Describes how a Connecticut school learned to work with a ninth-grade student who was terminally ill. The school developed a plan of action through the help of a private counselor paid from special funds approved by the superintendent. (MD)

THE ROLES OF A READING CONSULTANT IN TWO SITUATIONS--AS A CATALYST IN A GROUP AND AS A "HELPFUL FRIEND" IN A ONE-TO-ONE SITUATION--WERE COMPARED IN A 1964 STUDY. THIRTY-FIVE FIRST-GRADE CLASSROOMS AND 35 TEACHERS IN 10 SCHOOLS IN WALLINGTON, CONNECTICUT, WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS. IN THE FIVE CONTROL SCHOOLS (METHOD 1), CONSULTANT…

THE PILOT REHABILITATION PROJECT IN THE HARTFORD STATE JAIL BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1965 AND JUNE 1966 WAS SPONSORED BY THE CONNECTICUT STATE JAIL ADMINISTRATION AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, FINANCED UNDER THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963, AND ADVISED BY THE LOCAL OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND THE AD HOC JAIL COMMITTEE OF THE GREATER…