Describes the Senior Adult Volunteer Program of the Howard County, Maryland, public school system, which brings older adults and middle school students together in a tutoring situation. Reports that the program has produced student gains in both the cognitive and affective domains. (FL)

Eight physically handicapped (blind, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, or genetic defect) preschool children and eight children with normal sensory motor abilities (mean age of both groups 3 1/2 years) participated in a preschool demonstration project designed to promote equal educational and social experiences in an integrated preschool through the…

This guidebook presents a detailed description of a cross-age tutoring program designed for junior high school students who worked with children in the lower grades, and for third grade children who worked with kindergarteners and first graders. Discussed are the concepts and rationale of cross-age tutoring, training procedures, and program…