Proposing to orient the reader as to how Georgia is meeting the challenge of vocational education for the handicapped at the secondary level, this paper discusses the following four major areas: compliance with federal guidelines; program design (including a student flow chart and job descriptions for related vocational instructors and…

This technical assistance guide for offender programs is a guidebook to be used by CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) prime sponsors, state manpower service councils, state manpower planning councils, and Department of Labor (DOL) regional staff concerned about offenders and interested in developing employment and training programs…

In spite of extensive activity in faculty development around the country, no replicable programs have been developed, no viable conceptual models have been formulated, and no guidelines to assist program planners have emerged. Whatever evaluative information has been offered to attest to the results of programs has usually been based on…

A program and related materials for providing child care free of charge in the aftermath of widespread disaster to children ranging in age from infancy through second grade are described in this guidebook. In Section I, the Temporary Emergency Child Care (TECC) program is discussed. In particular, the nature of TECC services is indicated, the…

The study reviews 50 foreign language programs in the United States that are said to be both inspirational and useful for providing concrete information about the creation and preservation of successful language programs. The programs cited are exemplary and can serve as models for educators and administrators to study and visit. Program selection…

This is a report on Home Activities for Toddlers and their Families (HATAF), an ongoing Israeli intervention program designed to provide home-based, educationally enriching activities for disadvantaged preschoolers and to enable mothers to participate in enhancing the intellectual development of their children. The report describes two sample…

The manual presents resources for Georgia teachers of behaviorally disordered students. Guidelines are presented for 12 major topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): definition; eligibility and placement; enrollment; due process (screening, referral, special education placement committee); program organization (continuum of services, extended…

After an analysis of eight mass literacy campaigns (USSR 1919-39; Vietnam, 1945-77; China, 1950-58; Cuba, 1961; Burma, 1960-1981; Brazil, 1967-80; Tanzania, 1971-81; and Somalia, 1973-75), a campaign strategy for a mass literacy campaign is proposed. A potentially successful mass literacy campaign has to be both an educational and a political…

This student module on establishing a company safety and health program is one of 50 modules concerned with job safety and health. This module outlines the fundamentals of how a company safety and health program is established and operated. Following the introduction, nine objectives (each keyed to a page in the text) the student is expected to…

The Edgewood Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, under the US Office of Education and later the National Institute of Education, designed and carried out a five year plan intended to modify its programs in ways that would enable its largely Mexican American students and community to profit more from the education offered. An…

To assist in institution-building in selected developing countries, the Office of International Programs/Denver Research Institute (OIP/DRI) developed a training component that focused on channeling local input to program design and implementation. The program was initially developed to focus on enhancing the role of women in national development…

A retrospective evaluation of a Dean's Project at the University of Utah offers insights on the building of a program to prepare teachers to deal with mainstreaming. The program, funded federally, was begun in 1975 and was defunded in 1979. Reflections are made on what appear to be, in hindsight, mistakes in the way the program was developed. The…

This monograph is one of 12 that address various topics in the area of CETA/education linkages. They were designed to provide those individuals interested in the development and implementation of CETA/education linkages with information that will serve to enhance the quality of existing programs and facilitate the efficient and effective…

This paper presents a conceptual overview of issues relating to the education of the disadvantaged. Problems of identification and definition of the disadvantaged are discussed in terms of compensatory education. Concepts regarding "disadvantage" that underlie many of the compensatory instructional intervention programs are described, as…