This case study describes the Center for Distance Learning (CDL) from the viewpoint of a visitor from the Open University in Great Britain who served as CDL director during 1980/1981. The area, population, economy. and communications of New York State are profiled, as well as the structure of its educational system, including higher education.…

This educational manual was created to fill a gap in training new volunteer and paid staff for battered women's programs, and to place the work of providing support and advocacy in a broader context. Suggestions are given for supporting battered women, including Third World women and lesbians, and for dealing with anxiety and depression. The…

The School Improvement Through Instructional Process (SITIP) Program, initiated in Maryland in 1980, was concerned with improving classroom and school activities through the application of process-product research on classroom and school effectiveness. All 24 local education agencies voluntarily implemented one or more of four research-based…

A study sought objective information about inservice activities for teachers and the extent to which these activities incorporated elements identified as effective through research. The focus was on the teachers who were recipients of inservice programs rather than the programs themselves. The interviews involved three school districts and two…

This guide reflects the theories developed by Project RESPECT during 3 years of planning, implementing, and evaluating eight transition programs in central Kentucky. Project RESPECT sought to address the problems of vocational training for mentally handicapped secondary students and the coordination of services between secondary education and…

This report on a funded project that established a chemistry research information service for researchers in the University of Houston's chemistry department provides detailed descriptions of the three objectives of the project, together with an explanation of how each objective was/is to be accomplished. These objectives were/are: (1) to document…

The bibliography and resource guide summarizes relevant research and information on home care for children with disabilities and chronic illnesses, including those with such diagnoses as spina bifida, cerebral palsy, severe mental retardation, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, autism, or failure-to-thrive…

This project summary focuses on the emerging social policy trend toward providing services which assist families in providing home care for their developmentally disabled family members, rather than encouraging out-of-home placement. Three project objectives encompass the issues of innovative approaches to family involvement in caring for disabled…

Three reports on technology in special education identify major trends, describe availability and characteristics of adaptive hardware, and report on special education costs and demographic data. The first report notes the continuing interest of the Federal Government in technology, the changing federal policy toward hardware acquisition, and such…

Part of a volume which explores current issues in service delivery to infants and toddlers (birth to age 3) with handicapping conditions, this chapter addresses the nature and challenges of effective administrative leadership of early intervention programs. Basic administrative tasks are identified, such as: building an early intervention team,…

The site visit report describes community living programs for persons with severe disabilities in the Wisconsin counties of Dane, LaCrosse, and Columbia. The visit attempted to identify and document promising practices through interviews with administrators, officials and staff; observations of three foster homes, two small group homes, and two…

A needs assessment was conducted with clients of the Rehabilitation Center for Brain Dysfunction (Irvine, California) and other local populations of learning-disabled adults. This report discusses the background of the problem addressed by the needs assessment, presents the results of an in-depth analysis of the responses to the survey instrument,…

It is maintained that Great Britain at its very heart is a racist society, in spite of the fact that there has been a permanent black community in Great Britain for 500 years, and members of this commmunity have made positive, productive contributions to British society. In 1731, so many blacks were apprenticed to tradesmen that the Corporation of…

One of the major activities of the Urban Literacy Network (ULN) is a grants program aimed at supporting cooperative, collaborative approaches to developing resources and support systems for literacy in urban areas. Eleven grants were awarded in 1987-1988 in the following urban areas: Boston; Chicago; Denver; El Paso; Houston; Nashville; Oklahoma…

This annotated bibliography was compiled by Project NEXUS as a resource for local community groups or agencies wishing to improve services to disabled or chronically ill children, from birth to 3 years of age, and to their families. The bibliography lists English-language books, journal articles, guides, and manuals that provide either background…