Discussed is the development of defensible programs for gifted and talented students. (DLS)

Compared with a control group which was permitted but not systematically encouraged to return to school, more program participants returned to day school following the pregnancy. (Author/DEP)

The author describes the work of the One-Parent Family Facility in Lexington, Kentucky. This project provides transitional housing, child care, health care, counseling, and other support services to low-income single parents so they can devote time and energy to obtaining vocational training. (CH)

"Handicapping the Handicapped" is a book about the special education referral process, and promotes the concept that the designation "handicap" exists only as a result of institutional practices and cultural systems. Two reviews are presented here: one by an anthropologist and one by a special educator. (LHW)

Describes a program promoting academic achievement through quiz competitions between schools in Virginia. Includes descriptions of other programs promoting academic achievement. (MD)

New York State's Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) now serve approximately 30,000 handicapped children, whose disabilities range from mild to severe. BOCES provide shared services to two or more member school districts that initiate the request when one or the other is unable to provide such services economically or efficiently…

The post-World War II rehabilitation of large numbers of psychologically deprived and socially maladjusted teenaged war orphans and/or concentration camp victims in Israel was carried out within normal group structures. (Author)

A California program promises help for the hyperactive child ( minimal brain dysfunction''). (DS)

Minority group students were compared with a matched group, whose performance on the Washington Pre-College test battery indicated they were high risk students. It was found that those in the special minority group program did far better than WPC scores had predicted, while the matched group did about as expected. (Author/BY)

Special projects of the Bloomington, Minnesota public schools are described. (DB)

Focuses on specific ways of strengthening health education at the secondary school level. (DM)

Nursing and medical students by and large had different expectations of the summer program because of the characteristics of their professional educations. (author)

Students using the dental services had a higher regard for dental care than those who did not participate in the program. (Author)