The main functions of comprehensive health care are promotion, prevention, therapy, and rehabilitation, with an overall goal of health education in its many forms. The consumer has roles and responsibilities in health care which mesh with life as a participating member of society. Consumer participation in the planning and delivery of health…

Ways in which early childhood educators can help children prepare for medical events through play are suggested in this pamphlet. Three qualities are seen as essential to a valuable hospital/medical play experience: (1) a focus on the child's current medical interests and experiences, (2) inclusion of information about a child's forthcoming or…

This final report describes three 10-day training programs for health professionals which were conducted in 1975, 1976, and 1977. All included a mixture of general sex behavior information and special health and mental health topics, methods of presentation (e.g.; lecture, panel, audiovisual, etc.), and types of presentors (e.g.; researchers,…

The development of the Technical Assistance Program for Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) and its attempts to implement the provisions of the CMHC Act Amendments of 1975 are presented. The process by which funds for this program are allotted, the recipients of the allotments, and how they have used them are described. In addition, guidelines…

The Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (PSIP) was created to assist local schools and school districts in the development of curriculum improvement strategies. The process involves the use of "linkers," curriculum specialists who work with teams from the local level to ascertain needs, then connect the local teams with the research…

TWENTY-SEVEN TEACHERS FROM SIX STATES ENROLLED IN A 5-WEEK PROGRAM FOR THREE SEMESTER HOURS OF CREDIT TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PLANNING AND CONDUCTING OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAMS. AN INSTITUTE FOR THE PURPOSE OF TEACHING BASIC KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES, AND ATTITUDES CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL FOR TEACHERS OF OCCUPATIONAL PREPARATION CLASSES IN…

INITIATED BY THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE LIBRARIES AND SPONSORED BY THE LIBRARY SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION, THIS CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO (1) DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE, URGENCY, AND IMMEDIATE NECESSITY FOR STATEWIDE LIBRARY PLANNING, (2) REVIEW THE PLANNING PROCESS AND SPECIFY STEPS NECESSARY FOR THE…

One of 33 self-paced instructional modules for training industry services leaders to provide guidance in the performance of manpower services by public agencies to new or expanding private industries, this module contains three sequential learning activities on setting up learning centers for an industry services program. The first learning…

One of 33 self-paced industry services leadership development (ISLD) modules, this module contains three sequential learning activities on developing a plan for testing and counseling applicants for an industry services training program. (The type of industry services program for which these materials were designed would involve provision of job…

The author provides 20 abstracts of programs capable of being implemented in a community. These programs, based in Black Hawk County, Iowa, were developed by helping professionals in an institute at The University of Northern Iowa in dialogue with older adults. The objectives of this institute were: (1) to improve communication between dissimilar…

A summary of desirable and undesirable components of delinquency prevention programs, this paper is intended to help planners, grantmakers, program operators, and others in the development of such programs. Following an introduction, Chapter 2 presents a critical review of contemporary explanations of causes of delinquency and means used to…

Nine strategies for the dissemination of information on a pre-admission counseling program for mature women are evaluated for their effectiveness in achieving the implementation of the program at 39 colleges. A description of the program and its informative materials is followed by discussions of the methods of program research design, staff…

While much of the development of consultation programs in mental health centers has been independent of the traditional treatment program, this document describes a consultation program which is closely integrated with an agency's treatment program. The emphasis is on system change and the development of prevention programming. The system-crisis…

This series of progress reports documents the evolution and growth of the Non-Formal Education Information Center since its inception in 1974 in terms of the people and organizations it serves, the kinds of requests it receives, and the services it provides. Illustrative examples of individuals, organizations in its international network, and…

A survey of the presidents and chief student personnel administrators at 54 Texas community college campuses was conducted in 1977 to determine if the Tomorrow's Higher Education Project (THE) model for student personnel programs could be implemented at the college level and whether such implementation would improve student personnel programs at…