An experimental program is described which was designed to train non-urban housewives for paid employment as paraprofessional peer counselors. A flow chart traces the origin of the project back to 1969, when the future project director recognized the mental health needs of a variety of non-urban housewives of all ages. The resulting peer counselor…

Described is an evaluation of a career development institute on the images of the future of 191 gifted adolescents. It is explained that the institute provided opportunity for individual study of specific areas of societal problems, career opportunities in these problem areas, and varied methods of solving the problems. The two broad areas focused…

Covering the time period from July 1973 to July 1974, the report documents the first year of a project to implement career education in the Highline High School in Seattle. A career alternatives model (CAM) to provide each student with opportunities to consider all alternatives is described as a means for student development in self awareness,…

The final report (1974-75) of Project FAST (Functional Analysis Systems Training) contains objectives and evaluation data of the Essexville-Hampton (Michigan) program which is designed to provide efficient educational and support services to learning disordered children and their regular elementary teachers. The first part contains an introduction…

The document presents information pertaining to the program in career education at the Danbury (Connecticut) public schools. The system's organizational chart and policy statement precede descriptions of the elementary, junior high, and senior high programs. Also included are descriptions of inservice teacher training activities, specialized…

A project to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a Mobile Career Guidance Laboratory is described and evaluated in detail in the document. Designed to serve all ninth grade students on Guam by providing group counseling and access to materials regarding career education, the mobile unit moved from school to school. Faculty orientation…

The design and evaluation of a secondary special education program is described. The program is noted to incorporate four phases: Phase-I evaluating the learning laboratory (LL) concept; Phase II-field testing the exportability of the LL concept; Phase III-providing a document explaining how to organize, staff, and operate a LL; and Phase…

The project, conducted from June 1973 to December 1974, was designed to further the development of career education activities in Rhode Island. The goals and objectives of the project were as follows: (1) a synthesis of statewide and national information regarding career education models; (2) development of three model types focusing on the…

This document presents an independent evaluation study of the 87 grants awarded in fiscal year 1972-73 by the California State Department of Education and the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges, under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. It describes the context of the projects which were awarded grants, including the…

This joint final report of nine Research Utilization Specialists (RUS) Demonstration projects conducted in state vocational rehabilitation agencies covers all aspects of the projects including resources used, roles and functions, dissemination and utilization strategies, and project outcomes. It is primarily a casebook, presenting specific…

This report describes a K-12 career education project in the New Hampshire School Supervisory Union 58 to increase student awareness regarding a wide variety of occupations, to assist students in making intelligent and informed career decisions, and to provide exploration of diverse vocational occupations and on-the-job training effecting skills…

This paper gives the specifics of a federal offenders rehabilitation program implementation and evaluation which will test and demonstrate the effects of providing intensive vocational rehabilitation services to federal offenders. The authors note that criminal offenders have difficulty in vocational adjustment, and this is exacerbated by their…

The staff college approach to senior management education derived its impetus from Britain. It was drawn on by other countries on their own initiative in the light of their assessment of needs. It has proven economical to transplant and can be sensitively adjusted to national needs and the local culture. The first part of this document describes…

An examination of the extensive drug education literature as well as of specific school drug education programs indicates that the present confusion over drug education results from confusion over definitions, goals, approaches, and evaluation. This report, based on an examination of recent literature and on information and printed materials on…

Presented in the annual (1973-74) evaluation of Project Talented and Gifted are results of an appraisal of over 50 student participants (10- to 12-years-old) and the project staff and resource personnel. The project is described as a 3-month institute to provide experiences in areas such as learning to use creative thinking and problem-solving…