Traces state financial support for elementary school counseling in the state of Utah. Due to extensive efforts on the part of school administrators, counselors, and parents, in 1973 Utah legislators allocated funds for improving elementary guidance programs. (HMV)

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)

The complexities associated with Proposition 13 provide a lesson in the hazards of fiscal policy-making through direct voter participation. While the full effects of Proposition 13 are not yet known, it is clear that it has reshaped California local government finance overnight. (Author)

Examines the availability of commercial micropublishers for state and local documents, and discusses state programs, focusing on the state of Nevada micropublication program. (Author/CMV)

The Pennsylvania Training Model's Educational Planning System for teaching the severely/profoundly handicapped is described. (Author)

Ohio's Handicapped Education Learners Planning System, a computer based information management system, is discussed in terms of its development and use in special education settings. (CL)

Examines the Oregon program in which each school district establishes and measures its own set of competency standards. (Author/IRT)

The article highlights major findings of a national survey of current policies, resources, and services for the education of gifted and talented children. (SBH)

Indigenous homemakers were employed in this Arkansas program as health education aides. They provided participant families with information on: (1) healthy daily living habits; (2) preventive health practices; (3) self-care/professional care needs; (4) home environment influences in health; and (5) local health services. (MJB)

Compares a state program to deal with youth unemployment, the Ontario Career Action Program, with cooperative education programs generally. (Author/IRT)

Russian language instruction in the Soviet province of Uzbek is described. (DE)

Russian language instruction in the non-Russian schools of the Soviet Union is described. (DE)

Russian language instruction in the Soviet province of Armenia is described. (DE)

Surveyed state rehabilitation association members to test a path model predicting desire for organizational involvement on the basis of breadth of expectations of the organization, professional identity, professional education, training satisfaction, and years in rehabilitation. Broader expectations predicted greater desire for organizational…