Presented is adopter/facilitator information of Project FAST (Functional Analysis Systems Training) to provide educational and support services to learning disordered children and their regular elementary teachers. Briefly described are the three schools in the Essexville-Hampton (Michigan) school district; objectives of the program; program…

A model for the delivery of mental health services to people residing in small communities (less than 10,000 population) is presented. The model is the product of personal consultation experience over the past three years with a modestly staffed and financed but very successful mental health agency. Emphasis is placed on community action,…

Described is a model which provided support services to five severely hearing impaired students (4 14-years-old) integrated fully or partially into regular classes in Massachusetts. The model (developed by the Clarke School for the Deaf) is explained to involve current and ongoing assessment of educational needs, coordination of services to…

The Educational Telephone Network (ETN) was developed by the University of Wisconsin Extension to expand educational opportunities to students in more than 200 listening locations statewide. Programs are primarily noncredit, continuing education, but credit courses are being offered when needed. Class format usually consists of lecture and panel…

Presented is the Rand Corporation's cross-agency evaluation of government programs which serve approximately 9 million mentally or physically handicapped youth aged 0 to 21 years. Programs are grouped into areas by the five types of agencies administering them: health, education, welfare, vocational rehabilitation, and mental health and…

Presented is volume 2 of the report on a preschool handicapped project with six objectives--to create public awareness on available services; to identify and locate all handicapped children, ages 0 to 4 years, 7 months; to provide diagnostic evaluation services; to provide preschool programs as a special target area; to develop and maintain a…

Intended for use by local Head Start programs, the manual is designed to facilitate and improve the integration of components in the delivery of services to handicapped children and their families. The document is divided into four units, each designed for use as a 1 1/2-hour staff session. Unit I focuses on the issues of defining and clarifying…

In an interview with J. Garvin, the State Director of Special Educational and Pupil Personnel Services in Vermont, and R. Sherr, Director of Special Education Services at the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit in Pennsylvania, the development, scope, and problems of special education services for the severely and profoundly handicapped are…

An effective strategy to improve state planning for delivery of services to the handicapped is seen to involve a carefully developed "action sequence". (Author/SB)

Using a sample of graduate students at the Yale Health Plan, this paper reports on the costs and the medical findings of providing annual physical examinations in university health delivery systems. The role of alternative forms of health education are discussed, as well as recommendations for the continued efficacy of the annual physical…

Besides describing a program at Mississippi State University whereby persons having a bachelor's degree in social work are used to deliver social services in rural areas, the article discusses the setting, problems encountered, and major form of services provided. (Authors/KR)

The case history explains the techniques used to introduce research methodology into a service agency for the visually handicapped. (BD)

A survey of state in-service training plans identified priorities in in-service training topics (including instructional and behavioral management of the handicapped child and implementation of the individualized education program); instructional personnel to be trained; differential patterns of delivering training; and such additional needs as…

Among the factors contributing to the acceleration of community education development are the increasing concern over duplication of effort by community agencies, declining school enrollment, and increased adult leisure time. (Author/MLF)

The complexity of the cross-cultural counseling and psychotherapy encounter is examined, with particular reference to four prominent variables: (1) views of mental health; (2) goals of counseling; (3) roles of counseling participants; and (4) counseling strategies. (Author/MJB)