The participants in the Training Program on the American Indian Student had 4 major objectives: (1) to obtain a working knowledge of Indian values, culture, unique historical experience in our society and contemporary problems; (2) to develop an attitude of respect and concern for Indian life styles and for the Indian student's need to preserve…

On looking back at Head Start and other early childhood program plans, it is felt that several false assumptions have been made, the most obvious being the idea that poor children are understimulated; another is that poor children can be stereotyped, although there are relationships between poverty and health problems and language development. The…

This report was prepared to provide information on the operation and management of state-funded educational programs for the disadvantaged in Massachusetts institutions of high education. Schools surveyed included ten of the 13 community colleges and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Detailed information was collected from each school on…

The primary objective of this study was to determine whether counseling of disadvantaged students during the course of the academic school year would produce an improvement in their emotional problems and lessen the probability of their becoming school dropouts. The 26 disadvantaged Caucasian subjects received extensive counseling therapy for a…

In a study of preschool child development programs, the purposes were two-fold: (1) to determine the effects of socioeconomic mix upon the cognitive, social, and language development of disadvantaged children, and (2) to determine the relative effects of two percentages of socioeconomic mix upon the cognitive, social, and language development of…

THE EFFECT OF ART EDUCATION ON IMPROVING THE ATTITUDES AND CULTURAL AWARENESS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH WAS STUDIED IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM. THE CALIFORNIA TEST OF PERSONALITY AND THE CHILDREN'S PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE WERE ADMINISTERED BEFORE AND AFTER A SPECIAL, 12-MONTH ART PROGRAM TO 25 CHILDREN (AGES 8-12) FOR DATA ON PERSONAL AND SOCIAL…

THE PLANNING PHASE OF A COOPERATIVE PROJECT OF THE QUEENS COLLEGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND A DISADVANTAGED QUEENS PUBLIC SCHOOL WAS EVALUATED. THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO PROVIDE (1) UNDERGRADUATE AND PRETENURE TEACHER TRAINING FOR POTENTIAL LEADERSHIP ROLES IN DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS, (2) A PROTOTYPAL EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, AND (3) AN UPGRADED…

This paper is a discussion of a Career Exploration Project jointly undertaken by the Seal of Ohio Girl Scout Council and the Division of Continuing Education of Columbus Technical Institute during the Summer of 1975. The participants were economically disadvantaged young women between the ages of 11 and 17. The main objective was to increase…

Intended for teachers, the document offers 10 articles on educating the disadvantaged gifted student. Included are the following titles: "Four Promising Practices for Teaching Gifted Disadvantaged Students" (which describes a workshop with problem solving and creative expressive activities) by E. Paul Torrance; "Cultural Diversity and the…

In order to initiate appropriate programs for screening, early intervention, and meaningful psycho-educational programs, a children's community mental health center in Harlem, where over 95 percent of its clientele is black and/or Spanish speaking, requires, for all its referrals, an accurate assessment of intellectual strengths via an IQ battery.…

Presented are recommendations for research and development in the field of competency based inservice training for Minnesota coordinators of special needs, those people at the local school district level who are responsible for services to handicapped and/or disadvantaged students in vocational education. Recommendations are given in the form of…

Canvassed was the priority or importance assigned to each of 44 competency statements by 33 Minnesota coordinators of special needs, those individuals at the local school level who are responsible for services to handicapped and/or disadvantaged students in vocational education. Incumbent coordinators were asked to assign each statement one of…

In 1968 Congress amended the Vocational Education Act of 1963. The amendments expanded the definition of vocational education and removed some of the narrowing strictures which had sharply differentiated vocational education from academic education, insisted upon state planning, and sought to strengthen the federal leadership role. Perhaps most…

The perceived parental attitudes toward higher education and the grade point averages of Anglo, Black and Mexican-American students were correlated. Only the correlation of the two factors for the Mexican-American group was significant. Differing parent and child dynamics in different groups was said to be responsible for the results found. (SE)