A plan for a long term tracking system for handicapped children (birth to 5 years old) in Illinois is considered. The plan, based on agreements among five state agencies, could be used in a variety of ways, including for direct client care, statistical recordkeeping, and service evaluation. Advantages of an interactive system are identified, and…

The final report summarizes goals and accomplishments of a project which developed and field tested materials to facilitate interagency cooperation in serving exceptional persons. The project developed a manual (which is appended) designed to acquaint the reader with major research findings on interagency agreement; describe a model for…

Of 25 western countries under consideration in 1975, Canada had the worst accident record for female children and the second worst for male children. In response to this problem, the present report assembles data to present a clearer picture of the extent of the problem and begins an analysis of potential accident events as a preliminary step to…

Six problems in coordinating a graduate program for two-year college English teachers are discussed in this paper. The problems are: how to implement national guidelines for such programs, how to staff the programs, how to accommodate traditional university personnel guidelines and regulations to the nontraditional staff for the programs, how to…

A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES OF JUNIOR COLLEGES WAS DEVELOPED, AND THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH COMMUNITY PROGRAMS WERE INVESTIGATED. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS--(1) OF WHAT DOES A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM CONSIST, (2) HOW COMPREHENSIVE…

UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT TRAINING BOARDS MAY RECOMMEND THE FORM AND CONTENT OF TRAINING COURSES, THE LEVELS OF COMPETENCE TO BE REACHED BY TRAINEES, AND THE STANDARD OF TRAINING SUPERVISORS. TRAINING IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARDS, WHILE FURTHER EDUCATION REMAINS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EDUCATION MINISTERS AND THE LOCAL EDUCATION…

THIS VOLUME PRESENTS NORMATIVE DATA AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADMINISTERING AND SCORING THE PURDUE PERCEPTUAL MOTOR SURVEY (PPMS). THE FINDINGS OF SEVERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE NOTED IN ESTABLISHING A RATIONALE FOR PERCEPTUAL MOTOR ACTIVITIES IN CHILDREN. MOTOR ACTIVITY IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF GENERALIZED MOVEMENT, REFLEX ACTIVITIES, MOVEMENT PATTERNS,…

TWO DISPARATE STUDIES WERE REPLICATED WITH A PUBLIC SCHOOL POPULATION USED BY HILLERICH IN A 4-YEAR STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HANDEDNESS AND EYEDNESS. SUBJECTS WERE 273 SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS WHO REMAINED FROM AN ORIGINAL POPULATION OF 400. TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED TO DETERMINE EYE DOMINANCE, HANDEDNESS, CONTROLLING EYE, READING ACHIEVEMENT,…

THESE ARTICULATION GUIDELINES WERE COMPILED TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH JUNIOR AND SENIOR COLLEGES, SINGLY AND COOPERATIVELY, CAN DEVELOP SPECIFIC POLICIES GOVERNING TRANSFER BETWEEN AND AMONG INSTITUTIONS. STATEMENTS OF 27 ISSUES OR PROBLEMS ARE EACH FOLLOWED BY STATEMENTS OF PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES. FIVE MAJOR AREAS ARE COVERED--(1)…

ASPECTS OF NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH ARE PRESENTED UNDER THE TOPICS OF NEUROLOGICAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, CEREBRAL DOMINANCE, "SPLIT-BRAIN" SYNDROME, AND SEQUENCING. THE FIRST TWO AREAS INDICATE THAT ASSESSMENT OF A CHILD'S NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT VARIATION OF RATE AND DEGREE OF DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF…

THE AUTHORS PRESENT A SET OF SPECIFIC GUIDELINES WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF FIVE PRINCIPLES. (1) MAXIMUM FREEDOM TO TRANSFER SHOULD BE PRESERVED FOR STUDENTS WHO MAKE SATISFACTORY JUNIOR COLLEGE RECORDS. ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PLACE OF HIGH SCHOOL RECORDS, TEST SCORES, INSTITUTIONAL GRADE DIFFERENTIALS, FLEXIBILITY, AND METHODS OF COMPUTING GRADE…

The assessment of vision as it relates to and interacts with motor development is reviewed. The focus is on eye readiness skills normally occuring in infants' first few months of life and preceding eye-hand coordination. These visual skills fall into three categories: fixation, tracking, and scanning. Six standardized scales are reviewed and…

THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF VARIATIONS IN THE SPEED AND DIRECTION OF A FLYING OBJECT ON VISUO-PERCEPTUAL JUDGMENTS MADE, DIFFERENCES IN THE ABILITY OF SKILLED AND UNSKILLED SUBJECTS IN MAKING SUCH JUDGMENTS, AND THE EFFECTS OF AGE OR MATURITY LEVEL ON THE SPEED AND ACCURACY OF SUCH JUDGMENTS. THE SUBJECTS WERE 54 MALE…

Institutional autonomy is a relative concept affected both by external constraints and by the attitudes and experience of those within the institution. The identity of an institution is the image established by the dynamics of its constituents and the freedom they exercise in establishing this identity determines its autonomy. In California,…