates and coordinates the multiagency functions in warning services and community preparedness related to many of these disasters. The plan is divided into five sections. The first two sections…

This annual report reviews the role of the Alaska Day Care Assistance Program, which was established in 1976 and amended in 1977 to provide child care assistance to families with children under 10 years of age regardless of their eligibility to receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The report describes the financial support awarded to…

The individualized physical education program must be individualized in many ways to assure every handicapped child a free appropriate education. This document outlines major aspects to be considered in this process. Included are methods for: (1) obtaining information affecting annual goals; (2) approaching motivational techniques and procedures;…

The implementation guide to Project SPICE (Special Partnership in Career Education) - a curriculum designed to develop and demonstrate effective methods and techniques for providing career education experiences for educable mentally handicapped (EMH) students (ages 11-to-13 years) is provided. A description of the program focuses on program…

Composed of three separate papers, this document contains the initial design work required for the National Education Practice File Development Project. The first paper presents the ideas put forth by educators regarding their perceptions of what a "practice file" should be and how it might be organized and maintained. Areas considered…

The New York Regents external degree programs for the associate and baccalaureate degrees in nursing are described. An interview with the program coordinator and information about the educational requirements and about several students are presented. The coordinator defines the program as a degree awarded by one institution for learning that was…

The document presents the final report of the High/Scope Demonstration Preschool Project, one of the First Chance national demonstration projects funded under the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program. Chapter 1 outlines accomplishments of the project in terms of seven program goals (including the development of procedures for assessing…

These pamphlets present facts, background information and guides on the immunization of children against preventable diseases. Individual pamphlets are provided for mass media specialists, health personnel in the field, health policy makers and program administrators, as well as university personnel. Contents include a specification of the role of…

This program was designed to improve reading and mathematics achievement by directing intervention toward diagnosed deficiencies in these areas. Two thousand thirty-five students in grades one through nine participated in the reading component. Diagnostic-prescriptive teaching approaches were implemented in both components with an emphasis on…