This collection of materials includes seven items distributed by the State of California's Child Development Programs Advisory Committee. The first item, a report on infant care regulations describes hearings on infant care regulations held by the committee in January and February of 1990. Testimony covers the topics of staffing, capacity/ratio,…

Programs of education and research on international economy and trade, foreign cultures and languages, and other aspects of international affairs and located in the western states are listed in an annotated directory. The units are of varying types and include informal interdepartmental committees within academic institutions, well-established…

This guide was developed for two purposes: to enrich science and mathematics programs in schools and to encourage the professional growth of teachers of science and mathematics. A basic premise behind the development of this guide is that all students should have a variety of learning experiences, especially students in categorical programs such…

Intended for educators who wish to work with small groups of students from larger classes, this catalog describes seven common instructional grouping arrangements, and four associated concerns, revealed by a 1979-1980 survey of teachers and programs in Nevada, Utah, and northern California. The instructional grouping arrangements include (1)…

These resumes and citations provide information on inservice training opportunities, model programs, and resources for California vocational educators working with exceptional adolescents and young adults in vocational programs. The four divisions of the document are (1) inservice training opportunities, (2) model sites, (3) resources, and (4)…

A resource guide to assist inservice personnel to establish vocational education programs for severely handicapped individuals is presented. Section 1 summarizes issues in vocational services and training for severely handicapped persons. Section 2 contains brief descriptions of national agencies and organizations that relate in some way to the…

This directory contains descriptions of exemplary California community college vocational education programs and materials for special population students, including disadvantaged persons, limited-English-proficient individuals, handicapped students, and displaced homemakers. Provided in the directory are descriptions of model assessment systems;…

Designed to assist libraries and other agencies in their efforts to provide current referral services to local groups and agencies serving minority populations, this directory reflects the diverse nature of Orange County's population and identifies resources to help support their basic needs. Limited to the four largest minority groups (Asian…

This catalog contains more than 600 abstracts of model programs in California designed to help business, education, and community groups establish or expand partnerships in support of local education. An executive summary precedes the abstracts. The program abstracts are divided into 21 sections corresponding to specific forms of involvement.…