The 10 models of respite care for families of the retarded identified include: respite placement agencies, group day care, community residences, residential treatment facilities, group residential care, nursing homes, private inhome care, state institutions, camperships, and funding conduit. (Author/DB)

Explores how effective administrators help achieve consensus on desirable outcomes by the use of procedures that encourage actions to achieve those outcomes. The focus is on how program administrators influence priorities and not on organizational levels of policy making. (CT)

The study was done to provide a basis for identifying basic educational needs of California adults through analysis of their performance in selected competency areas. Contains specific data which assist in identifying those who should be part of a system of dialog to clarify what educational services are needed. (Author/JOW)

First-line supervisors, second-level supervisors, and middle managers were surveyed to identify the training needs of first-line supervisors. Highest ranked needs were those abilities relating to people such as motivation, developing employees, communications, leadership, and human relations. A one-day program for supervisors was developed as a…

Explains lack of support for AACR2 in terms of its implementation costs, the difficulty of identifying benefits, and intrusion upon local priorities. Suggestions are made for improving the effectiveness of the next code revision. (RAA)

A 1979 survey of U.S. members of the Association of Biomedical Communications Directors asked them to rank the importance of eight types of service to each professional program that his unit supports. Service priorities are reported for programs characteristic of medicine, allied health, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacy. (Author)

Discusses the advantages of using state and regional areas in conducting needs assessments for continuing education of librarians. The importance of organizational identification, target audience, assessment techniques, and role of the needs assessment to an overall program of continuing education are also addressed. Four references are cited.…

Career development could become a fad unless current needs are met, goals are set, programs are properly designed, evaluated and revised, and mutual accommodation is accepted as its philosophical basis. (JOW)

The Child Welfare League of America surveyed the structured methods used by agencies to measure case outcome. The findings indicate a need to develop improved measures of effectiveness. Criteria for measures suitable to meet acountability requirements and problems in outcome measurement are discussed. (Author/RH)

Describes the Delphi Technique, an approach to elicit and refine the opinions of a group of people. Outlines the steps in the process and provides illustrations of the applications of the technique for schools and colleges in determining future research needs, assessing staff development needs, and identifying problems confronting administrators.…

Respondents of this survey on curriculum development in library education stressed the need for increased emphasis on networking, computer technology, and managerial training. Responses of administrators and practitioners are compared. (MBR)

Methods for evaluating school health programs are outlined. (JD)

Library services to the elderly should consist of a needs assessment followed by collection development, and cooperative efforts with community agencies. The elderly community should be considered as library volunteers, as members of advisory groups, and as a community resource. (Author/MBR)

Ecuador is one of the first developing countries to attempt a full-scale sector analysis of elementary education. It is hoped that by focusing this article on the first phase of the study (design and data collection), a valuable contribution might be made to efforts in other countries. (RC)

Shyness is a socially learned reaction against the unstructured, novel, spontaneous, or intimate, and is frequently unknowingly fostered by teachers and parents. (MB)