Program supervisors for the gifted and talented can conceive of themselves as managers of boundaries between the program and the rest of the school and between the school and the community. The role touches on identification, individual counseling, parent counseling, career counseling, and program and policy. (CL)

Intramural recreational sports directors from 117 universities were surveyed to obtain information about the status and trends in administration and activities of their intramural-recreational programs. Program personnel, administrative control, revenue sources, and activities are discussed. (DF)

The article describes a review of educational records of 74 hearing-impaired students. Specific attention was focused on reports concerning psychological evaluations and their components and administration. It was concluded that psychological assessment was less than adequate. The need for skill remediation among school psychologists is then…

A British therapy administrator comments on the role of speech therapists in providing services to children with special needs and bilingual children. The therapist's role on the interdisciplinary team is reviewed, particularly regarding the assessment implication of the Warnock Report and The 1981 Education Act. (CL)

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Examines physical involvement as a therapeutic tool with acting-out children. Describes situations when physical involvement may be necessary and techniques of physical involvement. (JH)

Feedback procedures were used on two different wards at a state hospital for the retarded to increase the number of behavior modification projects completed each day by 22 staff members. (Author)

The character Education Project of San Antonio, Texas is producing a curriculum for character development beginning at age three and extending into adulthood. The materials, seen as closely related to the counseling program, are being given extensive field testing in several areas of the country. (Author)

Discusses the deliberation or protocol method of curriculum planning in which staff members and a curriculum specialist act and interact in an attempt to reach consensus on curriculum viewpoints and solve planning problems. A sample protocol is provided. (EA)

A description of the system of evaluation used by the Student Affairs staff at the University of South Florida. This system of evaluation is based on operational criteria, for the purpose of improving the professional development of the staff and their satisfaction with their roles. (Author)

A single teacher, functioning in a self-contained classroom is no longer an effective instructional model by himself. Unique learning styles of each child call for a team of instructional personnel. A new model for training the paraprofessional is proposed. (DM)

Research findings concerning the relation between varied stimulation and adaptive functioning are used to formulate guidelines for those working with elderly blind persons in nursing homes. (GW)

Computers can be used to keep track of student attendance, diagnose use of student time, diagnose the effectiveness of the students' program, and accumulate data for public relations. (CK)

This case study discusses assumptions and objectives of organizational development (OD) in general, some background of a school which recently participated in a very brief taste of OD, some essential features of the package itself and some results, and some implications. Comments follow by Gilbert D. Moore, State University of New York, Buffalo,…