The Adult Day Care Program (ADC) in the Province of Manitoba is a health and social service program providing socialization and recreation in a supportive environment to those who, without this intervention, might deteriorate in physical or mental health function. To examine the impact of adult day care on the utilization of other health care…

This book presents 19 papers on child abuse and neglect. A brief introduction by Health and Human Services Secretary, Margaret Heckler is followed by 13 major issue papers: "Combatting Child Abuse and Neglect" by the assistant secretary for Human Development Services, Dorcas R. Hardy; "What Have We Learned about Child…

This guide presents a model for developing a team planning approach for optimum community involvement in San Diego City Schools in order to promote quality integrated education. Following a brief introduction basic purposes, goals, and tasks for implementation are listed. Next, the model is outlined as a step-by-step process. For each major topic…

Many of the problems of our youth today stem from lack of purpose or the feeling of self worth. Skills training at the secondary level could provide this feeling of self worth. Cooperative training programs could supply many high school graduates with the purpose in life they are seeking. (DS)

Strategies for recruiting physicians to rural Kentucky communities are presented in broad outlines that would also be applicable to other rural communities looking for physicians. After documenting the shortage and maldistribution of physicians in rural America, the factors are described which influence a physician's choice of place to locate--his…

This paper describes a language skills program for fourth and fifth grade students, based on community involvement through the use of a camera. It asserts that, in photography, a child works with the same kinds of abstractions as those basic to language development--analysis, comparison, classification, definition, and narration--but is not…

A checklist is provided of practical steps to be considered and acted upon in planning and implementing an open-space school. The document divides the process into three phases: initial planning, just prior to moving, and post-move. Considerations in the planning stage involve: staff and community input in deciding upon open space; clarification…

If a partnership between business education and career education is to be successful, teachers, staff, and community may need some retraining. Students will benefit from an educational program that makes them aware of life roles and provides the skills necessary to fill those roles. (Author/BP)

Colleges are in a leadership position. How they conduct themselves can ignite educational advancements that benefit society. To date they have taught about the merits of open education. Now they are called on to put into practice the very innovations they have espoused. (Author)

Excerpts from the Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the National Committee for Support of Public School (6th, March 1968), Patricia Wagner EditoU