This document presents the final report and recommendations of a task force created to study the feasibility of further reducing juvenile training school populations in Oregon. The first section contains an executive summary which briefly reviews the history of Oregon's juvenile justice system and lists findings and recommendations of the task…

The ability of social, economic, and educational variables to predict screening outcomes among 398 school districts in a statewide preschool screening program was examined. First, salient demographic and educational variables were identified and reduced to five global factors using principal components factor analysis. Then, five factor scores and…

The Maryland Teaching Effectiveness Network (TEN) is a long range staff development program for teacher education faculty, principals, and supervising teachers. The goal of TEN is to create and maintain a continuum between campus based courses and school based field experience in teacher education programs. A three-phase process is used to hold…

In 1979, Ohio passed a law creating a Rehabilitation Division within its Industrial Commission and authorizing the building of two comprehensive rehabilitation centers to serve disabled workers. Ohio provides industrial rehabilitation services almost entirely through the public sector. This paper describes industrial rehabilitation policies and…

This report was prepared for the Wisconsin State Legislative Council's Special Committee on Mental Health Issues. It summarizes legal issues and procedures relating to the admission, commitment, and treatment of the mentally ill in Wisconsin. Part I sets forth legal definitions of certain key mental health terms, including mental illness as it is…

The report describes a technical assistance (TA) project in Minnesota designed to provide an information exchange system for educator and support personnel serving students with severe handicaps. Professionals (N=142) serving severely handicapped students responded to a survey form. Analyses of the surveys resulted in 132 individuals keynoted as…

Public postsecondary educational resources in Maryland are summarized, with particular emphasis on the needs of deaf adults. Described are programs provided by adult education programs, community colleges, and the Maryland Rehabilitation Center. The needs of deaf adults for postsecondary occupational training are considered in terms of needs for…

This publication provides a listing of federally funded state-administered research and development vocational education projects which were conducted in 1976 under the provisions of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. The listing is arranged alphabetically by states and for each state includes the total funds allotted and obligated for…

Statement adapted from report to appear later in 1969, entitled "Strengthening Higher Education in Colorado.

Special education staff development activities in Maine are listed, and ways to serve Maine's rural areas are described. Long range goals in Maine's Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (as required by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are listed for collaboration, needs assessment, resource/data collection,…

A listing of the 1977 projects administered by each state under grants and contracts funded by Section 131(b) of Part C of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 is provided. Arranged alphabetically by states, the list shows the title of each project, the name and city of the grantee or contractor, and the amount of Section 131(b) funding…

This inventory describes the records of the 1977 South Carolina International Women's Year Conference which, as part of the archives and special collections of Winthrop College's Dacus Library, are available for research. Included in the collection are minutes, correspondence, financial records, resolutions, newspaper clippings, publications,…

A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION HAS BEEN PREPARED, WITH AN ANNOTATION FOR EACH ENTRY. ENTRIES INCLUDE "TELEVISION FOR CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS,""TELEVISION IN TEACHER EDUCATION,""TEACH WITH TELEVISION,""IN-SERVICE EDUCATION BY TELEVISION,""THE USE OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION TO IMPROVE…

THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS THIRTEEN ARTICLES ON THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN ILLINOIS. AMONG THE TOPICS COVERED ARE MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, INNOVATIVE TELEVISION, OPEN- AND CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISON, TELEVISION IN PSYCHOLOGY, AND STATE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION LEGISLATION. THE USE OF THE TELEVISION MEDIUM IN VARIOUS…