This manual introduces and describes how to implement the School-PASS (School Practices for All Students' Success) Survey and planning process that allows schools to assess and improve their current services to meet the academic and social needs of new and diverse students. The manual describes a five-stage planning process and provides …

The visual instruction section of the division of educational extension of the Bureau of Education has deposited in each of 35 distributing centers throughout the country an average of 113 reels of motion-picture film. In each of these centers these will be at once, or shortly, a part of a motion picture library. The technique of local…

This article examines the structure and programs involved in human resource development. Examines occupational planning, employment policy, and cooperative resource development. (CT)

Describes respite care, a temporary relief service for families with developmentally disabled members at home, as an essential element in preventing institutionalization of disabled persons. Major approaches for providing respite care are identified. The advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches are discussed. (Author/JAC)

An adaptation of Egon Brunswik's lens-model methodology was used for evaluation of consumer judgments concerning overall effectiveness of a special education inservice training program for rural area handicapped preschool children and their families. (Author)

Describes a non-traditional outpatient group instituted to improve services to parole/probation clients (N=52). The group used various techniques to optimize client success. A one-year study indicates the group was cost-effective, may improve client attendance, and has improved relations between parole/probation and mental health staff.…

Describes a system for providing educational resources to educators in Alaska's widely-dispersed schools, with specific attention to the communications systems developed for delivery of educational resources, the Alaska Knowledge Base, information retrieval, training for system use, and statewide dissemination. (JL)

Discusses four modes in which computer assisted learning can be provided and analyzes the relationship between these modes and the types of client groups likely to employ computer assisted learning (CAL). Prepackaged CAI/CMI, auto-elaborative CAI, personally guided small group CAI, and gated cooperatively elaborated CAI are described. (JL)

The process of designing and implementing management development programs consists of four steps: (1) needs assessment; (2) content formation; (3) program design; and (4) pilot study. These elements are discussed in relation to a case study of a two-year management development project with a large corporation. (FG)

Attempts to explain what satellite television can and cannot do, using the experience of the American Dietetic Association as an illustration. Clears up some common misconceptions about satellite TV and discusses the outlook for the future. (JOW)

Reviews research studies on the effectiveness of prison education programs. Most evaluations show substantial improvements in learning, but this does not necessarily affect post-release employment and recidivism. The literature suggests that programs must be intensive, establish an alternative community within the prison, and offer post-release…

A collaborative relationship among teachers, parents, students, and citizens can educate students more successfully than the present antilearning educational bureaucracy. (Author/MLF)

Discusses concerns among school psychologists for evaluating goal attainment of their services. Describes an approach for goal-based evaluation of school psychological service departments, termed "Needs-Based Goal Attainment Scaling," that builds upon previously developed approaches to goal attainment scaling. (Author)

Investigated the effects of valence, session of delivery, and order of delivery on receiver ratings of feedback credibility. Collected data from personal growth groups. Positive feedback was readily accepted. Negative feedback was significantly more accepted when received in later sessions, and when preceded by positive feedback. (Author)

Discusses the following interrelated areas pertinent to establishing a community college writing center: selling the idea to the department and administration; internal and external funding possibilities; locating a facility; staffing needs and difficulties; tutor training; referral and walk-in operational systems; forms; data collection;…