Recommends that when counselors are available on only part-time basis, they incorporate consulting and enabling model as foundation of their guidance program. Provides rationale for such a program. Describes one such guidance program with part-time counselor in small, rural school for kindergarten through grade eight. (NB)

The article provides excerpts from the executive summary of the Eleventh Annual Report to Congress of the Education of the Handicapped Act (Public Law 94-142). Editors' comments note the variability of services among the states and the existence of serious problems in monitoring compliance with the law. (DB)

Carisbrooke Day Centre was established in Scotland to provide full-time day care for 12 adults with profound and multiple impairments. This paper describes staff selection, admission criteria, student assessment, and the Carisbrooke Wheel, which outlines a coordinated strategy for the delivery of services. (Author/JDD)

The article provides practical suggestions for teachers working with gifted learning-disabled students. It includes a discussion of whether students can be both gifted and learning disabled, and reviews service options, methods of identification, and programing for this population. (DB)

Alternative delivery strategies help guarantee success and opportunity to learners who do not fit the mold of the traditional student. Improving the delivery of vocational education may require only consideration of available resources to maximize program offerings. (JOW)

Discusses the Athabasca University (Alberta) Women's Studies program. Includes information about the distance delivery methods used, characteristics and needs of students, strengths and weaknesses of delivery methods, and the implications for the practice of university continuing education. (JOW)

A process model is presented for delivering natural-context language consultation services to personnel dealing with children with severe language delays in home, school, or day treatment programs. The model consists of four phases: developing intervention objectives, designing intervention strategy, implementing the intervention program, and…

Investigates the coordination of services for children with developmental disabilities among state agencies. Results suggest that a substantial number of children with developmental disabilities and their families receive services from child welfare agencies and that service coordination among agencies relies heavily on formal interagency…

The article considers current issues concerning service delivery systems and practices concerning augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services in U.S. schools. Concerns in AAC program development are noted and service delivery models (center-based, community-based, or collaborative) are compared. (DB)

The magnitude of blindness among children and services available in the Middle East are described. The role for prevention services is discussed and recommendations for future action provided. (Author)

The range in levels of services for visually impaired children in the South Pacific (New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Western Samoa) is discussed from several viewpoints. (Author/DB)

The comparison of rehabilitation systems of the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States found that the German system provides more comprehensive, coordinated services within one institution, but tends to segregate persons with disabilities; whereas the American system provides more opportunity to integrate into general society via…

The purpose of this study was to determine differences in learning outcomes of students taught computer applications through supervised laboratory instruction versus video simulation. No differences were observed for time required to complete an application, proper use of commands, or retention of the learned application. (Author)

Braille literacy has far-reaching implications for the education of visually handicapped children, their eventual employment and their quality of life. The article addresses such issues as delivery of services, teacher training, non-reading blind persons, and attitudes about braille. (DB)

The paper analyzes the legal, fiscal, and organizational differences and similarities in special educational services in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Noted are the decreased role of the courts in Australia and New Zealand and provision of all education funding by the state in Australia and New Zealand. (DB)