There is general agreement that human services (i.e., services that depend on direct interpersonal contact between a deliverer and a client) are difficult to evaluate. The author points out some sources of this difficulty and proposes a strategy for the evaluation of human services delivery. (Author/GDC)

Sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the workshop concentrated on ways and means of delivering health services from prenatal care to adolescence with an accent on preventative medicine. (KR)

For availability, see EC 103 600 Described is the program offered by the Child Service Demonstration Center for Urban Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (IM)

The Direct Home Services Program provides weekly services of home teachers called Child Management Specialists to approximately 145 families with mentally retarded and developmentally delayed children (birth to 6 years old). (SBH)

The author describes the local Community Action Program project to identify and provide services for Indian children who were not in school because of learning handicaps. (SBH)

Some forecasts about the conditions and requirements that trainers will face in the 1980s are discussed. As increased knowledge does not assure increased ability to perform, trainers should emphasize competency development instead of knowledge transmission. Other trends mentioned are adult learning, diversified delivery systems, and work…

National Public Radio's "Options in Education," the only regularly scheduled program about education on national radio or television, is described. Focus in this article is on the program's founder, John Merrow, hired by George Washington University's Institute for Educational Leadership to organize a way of communicating with the public…

Describing an in-service training program designed for a predominantly rural area of Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, this article emphasizes the importance of strengthening linkages between social service practitioners in direct contact with older persons and the mental health agencies in the area. (JC)

Describing Ohio's four Regional Education Service Agencies (RESA's), this article provides a cross section of typical services offered by educational cooperatives. (JC)

The author offers information for the design of a vocational education research and development outputs delivery system. He discusses factors in the current context of research and development that may influence system design and identifies tentative problem areas. (MF)

Describes a particular approach to a library problem: the utilization of computer simulation to provide data on how best to serve the citizens of the state of Washington through delivery of library materials by mail, with patrons ordering from a printed catalog of materials. (Author)

Reports on the findings of a content analysis of 896 nationally televised advertisements which showed that strictly defined, comparative advertisements are a relatively small percentage of total national television advertisements and that certain product types (drugs, household, and foods) are more likely to utilize comparisons. (MB)

Examines delivery approaches to integrating development education into secondary home economics curriculum and how an interdisciplinary approach can be used to teach development education in secondary home economics programs. Discusses cultural diversity and similarities, food security and insecurity, production and consumption, nutrition and…

Reports on progress on the Finnish National Board of Vocational Education's current experimental program related to adult vocational education. Preliminary results indicate that (1) educators prefer the teacher-dominated classroom instruction tradition and (2) students would prefer flexible teaching that allows them to work at their own pace. (CH)

In an effort to obtain data on services delivered by one clinical center (Downey, California) to nonspeaking cerebral palsied persons, demographic and clinical characteristics were obtained on 66 such patients during the assessment, management, and follow-up phases of a service delivery program. (Author/DB)