The conference had three stated major goals: (1) to provide an opportunity for migrant personnel to share and exchange information in mutual areas of concern; (2) to promote interstate cooperation and to ensure continuity of interstate programs for migrant children; and (3) to promote esprit de corps of the conference by the use of the keynote…

The Basic Medical Specialist course has one of the largest enrollments of the U.S. Army's Academy of Health Sciences; 11,000 soldiers were trained in this course in 1977 and 1978. Training encompasses both emergency first aid (for field medics) and basic nursing skills. A task force working to improve Army training developed this course, in…

IMPACT II is a program administered by the New York City Board of Education designed to identify, support, document, describe, and replicate successful classroom-based programs developed by teachers. During the first year of IMPACT II, approximately 100 exemplary programs were identified. This publication is a collection of profiles of these…

This listing of federally produced curriculum and instructional materials for allied health education is one of eight annotated bibliographies that provide information for vocational educators at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels. Introductory information given includes a description of how to use the listing and sources and ordering…

This report, resulting from a project to develop a health occupations teacher education program (HOTEP) within the University of Wisconsin system, is presented in five sections and contains data and materials providing evidence to support the need for such a program. Section I discusses national health care needs and trends. Some existing HOTEPs…

The book presents a training program developed at the Granville Work Preparation Centre in Australia, to teach mildly retarded adolescents basic social skills and competencies. The program is divided into two stages, with a total of 17 different skill areas. Stage 1 covers self-awareness, social/interpersonal skills, relaxation and behavioral self…

Health science (epidemiology) is a relatively advanced discipline which offers theories and methods which could be useful in peace science (polemology). Similarities between war and disease, peace and health, center around concern with prevention of physical damage and death on the one hand and preservation and extension of human life on the…

Three days of hearings held on the Reservation at Window Rock, Arizona focused on the civil rights of the people of the Navajo Nation. Seeking to explore those areas of economic and social development in which the Navajo could better attain self-determination, the Commission heard testimony on economic development, private employment, health care,…

The technical feasibility of voice and television communication within and between tribes, between tribes and federal agencies, and between educational institutions and tribes was demonstrated by broadcasts which took place April 10, 12, and 14, 1978, with equipment located at four sites: Crow Agency, Montana; All- Indian Culture Center, New…

WORK WITH LOW INCOME FAMILIES HAS BEEN PART OF THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF THE AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION (AHEA) SINCE ITS INCEPTION. A NATIONAL WORKSHOP WAS ATTENDED BY STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL, TEACHER-EDUCATORS, EXTENSION WORKERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PERSONS WITH RELATED INTERESTS. TEXTS OF THE…

The guide utilizes systematic teaching of basic skills, the unit approach to apply skills and concepts from several subject areas to a common topic, and the incidental application of learned skills to current experiences. Emphasis is on the sequential development of concepts related to daily living. Material includes seven major topics: self,…

THE FISCAL YEAR 1967 CALIFORNIA PLAN FOR THE EDUCATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN INCLUDED 21 PROJECTS REACHING 9,671 CHILDREN. BILINGUAL TEACHER AIDES AND COLLEGE-STUDENT TEACHER ASSISTANTS, MANY OF WHOM WERE MEMBERS OF MIGRANT FAMILIES, WERE USED SUCCESSFULLY IN THE VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. EACH EDUCATIONAL CENTER IN ONE REGIONAL PROGRAM INCLUDED…

In a 950-bed state psychiatric hospital, primarily an admission-and-treatment center, the case method was compared with the lecture-discussion method in teaching a unit on interpersonal relations with psychiatric patients to nurse aides. Two groups of 10 aides each were equated for age, sex, formal education, previous inservice training, and…

Space, in a geographic sense, entails costs when there is too much of it in relation to population and income. In the West, by comparison with more populous areas to the east, the level of personal income per square mile and per capita is low; costs per unit of, and per capita for, transportation, health and medical care, and education are high;…

A study of 85 men with a service-connected disability of 70% or greater loss of vision was made from 10 Veterans' Administration clinics. Subjects were 20 to 64 years of age with a median of 46, 85% white, and 97% World War II and 3% Korean War veterans; 45% had taken advantage of the GI Bill for education, 64% were in the top half of the…