The six sections in this manual are: (1) Evaluation of Standards, (2) Implementation of Standards Through Accreditation, (3) Conducting the Agency Self-Study, (4) Contents of the Agency Self-Study Report, (5) The On-Site Review and (6) Translating Study into Action. The appendix contains coding instructions for sections C and D of this guide.…

In Part I of this section of the guide, the agency is asked to set down a clear and comprehensive statement of its philosophy of service and program objectives. Part II calls for basic factual data concerning the agency and the community it serves. Part III seeks to ascertain the agency's policies with respect to certain principles adopted by the…

Fundamentally, library services should accomplish the same objectives for the blind and visually handicapped as for the sighted. There are, nevertheless, important differences arising from the need to compensate for lack of sight as well as from the conditions which blindness imposes on the means of rendering library service. By definition, blind…

Gas flow patterns at a sampling nozzle are described in this presentation for the 12th Conference on Methods in Air Pollution and Industrial Hygiene Studies, University of Southern California, April, 1971. Three situations for sampling velocity are illustrated and analyzed, where the flow upstream of a sampling probe is: (1) equal to free stream…

Twenty-six activities related to forestry, conservation, and outdoor education comprise the content of this leader's guide. Designed for use with youth groups, ideas and techniques range from forest conservation mobiles, locating forest fires, and Christmas tree uses to litterbug campaigns, watershed experiments, and crossword puzzles. Activities…

Video in Psychotherapy and Therapist Training is a basic introduction and reference list to the field of videotherapy. The video medium, an immediate feedback recording device of sound and sight, is fast becoming a widely used tool in psychotherapy and therapist training. This reference source contains an introduction to the topic, a brief…

The first of two papers constituting a case study of program reformulation in a graduate department of curriculum studies discusses the nature and status of curriculum as a field of study, and the character of program offerings by graduate curriculum faculties composed of diverse academic specialists. (Author/MLF)

Explores some theoretical aspects of the impact of an organization's social structure on leadership. (Available from Comparative Administration Research Institute, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242; $12.00 annually) (Author/MLF)

The Delphi technique for problem-solving and forecasting is a useful tool when a group of experts with diverse backgrounds is asked to make decisions. (For availability see EA 507 171) (Author)

Secondary students join their art teacher in producing and parading giant puppets. Their creative expression and interest were highly stimulated by the project. (RK)

A method of preparing computerized subject and author indexes for research and development laboratory notebooks is described. Wiswesser Line Notation is used as the subject entry capable of listing specifically and unambiguously the compounds described in the notebooks. (Author)

A quick, simple method for preserving bird specimens using borax and a formalin solution is described. Procedures for injecting and mounting the specimens are given along with certain restrictions on preserving specimens. (MA)

Reviews the mathematical properties of algorithms and problems which can not be resolved by present methods in mathematics. (SL)

American Indian students were divided into three treatment groups to test the hypothesis that: the students who receive instruction using visual communications method will do significantly better than the students who receive instruction in the same concepts orally or through reading a text. (JC)

Competence with preservice and inservice educational programs. (DAG)