Recent interest in increasing access to substance abuse treatment for drug-involved offenders has been spurred by concerns over expanding prison and jail populations, high recidivism rates for drug-involved offenders, and the close link between illegal drug use and criminal activity. Chronic untreated drug and alcohol abuse is likely to result in…

This report is a comprehensive description of Minnesota's children's mental health system. It is designed to provide background and guidance to the Children's Integrated Fund Task Force, to assist local coordinating councils, and to serve policymakers outside of mental health who are increasingly asked to consider problems from an interagency…

Statistics on the current status and the changing patterns of services for persons with developmental disabilities are presented in graphic, tabular, and narrative form. The volume summarizes national statistics gathered through the Ongoing Data Collection System of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities and other sources of national…

This issue of "Directions," a publication for updating academic, professional, career, and research activities, contains thirteen articles focusing on the education of hearing impaired children with additional disabilities. The following authors and titles are represented: "Multihandicapped Hearing-Impaired Students--Problems in Identification and…

The second of five volumes of a report on instructional programs for handicapped children and youth in day and residential facilities, this document describes methodologies and results of the first of four components of the study, a national survey of separate facilities for handicapped children and youth which yielded responses from 1,315 day…

This final report documents the findings of a study designed to evaluate the quality and efficiency of early education programs for handicapped children in Louisiana during 1985-86. More than 400 classes in 65 formal programs (residential, home-based, and center-based) serving approximately 5,000 handicapped children ages 3-5 were studied. The…

Using library search, structured interviews, mail questionnaires, and personal observations, Kenya's Farmer Training Centre (FTC) Program (a 30-year old experimental rural development strategy) was assessed in terms of its curriculum. How structured courses are utilized within the FTC program should be of interest to administrators, trainers, and…

One of five supplements which accompany chapter 3 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific information concerning curriculum development procedures. The following four major areas are covered: field testing, field test…

Designed primarily for instructors and others who will use Mountain-Plains produced curriculum products, this orientation guide accompanies twenty-two units of curriculum materials developed to carry out the Mountain-Plains mission of testing and reporting the advisability of residential career education as a method of improving the economic…

The guidelines cover processes for placing handicapped students in private or (New York) state operated or state supported schools. Procedures are set forth regarding placements by each of three approaches: (1) contracts with private schools (in or out of state); (2) parent application for placement in state operated or state supported schools;…

Educational programs geared for older adults are a recent development in colleges. While certain physical handicaps may occur older persons can learn, nonetheless. Older adults are interested in learning new things and are excited by interacting with younger people in intergenerational college courses. Many programs are being built on the 1965…

Thirteen author contributed papers are presented from a 1979 conference on disruptive, alienated, and incarcerated youth. Presenters represented fields of education, social work, public policy, and psychology. Included are the following titles and authors: "Juvenile Justice: Where We Have Been and Are Today" (R. Sarri); "Youth as a National…

WRITTEN BY A FORMER HOUSEPARENT WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INDOCTRINATING NEW HOUSEPARENT PERSONNEL, THE BOOK EXAMINES WHAT IS REQUIRED OF MATURE, EFFECTIVE HOUSEPARENTS IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING WHICH SERVES DISTURBED ADOLESCENTS. TOPICS ON TREATMENT INCLUDE THE TREATMENT TEAM, HOUSEPARENTS AND EMOTIONS, A HOUSEPARENT SPEAKS OUT, SO YOU WANT…

This book deals with university continuing education centers emphasizing those at ten pioneering institutions (Michigan State University, Columbia, Oxford, California Polytechnic State College, Notre Dame, the University of Chicago, and the Universities of Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire) that came into being through the financial…

Intended as a guide for professionals and local administrators in initiating and developing early intervention programs for handicapped children, the volume provides descriptions of 10 models and techniques presently utilized in Pennsylvania. Included are reports with the following titles and authors: "A System of Open Learning" (P.…