Reports on the theatre festival at the 1984 World's Fair that featured professional companies from eight nations performing before an audience of over 46,000 children and a symposium of 300 international theatre educators and leaders. (PD)

Project RETOOL offers training in the collaborative consultation model to postdoctorate leadership personnel regarding mainstreamed education of handicapped learners. Project RETOOL consultants share knowledge, skills, and experiences with faculty teams from institutions of higher education which then act as consultants to other faculty teams and…

Surveyed directors of 123 independent living programs to analyze the ways in which independent living programs use peer counseling. Results showed that although many programs offer peer counseling services, content and goals vary dramatically. (BH)

An approach to locating mentors for gifted programs breaks down recruitment/location tasks into four phases, beginning with searching nearby and moving farther out into the community. (CL)

The implementation of a preferral model is described and data are presented on consultation, referral, testing, and placement rates before, during, and after implementation. Issues in implementation, including school system variables and barriers to implementing a consultation model, are also discussed. (Author/CL)

An empirical procedure which helps supervisors and trainees to monitor the development of process-maintenance skills in consultation is presented. An example of its use, problem-solving potential, and worth are also discussed. (Author/CL)

Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College (ASPEC) is a retirement program which offers on-campus housing for ASPEC members as well as the intellectual advantages of life on a college campus. Several aspects of the program are discussed. (JN)

Several issues merit consideration prior to widespread development of preschool gifted programs, including the absence of longitudinal data, effects on parent expectations, effects on children's self-concept, and issues related to program design. (Author/CL)

Iatrogenic health education disease is defined as a condition of poorer health as a result of health education. Many side effects of health education are discussed. Symptoms in people and programs are described. Recommendations are made to help people make decisions which suit their needs. (MT)

Describes an adult education program run by volunteers in northern Ohio. (MD)

Ninety-one Utah business firms responded to a survey ranking current and future microcomputer applications. Predominant current uses are for file management and accounting. These two, as well as word processing, were identified as important future applications. (SK)

The article desribes IMPACT, a 12-year-old program for gifted high schoolers that emphasizes self-directed independent study. Program objectives, procedures, special features, methods of awarding course credit, and criteria for evaluation are outlined. (Author/CL)

Tips to keep microcomputers working and, if malfunctioning, areas to investigate before calling outside repair service. (MLF)

Discusses strategies for handling those who don't respond to mail questionnaires so that evaluation results are generalizable and valid. (JOW)

A Fortran IV computer program is presented which will unambiguously partition the explained variance of a dependent variable into those parts due uniquely to each independent variable and to all possible combinations of independent variables through commonality analysis. Tests of significance and documentation are provided. (Author/JKS)