The 1976 Annual Report to the President and the Congress of the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children (NACEDC) focused its attention on early childhood education, studying alternatives in terms of cost effectiveness, program effectiveness, consolidation and a delivery mechanism designed to meet the needs of the…

Addressed to State board of education members, this document discusses career education in terms of national models, evaluation, and implementation. Section 1 presents an overview summary of the research paper contained in section 2. The research paper is by Edwin L. Herr of the Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Pennsylvania State…

The role of a rural university in the delivery of special education services to exceptional children is explained in relation to four categories: academic services, in-service training of special education teachers, consulting services to local education agencies, and clinical assessment of children. Difficulties are described and possible…

During 1984-85 New York's 14 Early Childhood Direction Centers responded to 10,609 service requests and assisted 5,283 parents, 376 professionals, and 666 agencies in obtaining services for 5,510 handicapped children aged birth to 5. The network operated at a cost of only $218 per child matched to services. (JHZ)

The Richmond preschool is an innovative partnership between regular and special education. High school students taking a child care course act as aides to the preschool special education teacher and learn to apply and observe classroom-based theory and knowledge of child growth and development in a meaningful and concrete manner. (JHZ)

Handicapped students in state correctional facilities are legally eligible for special education services. "Best practices" in correctional special education include functional assessments, functional curriculum, vocational special education, transition programs between correctional programs and the community, comprehensive systems for providing…

Discussion of advanced technology and its effects on libraries and information delivery systems describes online information systems and CD-ROMs at the Georgia Institute of Technology Library; explains the changes in information services from supply-oriented to demand-driven, and considers nonprint materials and their effect on the publishing…

This field study examined learning effects attributable to instructional design characteristics when eighth-grade science students used a print encyclopedia or a videotex version of the encyclopedia to write term papers. Results suggest that specific effects of instructional design characteristics of a delivery system are of a limited nature. (MBR)

Problems associated with budget, distance, and time often make rural inservice teacher education difficult and impractical. This paper outlines problems encountered by novice online-learners and describes several techniques that helped rural teachers participate and succeed in a Web-based inservice teacher education program. The Peer Coaching…

Early Head Start (EHS) is a comprehensive, two-generation program providing intensive services from before birth to age 3 to promote improved outcomes in children's development, family development, staff development, and community development. The second of a 3-volume series designed to share the experiences of the 17 EHS programs participating in…

This report is a summary of responses to a national survey on the state-level governance of K-12 gifted and talented education in all 50 states and was conducted between June and August of 2002. The Tennessee Initiative for Gifted Education Reform conducted the survey to gather information in preparation for state policy and legislative…

Findings from research in neurobiology, genetics, behavioral science, and social science have led to an increased understanding of the complex interactions among genetic and socioenvironmental factors and their contribution to child and adolescent mental disorders. Although scientifically proven interventions are available, the gap between…

This factsheet describes the different mental, emotional, and behavior problems that can occur during childhood and adolescence. The incidence and symptoms of the following disorders are discussed: (1) anxiety disorders (including phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder);…

As schools and youth-serving agencies struggle to meet the needs of at-risk children and families, interagency collaboration is being proposed as an effective, efficient means of service delivery. However, most writing on interagency collaboration has been from the perspective of service providers, not schools, and has given little consideration…

Across the United States, innovative school-linked health and human service programs are being implemented to provide assistance to children and youth in high-risk contexts. The programs have sometimes been hampered by limited resources and isolation from other service providers. The development of collaborative programs promises to overcome some…