The paper addresses problems and practices of two models for effective delivery of enrichment program for the gifted in remote isolated Canadian areas. Model I proposes developing programs in large, urban centers. Model IA is a "mobile-team" approach, which provides on-site programs for periods of time during the year. (Author/CL)

Discusses how rural groups might approach corporations to forge partnerships for a variety of educational and community programs and activities. Makes specific suggestions for selecting corporations, writing the first requests for information, evaluating responses, and following up leads. Includes a section on the workings of Apple Computer's…

Discusses use of volunteers to augment local government services such as libraries, parks, paralegal aid, elderly care, data processing. Outlines requirements of successful programs and steps toward initiating volunteer programs. Presents case studies of volunteer programs in two Maryland communities and 41 examples of how local governments can…

Compiled to promote the development of high quality, affordable, and accessible day care programs in West Tennessee, this manual helps prospective child caregivers decide which kind of day care to operate and describes start-up steps and program operation. Section 1 focuses on five basic questions of potential caregivers: (1) Which type of child…

Promoting coordinated and/or joint programs among local agencies is one strategy small, rural communities can use to cope with rapid population and economic growth. Interagency coordination is a process in which two or more organizations come together to solve a specific problem or meet a specific need. Coordination means more than just…

"Where the money is and what you'll need to do to get it," form the central theme of this citizen's guide to rural development. Designed to assist a community leader interested in implementing a development project, the guide concentrates on the sources which most frequently fund rural community development projects, i.e., the grant and…

This handbook provides guidelines for rural areas throughout Virginia or the nation for establishing an employment counseling and placement service. The first section focuses on the Job Referral Service (JRS) organization and administration. It describes the responsibilities and roles of (1) the school administration and faculty who provide…

Intended for administrators interested in establishing a child development program for rural/migrant or urban disadvantaged children, ages 0-5, or for administrators of existing programs interested in implementing specific aspects of this program, this guidebook contains information and suggestions in the following areas: program funding,…

This manual provides guidelines and forms for implementing a planning team approach to support students with emotional and behavioral difficulties in regular education settings, developed as part of a 3-year federally funded project to enhance the capability of 30 Vermont public schools. Following an introduction, a student profile is reviewed…

This handbook provides instructions to help communities form county rural development (CRD) committees. Guidelines are applicable to committee work in general and to community involvement in identifying and discussing local problems, determining community needs, setting goals, identifying available resources, securing adequate leadership, and…

A model and supportive materials are presented for design and implementation of a program for involving citizens in decision-making concerning significant environmental issues. Chapter topics include: why citizen involvement? (potential benefits of the process); theoretical basis for citizen involvement (three fundamental perspectives underlying…

The President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies recommended federal funding to turn 20 existing regional high schools into Language and International Studies High Schools. A seminar on the implementation of that recommendation addressed issues of school organization, student recruitment and selection (including the thorny…

Designed to serve as a standard whereby Michigan work-education councils can gauge their progress and also as a guide to help community leaders in rural areas build work-education council networks, this technical assistance manual provides guidelines for developing work-education councils in rural areas. The role of work-education councils in…

This guide to rural learning is intended to help those developing learning opportunities in the United Kingdom countryside--teachers, program organizers, project and development workers, and health and housing workers. Section 1 supplies up-to-date facts and figures and useful information about living in the rural context. It highlights issues…

Although this training manual was developed as a tool for trainers of African American and rural family caregivers of elders with dementia, it can easily be adapted for trainers of caregivers (both formal and informal) of persons other than those with dementia. The first section educates potential trainers about dementia, rural issues, ethnic…