The article briefly describes Project Employability, a job training and placement program for the developmentally disabled in Virginia, and presents three case studies to illustrate the project's job placement process. (Author/DLS)

Outcomes of Congressional hearings on P.L. 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are mentioned; and the National School Volunteer Program, in which volunteers assist professional educators with implementation of P.L. 94-142, is described. (SBH)

An earlier article (not included in this journal) described the how's and why's of preselection of interviewees at Penn State. In this article, the authors discuss their observations when preselection was used as an integral part of the on-campus interviewing. (Author)

A radio course was developed as a multi-disciplinary introductory course in gerontology for off-campus students at Sangamon State University. Lectures by instructors along with tapes from the annual Gerontology Institute, required readings and text were added. Student evaluations indicated strong interest in continuing the radio course.…

This is a program model for responsible decision-making on alcohol use. The intent is to encourage a philosophy about alcoholic beverages using a consistent example of moderate use. Moral implications are left to the individual. Drinking is not viewed as proof of adulthood, virility, or social acceptibility. (Author/BEF)

Training people in warmth, empathy, and genuineness might fulfill a specific helping role and increase their general social comfort for others. By using conceptual and response-oriented approaches, authors show that training individuals to be effective counselors also helped them be more interpersonally effective. (Author/BEF)

The Mount Pleasant Area Vocational School in Texas has 22 working courses, with three new programs planned for the 1979-80 school year. These programs help students fill the seven out of ten job openings in Texas that are related to vocational education programs. (Author/MLF)

A suburban Denver school district has upgraded its management practices by putting into practice a management by objectives and organizational development system. (Author)

Describes New York Telephone's Ultimate Goals Opportunities program, which trains women for jobs in the technical management area of the company. (IRT)

The article describes the University of Southern Alabama's Saturday Program for Gifted Children (8-18 years old) which uses TRS-80 microcomputers. With the computers, it is noted that the children not only gain background knowledge about a particular area, but learn computer programing as well. (SBH)

The article describes the Chapel Hill Gifted Handicapped Project (housed at the University of North Carolina) designed to develop a model and field tested curricula for gifted and handicapped preschoolers. (SBH)

The article describes the Institution Special Education Program which provides educational services for approximately 750 institutionalized handicapped children. (PHR)

This description of a project to review computer impact on society and computer literacy courses and materials includes the effort to gather and maintain a comprehensive bibliography, an analysis of the literature currently included, a set of objectives for courses, and future plans for refinement. (Author/JEG)

A hypertension control program at the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee Student Health Services is described including methods of reaching, identifying, and treating hypertensive adults. (JMF)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education offers a health education minor leading to certification as a teacher of health. (MM)