Reporting on a study designed to investigate the need for special attention and a cadre of social workers with special training in rural-specific social work, this article examines rural urban differences in terms of the individual and the informal helping network and organizational and systemic dimensions. (JC)

Faculties within the university community are ideal settings for preventative, outreach counseling. Efforts by a university counseling center to provide psychological services to a faculty of education are described. Difficulties of program evaluation and psychological consultation are also discussed. (Author)

New and better mailing practices in the University of Houston's mailroom have saved money and improved service. (Author/MLF)

Describing the social work field practicum at Memorial University in Newfoundland, this article details a creative response to a rural and quasi-urban environment where there is a scarcity of formal professional resources. The approach is identified as a collaborative one between agencies and communities with resource persons as field instructors.…

Available from: Teacher Education and Special Education, The Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. The authors suggest twelve areas for developing mainstream programs in which regular and special educators can work together. (CL)

This article describes the reorganization of a city government to improve delivery of services to the citizens in the areas of recreation and health. (JD)

Freight is examined as a significant variable in the difference between selling price and cost price. Consideration is given to the store viewpoint, the publisher viewpoint, guidelines on freight information, postal service analysis, distribution procedures, extraneous costs, freight rate structure, and sharing cost-saving ideas. (LBH)

Described is the work of library services and library promotion personnel who establish liaison among librarians, media specialists, and publishers who offer services to libraries. Suggestions are given to librarians and media specialists on how they can engage in an ongoing dialogue with the publishing industry. (JPF)

Improvement in health service delivery and health education was made in La Plata County, Colorado, by hiring seven health aides and a nurse-health coordinator to run a fifth- and tenth-grade health course involving physical exams, field trips, classroom instruction, and inservice training of teachers. (MB)

Discusses the application of satellite information delivery to training. Describes a new trend, horizontal programming. Also discusses vertical programming and in-house production of training materials. Lists vendors of satellite-based training. (CH)

The study examined the structure and patterns of service utilization of all elderly persons (N=1911) receiving state-supported mental retardation services in Massachusetts in 1987. Increased use of services and growing numbers of increasingly frail elderly people were noted. Qualitative data concerning age-integrated, age-specialized, and generic…

Describes how rural human service agencies of Clarendon County (South Carolina) cooperate, coordinate, and use creativity in providing services for their mutual client populations. Discusses use of interagency teams and shared resources and training, problems regarding confidentiality, and response to client needs. (NEC)

The author recounts the transition in Norway from a system with specialized professionals in unique settings to a generically based system dealing with handicapped populations under general programs. Both positive and negative observations are offered, as well as recommendations for combining special services by trained professionals with the…

The study attempted to determine effects of basic client characteristics on the delivery of services to disabled older adults in Canada. Results indicate that there is a weak relationship between age, gender, and level of cognitive functioning and the overall receipt of services. However, when each service is analyzed, only day programs are…

Basic assumptions of the Regular Education Initiative (which encourages closer coordination of regular and special education) were examined. The authors assert that students are not overidentified for special education, that student failure is not due only to teacher shortcomings, and that variability in student performance will increase not…