Describes how one rural community mental health center developed a management information system and responded to the pressures for accountability from funding bodies and collateral agencies in the community. After a discussion of the programs, the steps followed in developing the management information system are described. (Author)

This paper describes the emerging role of fathers in a society that presents obstacles to men who seek active involvement in fatherhood. A developmental, psycho/educational model is presented, which enables expectant and new fathers to gain support, knowledge, and skills in their new role, and confidence in themselves. (Author)

The Minnesota Newgate program uses full-time college work as part of a comprehensive service that includes classes within the correctional institution, group counseling, and, upon parole, transfer to a halfway house on the University of Minnesota campus. The program's aim is to orient the student toward a promising career. (Author)

The employer evaluation should be a vital part of the assignment, teaching and motivating the student well beyond the period of the work experience, affecting that experience from the moment of joint commitment. (Author)

Gives brief overviews of such programs as New Brunswick's Criterion-Referenced Testing Program, Alberta's Education North project to develop educational programs better attuned to the needs of students in isolated communities, and a study of how and why parents choose between public and independent schools. (IRT)

The author asserts that the mildly retarded individual in a developing nation like the People's Republic of China is much better able to cope with daily demands than in a complex and technologically sophisticated society. (Author)

An effective model for training foster parents, developed jointly by an early childhood program and a foster care agency, is briefly discussed. (Author/SE)

Offers specific recommendations for teachers starting a new forensics program. (MH)

The paper reviews inadequacies common in secondary programs for learning disabled students and suggests guidelines for more appropriate program development. (CL)

The author describes an adapted physical education program at Cleveland State University for students who, because of permanent or temporary disabilities, cannot participate in regularly offered physical education activities. (MJB)

Braintree St. Coletta Day School, for mentally or physically handicapped, seizure, or behavioral-problem children, provides a full physical education and recreation program, including motor development, adaptive physical education, and corrective physical education. (MJB)

The Mount Carmel Hospital program for skid-row male and female alcoholics is examined. (MM)

Recreational programs in New Hampshire that are fiscally conservative and rely heavily upon citizen cooperation and ingenuity are described. (JD)

Maintaining essential counseling services despite severe budget reductions is a major problem for many colleges. This article describes one solution--the development and implementation of a computer-augmented system for academic counseling. Applications to other areas of counseling and advantages in terms of cost and increased productivity are…

This survey yielded considerable data on a variety of important program dimensions, including courses, attendance, common problems, and coping strategies. Implications for planning effective career programs in the future also are discussed. (Author)