Though the Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) system had the capacity to deliver quality broadcast signals to specially designed ground terminals its budget did not provide for more than one receiver in each rural community. In order to translate the satellite signal into a broadcast available to the individual home viewer, several systems…

The Training Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness Technique for choosing instructional delivery systems for proposed training programs during conceptual design phase is outlined, in three steps. Training objectives are classified and organized into groups, appropriate learning strategies are identified, and the costs of alternative forms of training…

Though amended in 1973, the Older Americans Act of 1965 has not met the needs of the rural elderly and was, consequently, the subject of these hearings by the Senate's Special Committee on Aging which consider proposed legislation under Title III of the Act to gain support for demonstration programs to assist older rural people and to improve the…

Based on the available documentation of Title V (Rural Development Act of 1972) rural development programs currently underway in the Western Region (13 states), this report summarizes project endeavors to: (1) improve income and employment; (2) enrich environmental quality; (3) enhance social and health amenities; and (4) improve the quality of…

To identify trends in state and local programs for retarded persons, the 51 state mental retardation coordinators were surveyed. Through telephone interviews information was obtained on the following topics: organization of state services, regional and local service patterns, the role of the private sector, budgetary trends, program trends, the…

The purpose of this project was to develop and field test a model for delivering teaching competency instruction to inexperienced vocational teachers. An off-campus course was developed utilizing six individualized learning packages or modules based on 38 competencies considered most important for beginning teachers. Twelve teachers from the three…

The training course has been prepared for personnel of the Navy and Navy Reserve studying for advancement to the rates of Ship's Serviceman third or second class. The Ship's Serviceman 3 specializes as a clerk, barber, cobbler, tailor, or laundryman. Ship's Serviceman 2 exercises administrative and management control over resale and service…

Reported are results of a practicum from which a regional program for hard of hearing preschool children was developed and implemented which provided direct classroom services, parent counseling and inservice educational programs for school districts in the southeast region of Massachusetts. Noted is the delivery model of an educational…

In 1974, seven $100,000 grants were awarded for the design of experiments to deliver social and administrative services on interactive cable television. A subsequent study attempted to summarize and compare the seven studies and to place them in the context of the field's significant literature and current use. This report summarizes the results…

This study was designed to develop guidelines for planning and organizing media oriented extended access systems in community colleges. In order to determine the current status of media oriented extended access (off-campus) instruction, a questionnaire was sent to all community college districts in the United States with 5,000 or more enrollments,…

This annotated bibliography provides a review of literature regarding family day care, support systems for family day care, and contingent issues. A total of 70 journal articles, conference papers, progress reports, book chapters and pamphlets are cited; selected critical comments are offered. Some technical weaknesses in studies are noted.…

Providing general specifications and system descriptions for segments within the Arizona TeleMedicine Project (a telecommunication system designed to deliver health services to rurally isolated American Indians in Arizona), this document, when used with the appropriate route segment document, will completely describe the project's required…

The report on paraprofessionals in special education focuses on updating information on utilization and training and recommendations for future directions. Reported in the literature review (1973-75) is a continuing trend toward favorable reception and positive use of paraprofessionals in special education. From questionnaires (a sample is…

Presented is Volume 2 of a final report on a project to determine current practices and policies likely to result in maximized adoptive placements for mentally, emotionally, or physically handicapped children. Data on families that adopted handicapped children are analyzed, two methods for disseminating project findings (a placement workshop and a…

The manual provides information on procedures--the videotape recording procedure (VTR), the mobile resource center (MRC), and the child services specialist (CSS)--developed and used in the Cooperstown (New York) Head Start Program, a 3-year experimental project for developing ways to deliver services to rural area preschool children with special…