With an ever increasing number of specialists providing services to the exceptional child, the classroom teacher's task may be compounded rather than enhanced by a lack of communication between teacher and specialist. This article attempts to identify some of the problems which frequently arise. (Editor)

The booklet sets forth requirements for special education certification and approval in Illinois. Outlined are requirements for certification for the following disability areas: educable mentally handicapped, learning disabilities, social/emotional disorders, trainable mentally handicapped, blind and partially seeing, deaf and hard of hearing,…

Focusing on the professional preparation of media personnel who graduate from separate library and media programs, this paper discusses the confusion which has materialized as a result of the new jargon and terminology used to describe media personnel and the implications of joint certification for the two groups. It is argued that school media…

Communication specialists, or communicologists, have several problems to overcome before their contributions to the study of gerontology can receive the recognition they deserve. Communicologists, for example, need to define their discipline and expertise more clearly and succinctly. In order to be credible to gerontologists and other…

IT HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY "GOOD" CHARACTERISTICS OF ADMINISTRATORS AND TO TEACH THESE CHARACTERISTICS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION PREPARATION. THEREFORE, THE EMPHASIS OF THE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION MEDIA SPECIALISTS IS PLACED UPON PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF ADMINISTRATION…

THIS REPORT BROUGHT TOGETHER FIVE PAPERS BY VARIOUS NATIONALLY KNOWN LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL MEDIA. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLICATION WAS TO REVIEW MAJOR CAREER PATHS IN THE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FIELD. THE REPORT COVERED DEGREES OF DIFFERENCES WHICH EXIST CURRENTLY AS WELL AS THE COMMONALITY OF LEARNING REQUIREMENTS REPRESENTED AMONG THE…

This handbook describing collective bargaining as it relates to media/library professionals in public school systems provides an overview of the collective bargaining process, as well as discussions of the various phases: (1) strategies and preparation for collective bargaining, (2) negotiating the collective bargaining agreement, (3) a…

This is a summary of the procedures and outcomes of a study undertaken to develop alternative strategies for evaluating the competencies of library media personnel in competency-based programs. The study was prompted by a realization that, although competency-based programs for school library media specialists are increasingly being adopted by…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO EVALUATE THE OBJECTIVES AND PRE-OPERATIONAL TRAINING OF A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CHILD BEHAVIOR CONSULTANTS (CBCS) FOR SCHOOLS. THE EVALUATION IS BASED ON QUESTIONNAIRE DATA, CASE STUDIES, AND INTERVIEWS WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. WHETHER THERE WERE ACTUAL PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STUDENTS WHO WERE…

There is an immediate need for improving the training of reading teachers and specialists. A new program should provide additional instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Preservice teachers whether elementary or secondary, need some formal education in the teaching of reading. Graduate reading specialists should have (1) a minimum…

A fundamental problem in the two broad approaches to indexing in the social sciences--providing structure using preferred terms, cross references, and groupings of sets of materials, or compiling a concordance of an author's terms based on occurrence, leaving users free to impose their own structure--is that different indexers and users focus on…

This book is divided into twelve sections and contains photographs from many of the films discussed. The introduction defines film genre and describes the general theories behind this book; "The Individual Film" analyzes the film "Little Caesar" as it relates to the genre of gangster films; "Comparative Forms"…