This document represents an extensively revised and updated United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Directory for Environmental Training Worldwide. It presents a listing of environmental education and training (EE&T) opportunities around the world as well as information on financial assistance for environmental studies abroad. This version…

The section on summer programs for the gifted includes a directory of 62 programs and eight brief articles on independent learning; Project IDEA, a psychomotor program; miscellaneous offerings; The College Academy, Framingham College, MA; The College for Kids Project, IL; environmental education; an animal behavior course; and a summer academy.…

Presented are brief descriptions of the winning entries in this magazine's contest for existing programs to serve as prototypes for wide-scale use in elementary schools of the 1980s. Top prizes went to computer literacy, energy education, and nutrition projects. Twenty runners-up are also described. Project addresses are included. (SJL)

This directory is aimed at increasing understanding of functions and problems of families, by providing information on research activities which fall within the goals of the International Year of the Family (IYF) initiative. Compiled through a cooperative effort of the Australian Institute of Family Studies and The United Nations Secretariat for…

This publication provides abstracts of 43 active and 34 completed projects designed to improve pediatric emergency care. The projects were funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Maternal and Child Health Bureau, in collaboration with the United States Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety…

Child-to-Child ideas and activities represent an approach to health education. Not an alternative program but instead a component of other programs, Child-to-Child emphasizes the role of children as partners within families and communities in promoting better health practices and promotes Child-to-Child activities. This booklet describes…

This booklet presents summary information on 44 programs in Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania nominated as demonstrating unique or exemplary practices in special education. Citations include program name, brief description, information on the target population, process for evaluation or analysis and renewal, adoption requirements, funding…

This directory was compiled in partial fulfillment of one of the Educational Services Committee's main objectives: to assist Edison Electric Institute (EEI) member companies to initiate, expand, and evaluate their educational activities. The publication contains three main parts. The first is a statement of guidelines for educational programs at…

The document provides summaries of 53 programs from around the country demonstrating innovative approaches to identifying needs and developing and delivering services and materials to families. Chapters are organized according to broad themes which underlie their programs' design. Chapter 1 (10 programs) examines programs which explore informal…

This catalog is intended to help teachers, curriculum supervisors, members of ethnic organizations, and others interested in multiethnic education become aware of and more effectively use the products of the Ethnic Heritage Studies Program (Title IX, ESEA). The catalog contains in-depth descriptions of the ethnic studies projects funded from 1974…

This supplement to the "Ethnic Heritage Studies Program Catalog: 1974-1979" is intended to help teachers, curriculum supervisors, members of ethnic organizations, and others interested in multiethnic education become aware of and effectively use the materials developed by projects funded by the Ethnic Heritage Studies Program, Title IX,…

The document serves as a directory of projects supported by the U.S. Office of Special Education in the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) and provides an overview of their activities. An introduction describes the HCEEP network. The overview summarizes the activities of the five types of HCEEP projects: Demonstration, Outreach…

The Academic Common Market is an interstate agreement among Southern states for sharing academic programs. Participating states are able to make arrangements for their residents who qualify for admission to enroll in specific programs in other states on an in-state tuition basis. Thus far, the arrangements have been limited to unusual graduate…

The United States Environmental Protection Agency was created by Presidential order in December of 1970. This order brought together 15 programs scattered among several Federal Government agencies to mount a coordinated attack on environmental problems. These problems include air and water pollution, solid waste management, pesticides, radiation,…

Twenty-four U.S. institutions and six Canadian institutions offering training for translators are listed here. Each citation contains the name and address of the school, the director's name, and a brief description of the program or courses. (PMP)