The author reviews the challenges of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, notes some of its problems, and describes the cooperative approach of Bowling Green State University (Ohio) and the Northwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center to overcome those problems. Among issues cited regarding implementing the law…

The cooperative project which is designed to share video equipment and expertise between the Long Beach Public Library and the Long Beach Museum of Art is discussed in this issue of the California Video Resource Project (CVRP) newsletter. Also in this issue are discussions of other California video projects, the repair of broken video equipment, a…

These participant and administrator manuals are designed for a seminar on alcohol and safety. This seminar is intended to be a small-group, intensive planning session dealing with the problems of handling people charged with drinking-driving offenses. The participants should be enforcement, judicial, presentence, prosecution, probation,…

A new technology, which the authors see developing in the mental health field, is viewed as a consequence of urbanism with its varied societal manifestations. A major part of this technology is the ability to invent special social prostheses and to assemble them into a spectrum of services which represent various levels of intervention: (1)…

A survey study to determine why Missouri Extension Youth Agents resigned or changed positions within the Extension Division revealed that while no single factor was responsible, there were a number of factors or reasons why this occurred. Among them were the following: (1) poor understanding of the duties and responsibilities of a youth agent at…

Chapter 1 of this book, "Stimulating Educational Change Through Inservice Teacher Education," deals first with the conditions, the elements receptive to, and the mechanics of change, and then discusses the cooperative responsibilities of colleges, state departments of education, professional organizations, and local school districts for inservice…

The Pennsylvania Advancement School, a nonprofit corporation under contract to the School District of Philadelphia (partially funded under ESEA Titles I and III), is working for the second year toward its goal of stimulating positive change in the education community. Four important elements comprising the model school are the autonomy allowing it…

Urban planning agencies are presently playing a role in planning for community health services and facilities, and could increase this role in the future. Data gathered from published information, questionnaires, and field studies are used to: (1) describe and analyze the health service and facility planning currently being done by urban planning…

With a major emphasis on cooperative planning in rural development, three elements of development process were identified: (1) integration of units involved, occurring when several organizations contribute to a larger collective effort; (2) decentralized planning and local initiative, occurring when planning initiative is at the local level; (3)…

This directory is intended to provide information on agency training centers to Federal officials, encourage better cooperation between levels of government, and aid training officers in course selection for employees in "Upward Mobility" programs. The number and variety of programs are identified, and their general characteristics and eligibility…

The Fall, 1972 conference of EDUCOM focused on problems, potentials, and current activities related to the development of interinstitutional cooperation through computer networking. In these proceedings, a number of representative networking attempts were presented, discipline-oriented workshops discussed possibilities in a number of different…

The Personnel Management Training Center's Course Schedule for Fiscal Year 1973 lists all courses available to government employees. Interagency training programs include courses in employee relations, counseling, personnel management, and instructor training. Courses are also offered by the Equal Employment Opportunity Training Institute, and…

This book describes the process by which different agencies with common objectives can be effectively brought together to share resources in a cooperative effort. Emphasis of the discussion is on cooperative processes rather than on case studies of particular cooperative programs, although the author does describe numerous examples of interagency…

The story of the deterioration and clean-up effort surrounding the French Broad, which flows through North Carolina and Tennessee. (KR)

The increasingly important role of state library agencies in coordinating planning and evaluation of all types of library services statewide are discussed. Formal statements on state agency roles, and state and federal legislation on planning are also included. (Author/MBR)