Offers a description and evaluation of the Comprehensive Emergency Services System (Nashville, Tenn.) for children in crises, designed to coordinate public and private agency services provided to neglected, abused and dependent children, to develop new service options, and expand existing program components within the Department of Public Welfare.…

Major questions identified by the conference participants dealt with the following issues: goals and commitments of financial aid; funding of financial aid; operation of the student aid system; governance of student aid; and outlook in terms of demand and delivery systems. (LBH)

Requirements of research projects intended to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of new or modified health-care-delivery arrangements are discussed. Included in the discussion are the peculiarities of evaluation research, issues that arise in the implementation of health-related programs and their evaluation, and the dissemination process. (JMD)

The historical milestones and state of the art in the development of media and materials for the handicapped are reviewed. (SBH)

The authors review the historical development of education for Native American Indians and the current types of educational delivery systems serving this population, with particular emphasis on the implications of federal legislation. (IM)

The control of clinical practice and the disposition of income from this practice have complicated the governance of medical schools for many years. The problem has been magnified recently by a decrease in income from other sources, reduction in the number of service patients, expansion of private services, and federal legislation. Implications…

The educator planning continuing education programs for nurses should move from a unidimensional focus which examines only the internal determinants of the nursing profession to a wholistic focus embracing a community orientation. This article presents a model comprised of five elements for use in planning continuing nursing education programs.…

This is a report of the National School Health Conference in which school health professionals from many disciplines and specialities participated. Results of detailed questionnaires are given and recommendations presented. (JD)

The audit of medical care in primary care practices has proven to be a valuable tool for teaching the essentials of efficient health care delivery to medical students at the University of Vermont. Practice standards and methods are continually revised based on the audit of the providers of care and the curriculum is updated based on student…

The day is past when colleges can be youth-centered. Creativity now needs to be applied to institutionalizing continuing education, to organizing problem-oriented programs, to identifying target audiences, and to employing new technology. (Editor/LBH)

Presents an overview of those parts of title II of the Education Amendments of 1976 (P.L. 94-482) that relate specifically to serving special needs learners and preparing special needs personnel, focusing on the integration of handicapped and disadvantaged students into regular vocational education programs as much as possible. (MF)

Explained are the ways in which components of the Learning Resource Centers program are facilitating the use of new educational technology in education programs for handicapped persons. (GW)

This article reports on a study of current home economics programs in the secondary schools in Canada. Results of the survey are presented and concern four areas: program delivery, relationship of home economics courses to other courses, statistics concerning student/teacher populations, and issues, concerns, and emerging directions in curricula…

The author defines competency-based individual and mediated instruction and argues that it should be used in developing countries' training programs. He cites barriers to implementation of competency-based instruction, including translation problems, the need for inservice teacher training, and geography. Possible solutions are presented. (CH)

Describes how the Blackfeet Head Start Program uses professionals to train local residents as screeners and home trainers for preschool handicapped children. Notes that numbers of handicapped children and their families who receive services have increased as a result of using local home trainers and teachers as direct care providers. (JHZ)