This publication has been compiled to provide educators with information, ideas, examples, and guidelines for establishing or implementing an orientation and exploratory career education program at the middle or junior high school level. Sections of the manual include: (1) a definition of career education and its role, (2) a discussion of the…

This document reviews the literature on general specifications for elementary and secondary schools. Most of the reviewed reports recommend a sequence of activities for developing school facilities that includes: (1) formulation of educational objectives, (2) school plant survey, (3) architectural involvement and planning, (4) program…

This report provides board policy samples and other policy resources on student discipline. The intent in providing policy samples is to encourage thinking in policy terms and to provide working papers that can be edited, modified, or adapted to meet local requirements. Topics covered in the samples include corporal punishment, student safety,…

This report provides board policy samples and other resources on drug education and drug use. The intent in providing policy samples is to encourage thinking in policy terms and to provide working papers that can be edited, modified, or adapted to meet local requirements. The report discusses some of the dangers inherent in drug use and attendant…

In order to evaluate proposals seeking state funds from the Division of Occupational Research and Development of the Texas Education Agency for pilot vocational education programs for the handicapped, there must first be a specific state plan. This state plan should clearly specify first and fifth year goals and resolve whether the primary…

This report describes the development of a prototype evaluation model designed to evaluate state personnel development programs in vocational-technical education activities. Components of the evaluation model are presented in seven sections of the report: model overview, state director's manual, state coordinator's manual, state evaluation team…

The guide is intended to assist community groups in developing preschool programs, offering an outline of some of the procedural steps in organizing a child care program and a description of typical regulations found in State licensing codes governing establishment of such a center. Specific information is given on who may operate a child care…

This paper reflects the concern and thinking of a consultant group of counselor educators and State directors of guidance about the requirements for pupil personnel programs needed to accomplish their goals. In the panel deliberations, major areas of concern appeared to be the (1) basic philosophy, (2) assigned responsibility, (3) pupil personnel…

The booklet offers guidelines in both Spanish and English to parents who are toilet training a mentally retarded child. The toilet training process is broken down into tasks that the child must learn, and the importance of positive reinforcement for each successfully accomplished task is emphasized. It is recommended that parents keep charts…

Addressed to citizen groups, local government officials, and others concerned with the development of cable television in their communities, this report summarizes briefly some of the major issues surrounding local decisionmaking for cable television. This summary presents some of the more detailed information found in the companion publication,…

This curriculum guide for intermediate schools in Argentina begins with a discussion of the historical development of such schools and of their place in the overall educational scheme. The section on the curriculum provides detailed information on objectives, content, and activities; philosophical, political, sociological, methodological, and…

Selected principles and procedures related to language training for nonverbal children are presented. The participating children are 3 to 6 years of age and are enrolled at a clinic for a minimal of 3 hours of individual therapy a week. The language problems vary considerably. The possibility of some central nervous system dysfunction is thought…

Intended as a guidebook for directors and staff of day care programs who are involved directly or indirectly in integrating exceptional children into programs with normal children, the manual offers numerous practical guidelines. The introduction offers brief suggestions on identifying the exceptional child and his special needs. The first chapter…

Presented are guidelines for the use of 65 captioned films for the deaf (numbers for each category are listed in parentheses) which relate to art (four), ecology (six), guidance (five), health and safety (two), language arts (11), physical education (four), science (16), social studies (14), and vocational education (three). The guidelines are…

The result of a cooperative project of the Center for Vocational and Technical Education at the Ohio State University and the McGraw-Hill Book Company, this manual was prepared to develop prototypes of performance goals for use by curriculum specialists and developers of instructional materials in vocational and technical education and to provide…