An informal coalition of the North American Indian Women's Association, the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women, and the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor presented a two-day program in Shiprock, New Mexico, to provide employment awareness for Indian women. The July 24-25, 1975 program was attended by 200 Navajo and Hopi…

This final report is a practical document, specifying techniques and procedures found effective during a project to (1) demonstrate a model of appropriate vocational service for developmentally disabled adults and (2) provide technical assistance and training to community facilities serving these persons. Chapters 2-6 discuss model components:…

RESULTING FROM ONE OF SIX 1-WEEK STUDY COURSES FOLLOWING THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS IN 1962, THIS MANUAL PRESENTS A BROAD REVIEW OF THE PHILOSOPHY, ROLE, AND TECHNIQUES OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN THE FIELD OF PREVOCATIONAL EVALUATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND SHELTERED WORKSHOPS. NINETEEN…

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES PLANS FOR AN INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 PROJECT HEADSTART GRADUATES. IN EACH OF THREE TARGET AREA SCHOOLS A "KINDERGARTEN PRIMARY LABORATORY ROOM" WILL BE ESTABLISHED WHERE THE TECHNIQUES OF STUDENT PACING, EXPLORATION, AND SELF-SELECTION WILL BE EMPLOYED. SEVEN PROFESSIONAL STAFF,…

Descriptions of comprehensive writing programs at nine colleges and universities and an essay on the topic are presented. Comprehensive writing programs transcend a single department or discipline and are designed to enhance liberal learning. Such programs not only teach students to write in the appropriate modes of various disciplines, but also…

The three volume report includes (1) an executive summary; (2) a comprehensive report reviewing the literature on current faculty development needs in schools of osteopathic medicine; and (3) a volume of resource materials. The study gauges the formal organizational and programmatic factors that influence the success of faculty development…

Project DELTA (Design for Equity: Leadership, Training, Attitudes) at Wichita State University was funded by the Women's Educational Equity Act to develop an exportable model for enhancing the entry of women into, and the advancement of women within, leadership and decision-making roles in higher education. The project employed a capacity-building…

The document consists of collected articles which provide information to teachers on constructing goals for K-12 social studies and developing learning activities which implement those goals. The project was undertaken in response to national interest in citizenship education and in an attempt to enable teachers to identify basic skills to which…

To determine the needs of Spanish-speaking students with limited English-speaking ability who are enrolled in all levels of vocational education, a series of three workshops were conducted to assess the vocational education needs of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans and to identify the commonalities and divergencies of the needs resulting from…

The overall objective of the 1977 national project was to assist participating states in increasing the number and participation of Native American students, teachers, and teacher educators in vocational and technical education. Participants in the major training activity (a 3-day workshop) were 15 3-member state teams and about 30 tribal and…

A 52-WEEK DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR SEVERELY TO MODERATELY MENTALLY RETARDED YOUTH AND ADULTS IS DESCRIBED. INFORMATION CONCERNING SELECTION OF THE 18 TRAINEES TREATS ETIOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION, ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS (PROCEDURES AND TESTS USED), AND ADMISSION.…

The majority of higher education institutions accept responsibility to provide incentives and activities conducive to inservice education and professional growth of their faculty. In 1972-73 data were gathered from all higher education institutions to obtain information about specific ways institutions provide activities, opportunities, and/or…

A quasi-experimental design was employed to determine the effects of a workshop, designed to familiarize teachers and counselors with a technical institute in the North Carolina Community College System, on knowledge and attitudes related to the programs and practices of the institution. Subjects were assigned to experimental and control groups by…

An essential part of establishing Project LEM (Learning Experience Module), a program designed for multiage groupings in open-space schools, was the development of a multifaceted informational approach to help assure that facts replaced rumors and enthusiasm replaced parental anxiety. The LEM staff believes that good public relations call for…

The New York Guidance Center for Women at Rockland Community College provided educational and vocational counseling and information and advisory services through the library, career guidance workshops, public meetings, and radio programs. Individual counseling and testing of clients took place at the center, and group counseling in disadvantaged…