Career development and awareness issues for visually impaired students are explored. The developmental nature of career development is analyzed. Career development is seen as a lifelong process beginning with the parents and proceeding with prevocational activities at the elementary level. Changing emphases at the junior high level and the high…

The paper reviews difficulties in special education interdisciplinary team decision making and relates the experiences of one team's efforts to increase intra-team communication. Among problems cited are lack of focus in discussions, unequal levels of participation, and limited abilities to produce recommendations or provide therapy in a truly…

In response to the recent suicide epidemic, many school districts have struggled to devise suicide prevention procedures. Smithtown Central School District in St. James, New York developed procedures in 1983 using research data on the warning signs and risk factors relating to the suicidal child. These procedures focus on a multidisciplinary team…

The study focused on the special education identification through placement procedures for mildy handicapped students in one school district in order to: (1) describe what occurred in the decision making process in relation to what was "supposed" to occur, and (2) analyze collected data to identify factors which influenced decisions. Data were…

Discusses teachers as important adjuncts to counselors and suggests ways in which counselor educators can create teams of helping professionals in the schools by working with teachers as well as counselors. (CJ)

The study examined the individualized education program (IEP) process by investigating and observing instructional settings, interviewing IEP service providers, and reviewing handicapped students' records. Ninety students were randomly selected for examination of their IEPs. Data were collected, recorded, and analyzed by using record review,…

The document reports on the belief-assessment phase of a project undertaken in 1973 at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands, to study curriculum processes based on the Curvo strategy. The Curvo strategy (named for a combination of the first letters of the Dutch words for curriculum, development, and research) is based on the assumption that…

The booklet provides a brief overview of the essential components of successful guidance and counseling programs for the handicapped. Methods for counselors to use in assessing special students needs are described, as well as adaptations in techniques needed when counseling specific types of handicapped students. Discussed are counseling…

The Re-ED experience of the Positive Education Program (PEP) in Cleveland, Ohio, utilizes educational, mental health, social service, and juvenile justice resources to provide a community based day treatment program for disturbed children and adolescents. Program components include team/counselor team staffing of classrooms, the Parents Training…

Soccer has become increasingly popular for both sexes. Because the game is based on kicking, it is important that students learn to control foot movements. This booklet is designed for teaching elementary school students soccer skills and includes the rules and variations of the game. (CJ)

The role of co-investigator, in which the teacher leaves the classroom for half a day to work on a selected research project, is delineated. Teacher collaborators become involved as active participants with professional researchers in all phases of the research project in progress. The issues involved in collaboration, including the…

A format is drawn for planning, writing, and assessing a collaborative research proposal. A description is given of the essential sections of a research proposal, and a brief explanation of each is provided. A suggested evaluation procedure is included to use for evaluating and ranking each proposal against established, published standards. These…

The team approach is described in this report as a useful mechanism, at both college-wide and divisional levels, for effective administration of academic affairs. An institutional academic team would include the leadership core for academic affairs, the academic dean, the division chairman, and the librarian, and would have the primary…