One of the aims of the Documentation and Technical Assistance (DTA) Project is to apply educational information that has been utilized for problem solving in one organization to other settings with their own unique characteristics. Within the staff of the DTA project, the position of Technical Assistance-Documentation Linker (TA-Doc Linker) was…

A comprehensive seminar in pre-retirement planning utilized an experiential approach in which the participants took part in a live-in experience with other couples, enabling them to explore all the facets of retirement living at a leisurely pace. (AG)

The manual aims to assist occupational and physical therapists in describing the differences between school-based therapy and clinic-based therapy, recognizing the primary role of school-based therapy in special education, identifying the therapist's responsibilities in the Individualized Education Program development process, describing the…

Lawyers are needed by schools for many more purposes than merely to execute legal documents. This set of notes for a conference presentation considers lawyers' roles in advising on the legal issues involved in the following: (1) business transactions typically encountered by schools (state contract review, state lease, pool lease, nonprofit…

The paper gives a brief history of group homes for the severely handicapped, and describes a preservice/inservice training program developed for group home staff. The changing roles of the group home manager/special education teacher are seen to include personnel manager of paraprofessional and support staff, physical plant manager, pre- and…

The paper examines barriers faced by educators and administrators in serving young handicapped children in rural areas and suggests approaches to overcoming these barriers. Among problems identified are transportation; funding shortages due to a lower tax base and higher levels of poverty; unemployment, and seasonal employment; staff shortages;…

The paper summarizes results of time-in-motion studies on 259 mildly to severely mentally retarded clients in programs for the developmentally disabled (mean ages 11-42 years old). The study was part of an effort to determine staff utilization patterns and costs associated with the delivery of each of 40 habilitation/training packages developed…

The paper identifies some of the needs of parents of retarded children and proposes that school psychologists can promote more effective parent-school relationships. Two case studies illustrate family concerns with moderately retarded adolescents and describe interventions to provide immediate, short term solutions. The central function of the…

Part of a larger investigation of day care climate and children's social and emotional behavior in Sweden, this study interviewed 99 staff members at 12 day care centers about their work experiences and opinions of their work. Interviews focused on the system by which decisions are made, variation of working tasks, the meaningfulness of work, the…

The need for evaluation of drug abuse treatment programs has been generally recognized and mandated by law since 1976. To learn to what extent such evaluations are actually performed and to obtain information about those evaluations, drug abuse treatment programs receiving federal funds in 1979 were surveyed. Questionnaires were sent to a random…

The model described in this article was used in a staff evaluation of the administrative team of Marshall-University High School in Minneapolis, Minn. The writer says the evaluation, which was received enthusiastically, suggested changes in administrative performance. A sample evaluation instrument is appended. (Editor)

In the face of problems both of supplies and costs, the schools and colleges need to develop long-range solutions to the fuel situation. (Editor)

To resolve the contradictory approaches of the outside researcher and the clinician to the evaluation of residential treatment centers, it is suggested that ongoing self-evaluation be undertaken by the centers themselves. (CS)