Eighteen States have taken positive action to improve their planning processes through better coordination of child development programs. (Author/JN)

Presents a teacher education program that will strongly influence the total faculty and the total institutional program. It includes a specific list of program features. (Author/RK)

Provides practical suggestions for meeting the anticipated increased costs (6-8 percent) that will normally accompany new dimensions of community education. (Author/JH)

Regarding educational improvement as a continuing process based upon research, feedback, and modification, the effective utilization of educational research in the comprehensive ES'70 program is described as dependent upon the extent to which an effective network of interagency and interpersonal communications is developed. (JK)

Florida finds an effective combination for attacking the dropout problem. (Editor)

Summarizes the provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act: implications for vocational teachers and administrators, the role of the Private Industry Council in the local service delivery areas, the process of selecting agencies to deliver training, the governors' role, and opportunities for public/private collaboration. (SK)

A treatment design plan and its outcome in the case of an individual living in a state which has mandated services to handicapped children from birth through age 20 is offered. The plan's success is related to unique factors showing that young, handicapped children can be serviced adequately in the schools. (CE)

Disturbed children ready for discharge from psychiatric hospital treatment were returned to the community with the assistance of a child welfare agency which selected appropriate foster homes. Foster parents were provided with intensive support, including ongoing psychiatric treatment for the child if needed. Differences in the various approaches…

The PERFORM acronym is a model designed to help clinical managers by highlighting key concepts of program management. The concepts covered in this model are planning, evaluation, rules and regulations, funding and financing, organizing, relationships, and maintenance. (Author)

The role of the chief scientist in the formulation of a policy of evaluation research by a government unit is considered, together with issues facing his office. Such issues include: accountability; meeting the expectations of decision makers; increasing evaluation utilization; and evaluation feasibility. (AEF)

The article suggests a model and plan of action designed to combat child abuse and neglect, utilizing extension education working with county agencies in developing programs to reach the target population. Community perspective, interprogram cooperation, and ways to implement programs are considered. (MF)

In 1976, the Columbian Government set up PAN to combat the country's serious malnutrition through coordination of the public and private production, distribution, health, sanitation, and education sectors. After describing PAN, this report considers its problems and approaches relating to nutrition education for both PAN professionals and its…

A General Accounting Office's (GAO) survey of government and private agencies sought to identify the inherent limitations of interagency coordination and data sharing. GAO's recommendations to the International Communication Agency, the new coordinator of U.S. Government exchange programs, are discussed. (MLW)