The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families and protecting every child from harm. By publishing a diverse range of views on a wide array of topics, "Children's…

A library of audiovisual instructional materials and curriculum guides were developed to train members of volunteer fire departments in LaPorte County, Indiana. The report briefly summarizes the project and includes a guide describing the audiovisual and instructional materials developed. The guide, containing 10 units, presents brief descriptions…

Covering the time period of July 1974 to June 1975, the report documents project activities of the second year of a three-year career education project in southern Indiana. A total of 37 school corporations in an economically depressed rural area participated in an effort to infuse career education concepts into their existing curriculum. Through…

The Indiana Department of Education recently convened a task force to identify universal basic values and to determine how these values can be successfully infused into school curricula. Accordingly, in collaboration with the Indiana School Counselors Association (ISCA), the Department established a working committee to construct a developmentally…

A project designed to develop a prevocational program for grade 9 students in a comprehensive area vocational school is described in this final report. The major goals of the project were to enable students to make wise career choices and to develop better work habits and attitudes. Other goals were to identify the possible need for 10th grade…

The Indiana Department of Education recently convened a task force to identify essential values and to determine how these values can be successfully infused into school curricula. Accordingly, in collaboration with the Indiana School Counselors Association (ISCA), the Department established a working committee to construct a developmentally…

This pilot study compared developmental outcomes, academic achievement, and parent involvement for children attending a Title I full-day kindergarten with those of children attending a Title I half-day program in New Albany, Indiana. The subjects were nine children from the full-day program and ten children from the half-day program. The…