Most faculty need help to feel comfortable and competent about their own computer skills before they are willing to work with students in this mode. A multidimensional workshop that can provide information about computers to faculty members is described. (CJ)

Discusses National Industries for the Blind which was established in 1938 as a result of the Wagner-O'Day Act. National Industries serves the vocational needs of multihandicapped blind people. (Availability: Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20401) (JOW)

The article outlines a workshop on hearing impairment that can be presented by a speech-language pathologist to regular educators. The presentation is divided into 11 sections, covering topics which include hearing aids/amplification, classroom management, communication skills, and peer interaction. (Author/SW)

A 10 unit behavior modification workshop for 10 teachers and aides in a school for severely mentally retarded students resulted in significant gains for teachers which were maintained over a 7 week period. Classroom aides, however, made only slight and nonsignificant gains after training. (CL)

As a result of tutors expressing a need to help vocational students more effectively, a model workshop was designed to address questions of tutor roles as advisors and teachers of secondary school clients. Objectives, implementation, and evaluation of the workshop are discussed. (Author/GK)

In this interview, popular composer and recording artist Chuck Mangione discusses his own musical background and his views on music education, including the workshops he conducts for student musicians. This article is part of a theme issue on popular music. (SJL)

A review of the 1979 Elementary Guidance Conference is presented. History of the profession and new developments in the field are discussed. Selected presenters and abstracts are reviewed. (Author/CC)

Following a series of career education workshops for school-based teams of principals, counselors, and teachers throughout Tennessee, a survey was conducted to determine how many of the participants were still using their workshop plans one year later, and what characteristics of participants most influenced their use of these plans. (CT)

Fritz Perls' Gestalt Workshops are explained and recommended for inservice training for teachers. Since Gestalt Workshops increase their participants' growth, awareness, and integration personally and environmentally, their benefit to classroom teachers would be direct and dramatic. (Author)

Describes a National Education Association workshop designed to help teachers manage day-to-day stress and stay in teaching. The program has four objectives: to identify sources of stress; to determine present stress level; to explore ways to manage stress; and to explore ways to minimize distress. (CT)

Describes the organization of a writing workshop for women, and the characteristics unique to a group of women students that made the course successful. (HTH)

Examines the characteristics of a sound and effective writing workshop program and discusses steps for planning such a workshop. (HTH)

Teachers are being reassigned outside their primary specialities because of budget cuts, declining enrollments, school closures, and teacher layoffs. This article offers guidelines for developing a program, based on one implemented in Garden City (Michigan), that serves the retraining and emotional needs of reassigned teachers. (WD)

The article describes a workshop exercise for introducing educators to the nature of educational programing for the gifted. (DB)