Discusses programer job training programs, designed to give the knowledge, skills, and effective job experience required for placement in entry level business programing jobs, to chronically unemployed, low-income adults who lack marketable skills, but demonstrate the intelligence, competence, motivation, and temperament required to do…

Describes the activities of the WGBH Caption Center in Boston as captions are prepared for the news and other television programs for the deaf. (CMV)

Two units of the School Based Health Education Project in Howard County, Indiana, have been revised. The Little Smoky unit on smoking for second graders stresses the effects of smoking on the body systems while the Counter Conscious unit examines the uses of over-the-counter substances. (JMF)

Describes work done by Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) trainees as archeological technicians in salvaging underwater treasure from shipwrecks. (MF)

Describes and gives examples of the Assertive Discipline Program. Also includes guidelines for an effective discipline plan. (IRT)

Surveys undergraduate geography major programs in American universities, with particular emphasis on the changes which have occurred since the late 1960s. Major changes include relaxing core curriculum and distribution requirements. (Author/DB)

Organizations which support the development of minority-owned businesses are described. Activities of one of these organizations, the Chicago Economic Development Corporation (CEDCO), are detailed. (GC)

Describes a mural project designed to introduce students to the concept of overlapping similar images as a way of depicting a time sequence. This article is one of four articles in this issue on elementary-level mural projects. (Author/SJL)

Suggests several alternative methods for teaching global education. Provides details on a community workshop designed to develop a set of general global statements upon which all workshop participants can agree. Information is presented on specific workshop goals and organizational techniques. (DB)

A health program is described that is specifically designed to meet the needs, physical and emotional, of older adults. (JD)

Offers some insights and advice on how to strengthen the school-community relationship through cooperative activities and organizations. (Author/LD)

Describes a model training program structured to provide basic knowledge and skills for child protective workers. (CM)

Describes group education program for adoptive parents developed by a social service agency. The program aims at assuaging the fears raised in adoptive parents by the controversy over sealed records and the adoptee's search for biological parents. (CM)

The author describes a learning center in which primary aged gifted students are encouraged to think creatively. Examples of three creative activities are given. (CL)

The article presents an approach (the Fagen-Long Curriculum) to developing skills for self-control as a means of preventing and reducing emotional and behavioral disorders in schools. (SBH)