Designed to orient Hispanic refugees to the services that are available in Central Florida, this bilingual guide consists of a section of general information on living and working in the United States and a section devoted to various public and private agencies. Provided first are addresses and phone numbers of various government agencies:…

Four keynote ideas can help partnerships form between communities and their schools. The first keynote is a new "social contract" for education in each community, based on agreement on values, school objectives, and group roles. The second keynote is the "public good." There exists a breakdown of community, a loss of the sense…

The document presents Kentucky's 3-year plan for services to persons with mental retardation. The plan is the product of volunteers serving in an advisory role to the Kentucky Citizen's Planning Council and contains input from over 300 citizens from around the state. An initial section offers the Council's recommendations for improving services,…

This document was produced by the Family Resource Center, a federally funded project designed to develop and share resources and information on youth services, child abuse and neglect, and child welfare in Region VIII, which includes Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. This resource guide contains introductory…

The development of Arctic Canada's resources has historically been guided by two contrasting administrative approaches: one favoring the free play of profit motives in a laissez-faire market economy and the other the coordination of development through formalized government planning. In both approaches, Eurocanadians are the dominant figures,…

In December, 1977, a conference was held to bring an awareness of various problems in school desegregation to teacher, community and school district leaders in the Los Angeles area. At the conference, a business community network formed and implemented by the Council for Peace and Equality was described. School integration in Pasadena, San…

Describes the development and implementation of a health services component of a federally-funded day care center, specifically, the policies, standards, and integration of family, community, staff skills, and resources. (ED)

The articles in this bulletin contain background readings and suggestions to help K-12 teachers teach economics in their social studies classes. The bulletin is comprised of an introduction and eight chapters. The introduction "A Framework for Cooperative Action" contains rationales for both social studies education and econonmics…

This booklet contains forms, strategies, and philosophies that have been successfully used at the TRIAD Teacher Center (West Lafayette, Indiana). TRIAD provides resources and services for 1600 elementary and secondary teachers and administrators in three counties. The center is staffed by three professional educators and is governed by a policy…

This monograph is one in a series designed to report, in narrative form, discussions that took place during a series of mini-conferences for local K-12 career education coordinators on the subject of staff development in career education. The monograph covers two broad concerns: the substance of staff development in career education; and how staff…

This booklet is designed to be used as a workbook to present the concept of community education in a format which addresses important questions any community needs to consider as it explores community education. The booklet can be used in conjunction with the videotape "Community Education: A Profile of Two Communities." However, the contents of…

During the 1979-1980 fiscal year Project C.R.E.E.P. (Community Resources in the Education of Exceptional Preschoolers) conducted outreach activities in Camden, New Jersey, in eight areas--direct and supplementary services to severely/multiply handicapped children, parent/family participation, assessment of children's progress, inservice training…

To further an explanation of the post-1970 United States demographic phenomenon of increased population for non-metropolitan areas, the relationship of 3 ecological phenomena to non-metropolitan net migration rates between the 1960's and the 1970's is examined for a random stratified sample of 380 United States non-metropolitan counties (primarily…

Career education demonstration programs were set up in schools in a three county consortium effort in Florida. Activities were based on an operational model incorporating eight elements--career, economic, and educational awareness; subject area skills; self awareness; decision making; attitudes and appreciation; and employability skills. The…