Meaningful program evaluation is essential to interagency collaboration for handicapped persons. A team approach to developing an evaluation strategy must take into account factors within four stages of the evaluation process: 1) focusing, 2) planning, 3) implementing the evaluation, and 4) disseminating results and assessing the evaluation…

Issues such as work orientation, social stratification, and sex roles affecting career education for gifted and talented students are considered. Data on career-related problems facing this population are cited. Principles and characteristics of successful programs (such as active professional role models and individualized guidance) are…

Career education needs of disabled college students must include removing architectural barriers, training career counselors, and developing innovative programs. The career planning approach at California State University, Northridge is described in terms of services for all students as well as those for disabled students. (CL)

A peer training model in which teachers are trained to plan and provide inservice education is suggested as one approach to meeting the needs of teachers working with exceptional students. Project TEDDIE (Training Educators to Design, Develop, and Deliver Inservice Education) involved teams of special and vocational educators in Kansas. (CL)