Aftercare is the service provided for a youth and his family following a crisis. To be responsive to youth needs, aftercare programs must provide continuity of care and be flexible. They must also address themselves to the well-being of the entire family and develop community networks of youth services. Planning is essential to the development of…

An overview is presented of school programs that utilize the resources of the local community as an educational tool. Examples are presented of ways in which successful field trip programs have been organized and administered. Included in this report are citations of articles and documents available from the ERIC information system. (JD)

Because of widespread disillusion with suspension as a discipline procedure, school officials are developing inschool alternative programs. Institution of such a program must begin with reflection about how current disciplinary programs are succeeding or failing. The primary purposes of the program must include helping the child and identifying…

A general theoretical framework is provided for addressing two issues: (1) What is the meaning of coordination? and (2) How can the Saskatoon Region Community College effect coordination in metropolitan Saskatoon? Following the summary and introduction, the third of seven sections defines terms used in developing the framework. Terms include adult…

The major purpose of the study was to develop and test curriculum materials for three entry level gainful employment courses: Child Care Services, Clothing Services, Food Services. A second objective was to formulate recommendations for policies and procedures to follow in initiating and developing gainful employment programs in home economics.…

This report traces the development of an in-house library program for preschoolers and out-reach media mobile program for culturally disadvantaged preschoolers. Activities philosophy, problems, and success in planning library story hours, media collection development, and out-reach program development--converting a bus into a media mobile-- are…

This book of school health guidelines provides a model for the development of a modern school health program or the enrichment of a program already existing. It addresses the areas of school health services, health education, and a healthful school environment. It contains information, tools and techniques for the development of a program that…

Guidance Services Position Statement was prepared in response to a need expressed by people engaged either in developing school guidance activities or in expanding and improving such activities. The intent was to provide a guide or a framework upon which a guidance program might be constructed or made more effective. Five major sections focus on:…

The Chicago Satellite, as a member of the EPDA Midwest Center Consortium, sought to create the EPDA's "New Professional" by retraining in-service teachers and school staff.The University of Illinois at Chicago Circle's College of Education and the Department of Educational Psychology at the Urbana campus are working in conjunction with…

This document contains program objectives written during the school year 1972-1973 for use in guidance departments. The author explains that the implementation of these objectives will be possible only through the cooperation of building administrators in designing master schedules which will allow counselors access to groups of students. Many of…

The model described in this paper, and the accompanying bibliography, are designed for use by mid-level managers who head small community service programs in community colleges or who have decision-making authority over a sub-unit of large community service programs. This guide is further restricted to managers controlling services and non-credit…

During the 1974-1975 academic year, the Suffield Guidance Evaluation Project conducted a series of workshops for the guidance to develop a systems model for management by behavioral objectives and results (MBO/R). A process of client population involvement to develop guidance goals was conducted the previous year and culminated in October, 1974,…

This report is intended: (1) to give local program developers and guidance practitioners an adequate base for conceptualizing and improving their programs for support personnel; (2) to provide a resource of concepts and of information about other programs; (3) to offer interested readers a comprehensive interdisciplinary coverage of the field of…

Prepared under authority of the Economic Opportunity Act, this manual is designed as a "how to do it" guide to job development for the disadvantaged, and is intended for public agencies responsible for planning New Careers programs in a community. Basic objectives and requirements of New Careers are noted. Attention then turns to the…

As a result of an evaluation of Florida State community service programs financed under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965, a set of 16 guidelines was drawn up. The first six, in order of priority, are: a project should be directed toward filling a community (rather than an institutional) need; objectives should be realistic and…