This overview of information and referral services for Spanish speaking people surveys the problems and successes of bicultural-bilingual programs as they have evolved in the past decade, emphasizing the need for innovative and nontraditional approaches to these services for minority ethnic groups. Brief descriptions of information and referral…

The annual report describes goals and objectives, implementation procedures, and results, evaluation, and recommendations of the Piedmont Virginia Community College project to improve vocational guidance and counseling for handicapped students. The project had the following goals: to provide an opportunity for key faculty, staff, counselors, and…

Educational decision makers (N=224) participated in a computer simulated decision making experience to ascertain the extent to which referral information on a child with a suspected handicapping condition biased classification decisions. Ss were randomly assigned to 16 conditions varying on the basis of the child's sex, socioeconomic status,…

The paper provides a framework for a nonbiased placement system for students with suspected handicapping conditions. The suggested approach is designed to help school districts determine whether the appraisal system is contributing to the disproportionate placement of minority group students in special education classes. Nineteen steps in the…

MINIMUM EVALUATION OF CHILDREN WITH MENTAL, PHYSICAL, OR EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES WHO ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR SPECIAL CLASS PLACEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, PHYSICAL EVALUATION, A FAMILY PROFILE, AND AN ACADEMIC RECORD. REGULATIONS FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, REFERRAL PROCEDURE FOR THE TEACHER, AND PLACEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP…

A NATIONWIDE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYED 490 SHELTERED WORKSHOPS SERVING THE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED. LISTINGS BY STATES OF SUCH CENTERS PROVIDE ADDRESSES, REFERRAL SOURCES, AGE RANGE OF CLIENTS, YEAR PROGRAMS BEGAN, NUMBER OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CLIENTS DAILY, NUMBER OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CLIENTS DAILY, AND TYPES OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED.…

As mandated by Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Law (Act 124), the document presents the Department of Public Welfare's 1979 report on child abuse. Following an introductory section is a brief section on the nature and scope of the problem. Section III outlines the past year's activities of the Department of Public Welfare's Office of…

Described is the development of procedures for standardizing, on a district-wide basis, the administration of special education programs. It is explained that the project required three phases: first, development of a manual which set forth those administrative procedures which schools would follow; second, implementation of the procedures…

This report describes the information and referral services project in a 3-county rural area that was developed in the county public library systems to meet the educational, cultural, and recreational needs of their communities. Sections of the report cover recognition of need, the area served, funding, the project itself (objectives, staff,…

A Law Enforcement Assistance Administration grant funded this directory of services to battered women. Addresses, phone numbers, a listing of services and funding sources for shelters and other services are provided for the United States and Puerto Rico. The directory serves as a locator of services for battered women, as well as an idea resource…

The document contains technical papers on the Pilot Models for Mainstreaming Students with Behavior Disorders project which served 124 secondary students. The first paper presents the results of a factor analysis of the Student Referral Form used in the project which revealed six basic factors (socialization, anxiety, authority, activity level,…

The manual specifies policies and procedures for implementing Wisconsin's boarding home programs, in which handicapped children live during the week in a home close to appropriate special education classes and return to their own homes on the weekend. Covered are guidelines for the following aspects: legal basis for the program, referral…

Intended primarily to facilitate communication of ideas between public library personnel interested in providing community information and referral services, this directory lists public libraries already engaged in such services. The document begins with a brief examination of the concept of community information and referral service, assesses the…

The overall purpose of the information and referral (I & R) staff training program is to develop staff competence in providing the services described and outlined in the operation manuals. Although there is some leeway regarding implementation of the full complement of I & R services, the total service as it is envisaged includes provision of…