This article presents the organization of innovative and traditional programs in a multi-service approach to providing career development services. A two-dimensional 12-celled model is presented for the delivery of counseling services by the college counseling center. (Author)

For availability, see EC 103 600 Presented is a comprehensive procedure for the development and implementation of an individual educational program (IEP) for learning disabled students. (IM)

Explores a variety of instructional delivery systems available to community-based colleges and the unique capabilities and limitations of each. Also considers variables influencing the selection of a delivery system, such as instructional requirements, learner characteristics, institutional costs, and ease of administration. (AYC)

Twenty-one papers presented at the National Bicentennial Conference on Vocational Education held in October of 1976 in Minneapolis are variously grouped under six headings and briefly discussed. Headings include national policy, employment outlook, school-work relationship, delivery systems, sex bias, and special needs groups. Six related…

The traditional campus-oriented institution, the "without walls" college, and the "contract" community college are described, followed by case studies, and discussion of advantages and disadvantages, authorization and accreditation, and contract provisions for the "contract" college. (RT)

Presented is the third article in a series describing the conceptualization, implementation, and results to date of the George Peabody College for Teachers' Model Center for Severely Handicapped, Multi-Impaired Children with Visual Impairment as a Primary Handicapping Condition. (Author/IM)

Institutions whose faculties and administrators value the teaching of adult part-time students and develop quality programs for them will not only survive but may also achieve a growing edge. (Author/LBH)

Compares the cost-effectiveness of two delivery systems for elementary learning-disabled students--the self-contained special learning disabilities classroom, and the regular classroom with resource room or learning center. (JG)

Described is a system for providing comprehensive community residential living for the developmentally disabled. (Author/CL)

Three computer-based scientific bibliographic retrieval systems were evaluated for cleanness (consistency and internal duplication), comprehensiveness, timeliness, and costs. The appropriateness of using one or more of these data bases was found to depend upon the objectives of the end-user. (MA)

A 5-year research and demonstration project in rural India which trains rehabilitation workers to provide services to blind persons is described. (CL)

An adaptable transdisciplinary decision-making model for service delivery to students with severe handicaps is described. Nine steps include collecting information, reviewing records, classroom skills inventory, initial goal selection, in situ evaluation, clinical evaluation, testing treatment hypotheses, establishing long-term objectives, and the…

Surveys of the 106 California community colleges resulted in a summary of services for learning disabled students including student evaluation and instruction, core services, and program evaluation. Findings indicated the most critical barrier to equitable services is the variability of identification criteria among campuses. (DB)

The statewide (Oregon) survey of special education administrators, high school special education teachers, and parents of mildly disabled high school students investigated four areas of special education services: focus/content, discrepancies between availability and utilization, barriers to mainstreaming, and conditions required for improvement.…