The report outlines the basic administration and program of the special education early childhood project for children aged 2-5 years whose behavior suggests potential learning problems. The rationale of the program is presented, including a special education model. Objectives listed include identification of such children, instructional program…

Administration procedures and program organization is the topical consideration of nine papers selected from those presented at the CEC Northwest Regional Conference (Vancouver, British Columbia, October 21-24, 1970). The presentations include an introduction to interdistrict cooperatives; special education and government and problems in rural…

This evaluation of the Institute on the Education of Culturally Deprived Learners covers the problems involved in planning meaningful educative experiences for deprived children. It identifies the psychological, sociological and educational factors to be considered. Also included are the participants' weekly evaluation of the children, and a…

Evaluation for accountability has become a significant part of federal funding guidelines. However, local project resources and needs, and, more recently, federal insight, suggests that the evaluation functions are most successfully carried out with the cooperation and active involvement of the local project staff. Under a contract to the District…

This document, prepared as readings for a workshop, contains summaries of exemplary programs and/or practices which relate to Career Development and Planning. Each summary is divided into subsections, such as: background of the project, objectives, procedures, general format, specific exercises, program evaluation, analysis of outcomes, and…

This report was written in response to requests from the Office of Long Range Planning (OLRP) of the New York State Education Department (SED). The work covers two different areas: the continuation of program analyses and the continuation of program designs addressing problems of educational accountability. As a result of SED resource allocation…

Premises are offered which constitute a goal, an ideal, and a student-centered philosophy for the process of education in Vermont. The premises are as follows: (1) the emphasis must be upon learning rather than teaching; (2) a student must be accepted as a person; (3) education should be based upon the individual's strong, inherent desire to learn…

The project was designed to develop, and evaluate the effectiveness of a pre-retirement planning program. The project, in its second year of operation, has had 575 participants who attended a seven-week series of programs covering the topics of employment after retirement, estate planning, company fringe benefits, continuing education,…

The Day Care Neighbor Service makes it possible to provide social service at the neighborhood level where working mothers, without benefit of any social agency, make private and informal day care arrangements with neighborhood sitters. It makes use of a social work consultant to find the key individual in each neighborhood who is already…

The report of a project for planning a training program for the mentally retarded in the areas of food preparation and service summarizes activities of the planning project and makes recommendations for possible implementation. The training program is designed for educable mentally retarded youth who would benefit from specific vocational…

Seven rural California counties participated in a teacher preparation internship program funded by the Education Professions Development Act. The 101 elementary teacher intern candidates--having a wide range of academic backgrounds, personal interests, and talents--first took part in an 8-week summer preservice experience consisting of (1)…

Intended as a guide to acquaint interested persons with the facts and developmental efforts surrounding the career education concept, this publication provides: (1) a definition of career education, (2) the goals and objectives of the program, (3) concepts upon which career education is based, (4) suggested action steps for developing a career…

This report covers Phase IIB (1 January 1971 to 30 June 1972) of the development of a campus-based Center for Information Services (CIS) at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Activities during this phase included completion of the design and programming details of the software system, development of a prototype of the software…

This volume is the second of two documents concerning a performance-based undergraduate program for teacher education at Brooklyn College. Appendixes relating to the first volume are presented. These appendixes include position papers on teaching-learning centers, the campus media center, design for counseling services and affective education, the…

Some procedures, costs, and results of the Pilot Special Events Child Development Programs in Minneapolis and St. Paul in 1971 and 1972 are reviewed. The program was designed to provide an innovative and stimulating experience for the children of parents attending a political conference. A chapter describing equipment needed includes toys for…