Maintains that teachers trained to nurture children and to educate the whole child successfully integrate handicapped children into a classroom with other normally developing children. (Author/DB)

Listed are a number of developmental and sequential map skills and concepts which can serve as a general guide to presenting and reinforcing basic map and geography ideas and related activities for preschool through grade 6 students. (KC)

Results of a survey of vice presidents of student affairs indicate that developmental functions are implemented because of an underlying commitment to the developmental philosophy of student personnel work, and as part of a larger overall drive to implement as many functions as possible. (Author)

A potentially useful program-evaluation approach obtains information from program dropouts. This method was applied to university students who dropped out of four developmental programs. Results indicate many students recognize the value of the program for others, yet resist participating themselves. This approach was a useful supplementary…

Describes an alcohol prevention program with a comprehensive developmental skills orientation. The program includes values clarification, decision making, career planning and communication skills, assertiveness and relaxation training, and relationship with parents and peers. (Author/JAC)

Presents major elements of a comprehensive pilot program called DEPTH (Developmental Education: A Program That Helps) implemented in 1977 at Raymond Walters General and Technical College. Discusses orientation program, course content and organization, advising, and program evaluation. (DR)

Discusses Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) and describes a Cognitive Skills-Oriented PSI (CPSI), an individualized instruction technique stressing the teaching of cognitive skills in conjunction with specific subject matter. Discusses learning theory, materials, communication strategies, and role of the teacher. (DR)

Presents abstracts of three documents from the ERIC junior college collection that deal with two-year college remedial/developmental education. (DR)

Discusses the selection and training of student tutors for college reading programs, the supervision of tutors, and studies of the effectiveness of college-level peer tutoring programs. (GT)

Urges community colleges to provide the instruction necessary for foreign students to develop proficiency in English, focusing on program options (intensive, semi-intensive, support services), staffing, international students advisers, placement examinations, program evaluation, and possibilities for technical assistance. (AYC)

Describes the goals and status of developmental courses at Lewis and Clark Community College as they were when the college changed from a private to a public two-year college and relates present goals and status. Discusses growth in remedial enrollment, program expansion, and the importance of student evaluation and placement. (DD)

Discusses the role of science and technology in society and the realistic possibility of science offering a better future for mankind. Concludes with five public policy proposals deemed necessary for today if scientific and technological capabilities are to be made to respond to future challenges. (SL)

The interaction between leaders and members in a year-long family therapy seminar is systematically compared to the process that unfolds between therapist and family during the course of family therapy. The dynamic elements of each stage of development are analyzed and factors affecting their development are identified. (Author)

In teaching values and human behavior, a program in Lakewood, Ohio, is directing students away from those aggressive acts that can destroy property and lives. (Editor)