Adapted physical education is described as a comprehensive service delivery system designed to meet the unique needs of handicapped children with problems in the psychomotor domain. (SB)

Describes current and potential uses of computers in adult guidance and counseling. Topics include career development theory as it applies to adult learners, the computer as a delivery system, content of the DISCOVER College/Adult system, and a discussion of how the DISCOVER system works. (CT)

Specific marketing strategies for successful extension program planning include (1) assessing the nature and extent of demand, (2) assessing campus and community resources, and (3) identifying the institution's marketplace position. (SK)

Examines how community mental health practitioners are likely to implement services for improving community-based care of the chronically mentally disabled. Describes a scale for administrators to assess practitioner orientations and thereby anticipate compliance problems. Suggests ways administrators may alleviate these problems. (Author)

The article describes the current status of the development and dissemination of printed material concerning the handicapped, particularly on P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act), by stated departments of education. (SW)

The author considers possible educational changes in serving learning disabled students and cites opinions of others such as P. Daniels, who advocates return to self-contained classrooms, and J. Goodlad, who suggests that schools are trying to do too much. (CL)

Describes a North Carolina lawsuit that should result in a multitude of new treatment programs for disturbed, aggressive youth. Discusses the state's obligation under the settlement and its progress in establishing needed programs. (Author/MLF)

The article presents a program planning model for getting the most "bang for the buck" out of migrant health services delivery in Colorado. Elements of the model offer promise as viable short-term solutions to complex care delivery problems, including overlapping manpower, inadequate hospital care linkage and information flow issues.…

The article examines the services offered by the disciplines of special education and vocational education and proposes a variety of roles each can perform in the delivery of the most effective combination of career programing options to the handicapped adolescent. (SB)

Direct services (pull-out programs, special classes, and summer seminars) and indirect services (consultant activities) are examined in a discussion of educating gifted students in rural areas. Three instructional delivery models (enrichment triad, creative, and arts models) used in rural areas are briefly described. (CL)

An unanticipated effect of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142) is that fewer students may be receiving related services now than before its passage. Among the factors leading to the reduction in services is the political, fiscal, and professional independence of the schools and other governmental agencies. (SB)

This article briefly describes the Facilities and Information Network Development (FIND) project being implemented by the Alabama Governor's Office of State Planning and Federal Programs to provide an economical state-coordinated system of resources and services to the handicapped. (SJL)

Fee, sociodemographic, and provider characteristics contributed little unique variance to explaining the volume of services used. Clinical considerations were, as predicted, most important in explaining service utilization. Implications for national health insurance are also discussed, since public third-party reimbursement did not lead to…

Describes the system devised by the National Film Board of Canada that is aimed at gathering information about relevant Canadian audiovisual products, organizing the information to internationally acceptable library standards, and making it available online for individual users to meet their own internal system requirements. (CHC)

An adult basic education evaluation design should be directly related to realistic and assessable process and outcome objectives of a project. The design should be established early, and baseline data should be obtained prior to, or at least concurrent with, initiating the delivery of services. (CT)