Reports on two projects of the National Association for the Education of Young Children: the Child Care Information Service and the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs. Included are brief reports of the Public Policy Task Group and the Information Services Task Group. (AS)

To determine availability of resources to help State Departments of Education develop and disseminate materials to persons seeking information about handicapped persons, 60 agencies completed questionnaires. Results indicated a modest level of joint material development and dissemination practices but high interest and capability in future…

Contingencies operating in the health care industry can have direct effects upon applications of behavioral technology to the hospital treatment of psychiatric patients. Although behavioral technology has made little impact upon the general practice of psychiatry, shifting economic and political contingencies may favor the specificity,…

Discusses the differing professional perspectives of lawyers and child care workers. Demonstrates the desirability of cooperation to further the real interests of the child, and suggests ways of establishing an ongoing dialog between the professions. (CMG)

Discusses aspects of responsible foster care services including restoration to natural parents, finding adoptive parents, and programs for children who require long term foster care. (SB)

Describes the role, programs, and responsibilities of the Congressional Budget Office with particular emphasis on federal research and development budgeting. (SL)

Reviewed are the basic functions of the National Advisory Committee on the Handicapped, designed to insure that federal government administrators of programs for handicapped indiviudals continue to receive direction from professionals and consumers regarding the operation and coordination of their programs. (SBH)

Describes the Montgomery County Children Services (Ohio) program designed to teach racial awareness to staff. Discusses problems and outcomes. (Author/SB)

Describes a program devised to combine efforts of a child welfare agency and a public school system in controlling truancy. (Author/SB)

In the second of a two-part article, the role of the social worker in serving disabled children and their families is described. (SB)

Adjusting to U.S. culture can take immigrants 10-20 years. Even those who are well-educated and hold professional credentials usually experience an initial drop in their status and earnings while they improve their English skills, re-take courses, and pass licensing exams needed to practice in this country. Those with less education may struggle…

This book presents a comprehensive research-driven perspective on what we know and do not know about tutoring. The authors link theories, research, and practice together in a coherent, consistent manner to form a new foundation of specific recommendations and strategies to help improve tutoring across America. The book includes practical…

This final report describes accomplishments and activities of a federally funded project to meet the leadership support needs of parents of children with disabilities serving on statewide interagency coordinating councils. The project was based on a leadership support model based on input from parent leaders in 25 states which focuses on the…

The tremendous growth of international trade over the past several decades has both affected and been affected by of globalization. The volume of world trade since 1950 has increased twenty-folds-from $320 billion to $6.8 trillion, which exceeds expansion in the rate of production by three times. As a result, consumers around the world now enjoy a…

The purpose of this paper is to review the sources of vocational curriculum ?instruction that provides the skills necessary for individuals to perform entry-level jobs at the sub-baccalaureate level ? that may be available from selected federal agencies other than the Office of Vocational and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education.…