To examine the unique characteristics of rural social workers from five northeastern Iowa counties, interviewers examined the areas of lifestyle, supervision, flexibility, community resources, generalist casework as opposed to specialized casework, and the influence of gender in rural areas. The 3-phase field study (comprised of approximately 15…

This trainer manual is designed to assist facilitators in the design of entry-level courses and programs for substance abuse prevention specialists. The manual initially concentrates on a basic, generic approach to community work, and introduces the knowledge and skills needed to implement substance abuse prevention programs by using the community…

This monograph, summarizing the ideas of participants attending a two-day mini-conference, was developed to help educators better understand some of the problems to be overcome in gaining support from their local chamber of commerce for career education. This booklet first presents the educator with five facts of life regarding the goals,…

The paper suggests that new values created by modern forms of leisure have intersected with critical changes in the work structure to form a new social pattern. The new pattern emerges from a crisis in industrial societies. Factors which have created this crisis include the rupture of the time frames of society (how work and non-work are…

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE ASSIMILATION AND EDUCATION OF ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS INTO THE DOMINANT SOCIETAL ORGANIZATION AND PATTERNS. EDUCATION IS SEEN AS A PART OF THE PROCESS OF ACCULTURATION BETWEEN PEOPLES OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT ALL ETHNIC GROUPS HAVE THE SAME POTENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. A MAJOR…

This report is concerned with the climate of opinion prevailing among Illinois farm, rural non-farm, and urban residents in 1978 and the implications of these opinions for agriculture and rural communities in the 1980's. A sample of more than 8,000 adult Illinois residents were questioned about land use, government regulatory programs, and local…

This handbook was prepared to assist local education administrators and teachers in establishing and maintaining local vocational education advisory committees, and helping the committee members to identify their roles and functions. This booklet begins with a definition of an advisory committee and then presents the policies of the Indiana State…

Analyzing the Indian Education Act of 1972, this report presents both historical background and future projections relative to the Act. The history of the Act is presented in terms of discussion on: (1) Legislative Preparation; (2) Hearings; (3) Drafting and Passing the Bill; (4) Appropriating Funds; (5) Rescinded Funds; and (6) Funding for 1973.…

The directory identifies resources which provide services to cerebral palsied, epileptic, and mentally retarded citizens of Florida. Listed are names and addresses of Divison of Retardation facilities; private agencies such as the Florida Association for Retarded Children, the Epilepsy Foundation of America, and United Cerebral Palsy of Florida;…

This monograph continues an analysis of group day care as a social institution, particularly as it has developed in southern California. Part I discussed ways in which communities obtain day care facilities, concentrating on changes in community opinion and environment which influence the existence of day care centers. Part II focuses on the…

The purpose of this lecture is to provide a perspective from which parents and school people can formulate reasoned opinions on what the school's role should be in regard to students' values. The author offers a definition of values and discusses three rough categories of values--esthetic, instrumental, and moral. The school is a creature of the…

Presented is the 1975-76 project report containing descriptions and evaluations of the five accomplished goals of the Preschool Instruction for the Exceptional (PIE) program which provided services for 13 New Jersey students (3 - 5 years old). The first objective, identification and diagnosis of preschool handicapped children, is described in…

Presented is the 1974-75 project report containing descriptions and evaluations of the five accomplished goals of the Preschool Instruction for the Exceptional (PIE) program which has provided services for 11 New Jersey students (3-5 years old). The first objective, identification and diagnosis of preschool handicapped children, is described in…

Presented is a survey of current trends and issues pertaining to institutionalization and deinstitutionalization of handicapped persons in America. Chapter 1, an introduction, examines deinstitutionalization from ideological, public policy, psychosocial, and programmatic perspectives. Considered in the second chapter are obstacles that impede…

The author discusses the criteria on which the functioning of student affairs officers should be evaluated and the difficulties they face due to their dual services to students and administrators. He mentions the values which should guide their work and the criteria for evaluation of their work. (SE)