The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Parent Respite Care Co-op enables parents of handicapped children to take a break from the daily care their child requires. (SW)

Project Work, based on the success group approach, offered counseling to six gifted underachievers in middle school. The program, lasting 10 weeks, included group discussions, contracts, and daily evaluations. (SW)

Project Soar, a Saturday enrichment program for gifted students (6-14 years old), allows students to work intensively in a single area of interest. Examples are cited of students' work in crewel embroidery, creative writing, and biochemistry. (CL)

Describes the function of the regional Federal Archives and Records Centers that were established in 1968-69 in or near 11 cities across the country. Briefly mentioned are typical kinds of cartographic resources that may be useful to map librarians and researchers interested in specific regions. (JD)

Describes a letter-writing system developed to increase the communication and interests of parents of undergraduate psychology students selected for positions in the modified PSI instructional systems. (CK)

Discusses the stress management program at the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Includes discussion of the costs of the program. (IRT)

Talks about the reorganization of a high school tutoring program to make it more effective. (LD)

This section of the journal describes approximately 40 local projects and programs for gifted and talented students, arranged alphabetically by states. Information presented includes program name, address, telephone number, grade levels, identification tools used, evaluation measures used, visitation information, and a description of the program…

Describes the development of a computerized newspaper index by the reference department of the Nashville and Davidson County Public Library. The evolution of the card index used prior to this project is traced, and indexing problems resolved by the computer system are discussed. (JD)

The cataloging-in-source program at the U.S. International Trade Commission Library began in 1975 as a publicity tool but is now an established part of Commission policy, as well as an essential cataloging aid to users of the agency's publications. (Author/JD)

A computer program entitled Program CONGRU is presented which analyzes the overall conjoint agreement among many observers for their classifications on categorical scales. A special feature assesses the significance of observers' congruence in assignments to each nominal category considered. (Author)

A new computer subroutine has been developed for calculating the tetrachoric correlation coefficient. Recent advances in computing inverse normal and bivariate normal distributions have been utilized. The procedure is useful for item analysis. (Author/JKS)

Presents a general discussion of the historical development, costs, and various uses and users of the large screen television. (MBR)