The student-run Come, Care, Communicate Center at North Side High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, brings adult visitors into the school during the noon hour and exposes students to a broader understanding of the adult world. (Author/IRT)

The article describes the Independent Study and Seminar Program for Gifted urban high school students. (CL)

Describes a children's activity program at the Pediatric Clinic in the University of Colorado Medical Center. The program focuses on helping to ease children's anxieties and counteract their misconceptions about medical visits through play. (CM)

A fifth-grade teacher describes the program he used to cover death, dying, and funerals in a three-day unit. (IRT)

The article describes the educational approach used at the Adolescent Unit of the Austin State Hospital for seriously mentally ill children (16 to 20 years old). (SBH)

A toy library provided a variety of materials for developmentally disabled children and allowed for evaluation of materials according to the number of interactions they inspired. (CL)

Describes a comprehensive system developed by the Cleveland Trust. An individual can initiate and pursue a good career match even if it takes him out of the organization. (Author/IRT)

A type of descriptor is suggested for application to the description and classification of information systems, and for the development of an information system typology. A list of 83 Function Descriptors developed in the exploratory description of 25 systems is provided. (Author/KP)

The flexible work hours program described is favorably received by both management and nonmanagement employees and positively influences the employees' perceived quality of life without causing a productivity loss. (Author/IRT)

This article describes the Israel Curriculum Centre and gives a brief history of its role in Israeli society. The goals of the centre include: publishing syllabuses for all subjects, developing instructional materials that correspond to the syllabuses, and diffusing and implementing instructional products based on the syllabuses. (RB)

A training program in analogical reasoning skills stresses processes of encoding, inferring, mapping, and applying. Initial sessions focus on applications to concrete analogy problems while subsequent sessions present more abstract linguistic analogies and consider applications to other school subjects. (CL)

The Learning Enrichment Service, a model for meeting the needs of gifted secondary students, acts as a schoolwide support system for teachers and students in both the regular classroom and specialized programs by screening, training, networking, counselling, and exchanging information for enrichment programing. (Author)

Reviews the history and purposes of International Youth Year (IYY). Lists participating Catholic organizations and the activities planned in observation of the year. (DMM)

The program outlined in the article indicates how enrichment and gifted education can be combined to maximize the learning experiences and opportunities for bright and gifted learners. Four examples of pilot programs are offered, including one on water management in an urban wilderness park. (Author/CL)

The differentiated curriculum of the Univerisity of Illinois Preschool Program for the Gifted is based on two instructional models, the open classroom and an instructional model derived from Guilford's Structure of the Intellect. The article describes recruitment, identification, goals and objectives, and programing. (Author/CL)