Intended for personnel without specific training in counseling and guidance, the booklet addresses considerations in counseling gifted students. In "Issues in Affective Development of the Gifted," L. Silverman examines perceptions of others and of one's self, the effects of lack of recognition of students' special needs, and the tendency toward…

The article describes a program for elementary age students at the Meeting Street School (North Kensington, Rhode Island) which was designed to help normal children understand what it means to be handicapped. (SBH)

Presents a model for a parent/student/teacher forum as a means of getting the community involved in the schools and for providing effective needs assessments. (FL)

The paper reports on a program for mainstreaming acoustically handicapped high school students. Among aspects discussed are criteria for success in mainstreamed programs, itinerant speech therapy services, individualized education programs, and support staff (counselors) roles and functions. The scope of orientation sessions for regular class…

The final report describes "Project Partners in Education", a Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) project, designed to create a corps of resource persons composed of parents and teachers who would be knowledgeable about the entire IEP (individualized educational plan) process; and to obtain data on the extent of actual IEP implementation on…

The guide describes the development and first year implementation of a program for talented and gifted secondary students. Addressed are the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): project history (objectives, initial workshops); teacher selection; teacher role and function (self evaluation); principal's role; the counselor's role;…

This booklet explains how primary teachers and their schools will be involved in England's National Literacy Strategy (NLS). It addresses the following questions: What is the National Literacy target? How will the target be achieved? What must primary schools have done by the end of the summer term 1999? What will happen at the literacy hour? How…

The first of seven conference papers on early childhood education considers environmental influences and environmental space planning as related to early childhood education centers. New teaching roles in early education of handicapped children are defined and implementation of programs in the public schools for aurally handicapped children under…

The ways in which teachers conceptualize their institutions and their students are interrelated and will control the process of learning. Teachers must assume a different metaphorical stance toward their students in order to facilitate their education. Two metaphorical roles are described. (MLW)

Describes a project which, with the help of parents, students, faculty, and the school board, raised $55,000 to renovate the poor stage facilities of a high school auditorium. (RM)

This document describes a 1-year (1972-1973) practicum program which entailed planning, implementing, and evaluating a supervision system of off-campus innovative instruction by parent-teacher teams for 42 gifted elementary school students. Discussed are development and implementation of the following program components: goals, such as teaching…

Describes Holy Angels School in Chicago (Illinois), the largest all-Black preschool through grade 12 Roman Catholic school in the United States. Discusses the roles of administration, parents, faculty, and students in creating the educational environment. (FMW)

Problems facing bilingual preschoolers with handicaps are addressed and 18 model programs are identified through brief summaries. Programs represent home based as well as center based approaches, English as a Second Language models, and both mainstreamed and special class settings. Program summaries obtained through written questionnaires and…

"The ERIC Review," announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This issue exammines children's readiness to enter school, via two principal articles: "Readiness: Children and Their Schools," by Lilian G. Katz; and "Getting Ready for Readiness: A Case Study," by…