Reviews the history of state mental health planning from the federal perspective, discusses some state objectives for comprehensive planning, and presents a participatory model for plan development. Demonstrates how the model can be used to produce a mental health plan that is a viable management tool fulfilling many state objectives. (Author/BH)

Curriculum development should be a comprehensive process requiring a broad-based view of the educational system and its place within society, thus necessitating the use of a systematic curriculum development model. Such a model is provided here. Three references are provided. (DCS)

Defines the discipline of instructional science, discusses its applications, and reviews three instructional models--the component theory display, elaboration theory of instruction, and motivational design of instruction--to illustrate the kind of integrative, multi-perspectived common knowledge base needed at this point in the development of…

Preliminary indications suggested that a social skills training program featuring modeling, coaching, and role playing was effective in helping 15 autistic adolescents and adults learn to have positive peer-related social experiences. (CL)

A service delivery model for adolescents with language disorders is presented which coordinates the components of information dissemination, identification, evaluation and program planning, and intervention. Underlying philosophical premises are set forth, including the importance of group work and interdisciplinary cooperation. (Author/CL)

Examines the stages through which trainees pass on their way to the development of competency in working with clients of dissimilar racial or ethnic background. Proposes a model which provides an appropriate learning environment for each stage. (JAC)

The article discusses the teacher's requirements for knowledge regarding teaching as well as reading. A teaching model's seven components are reviewed as are components of a reading curriculum model. An alternative approach is proposed that focuses on school change. (CL)

The author points out the negative and limiting implications of the prevailing approach for identifying gifted children and asserts that the approach should be replaced by a model in which a separate identification step is replaced by curriculum-imbedded and curriculum determinitive processes. (CL)

The paper presents a model for organizing in formation about severely handicapped learners by categorizing educational advances into what-to-teach variables (goal selection), instruction variables, and curriculum modification. (Author/CL)

A one-day per week pull-out social studies program for gifted fifth graders incorporates theories of John Dewey and Joseph Renzulli (the Enrichment Triad Model) in the study of economics, urbanization, and social organization, as well as participation in community service projects. (CL)

Proposes a comprehensive approach for continuing education for social workers. This ecological model takes into account critical staff participation at various levels as well as important phases of the staff development process. (JAC)

Presents a conceptual scheme which is to relate minicourses and other forms of elective curricula to the entire language arts program at the secondary school level. (JY)

The Office of the Secretary of Defense supports a vast and complicated system of education and professional development for civilians. The RAND study team from the National Defense Research Institute conducted a broad review of the literature on educational assessment and reviewed the documents of organizations engaged in such assessment,…

The International Bureau of Education (IBE) is an academic institute directed toward empowering educational activities in the field. Since 1969, the IBE has been an integral part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), while retaining wide intellectual and functional autonomy. In 1999, the IBE became the…

Most middle school science curriculum has been created to provide superficial treatment of the different subject areas (earth, life, and physical science), and in-depth coverage of very little. The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) criticism of the typical American school curriculum is that it is a "mile wide and an…