A Task Force on Research, an initial committee created by the Council for Interinstitutional Leadership, was established for several purposes: to monitor research activities dealing with consortia by soliciting information on projects underway, by offering advice to researchers, by developing up-to-date bibliographies, and by assembling reference…

Provided is a rationale for geometric form drawing developed by Rudolf Steiner as a tool to develop motor coordination, perceptual skills, and cognition for mentally retarded and perceptually handicapped children. (Author/CL)

The performance of 132 pre- and primary school children on a Bender-Gestalt copying task was compared with that of a multiple choice version. Significant correlation coefficients were obtained between the copying and recognition scores. The multiple choice version was also as successful as the copying test in predicting reading achievement scores.…

Stating that the shotgun approach to the science curriculum which has evolved for general education purposes is inappropriate for occupational programs, the authors report on research to evaluate the science curriculum for relevance to skills needed in various occupations. (MF)

This paper discusses Federal Title I administration, and focuses on the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's activity in rulemaking and monitoring and enforcement. It also examines some of the similarities and differences in the ways states manage Title I and the implications of these strategies for local districts, particularly urban…

A program of dance therapy activities can offer handicapped individuals positive experiences in such areas as body image, spatial awareness, self-confidence, hand-eye/foot-eye coordination, visual focusing, balance and social relations. (Author/MJB)

The authors first identify the main sources of federal support of programs for the handicapped, then describe their respective purposes and orientations, and also point out the possible conflicts or overlaps among the programs. In addition, they discuss ways in which the multiple sources can be sifted and blended to improve the quality and…

A cooperative office education program at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, increased its enrollment and work placement of students with the coordinator's treating the program as a year-round process, which is illustrated in her August-through-July schedule of monthly tasks. (MF)

Evidence was found to indicate that training to improve the speed of saccadic eye movement (movement from one fixation point to another) also resulted in observable changes in batting performance among a sample group of high school girls. (MJB)

Presents a set of guidelines and procedures for establishing and improving multi-teacher vocational agriculture departments in Oklahoma. Some of the areas covered include organizational structure, instructional planning, student selection and grouping, discipline standards, public relations, professional development, and departmental evaluation.…

Continuing medical education (CME) is growing rapidly, with many organizations involved with little apparent integrated activity. Coordinating efforts would be appropriate among the Liaison Committee on Continuing Medical Education, the American Medical Association, community hospitals, medical schools, and medical societies. (LBH)

Responses of itinerant, resource room, and residential school teachers to a questionnaire regarding adaptive hand function of blind, visually-impaired, and visually/multiply-handicapped 2- to 19-year-olds (N=148) indicated that physiological integrity was not a sufficient condition for development of adaptive hand function, suggesting that manual…

The article describes Public Law 98-199 and its Early Childhood Plan Grant Program which makes planning, development, and implementation grants available to all states for provision of interagency collaborative services to disabled children ages birth through 5. Ways in which parent advocacy groups can influence early intervention services are…

Nineteen children with motor problems were selected from a sample of 331 third-graders taking Gubbay's Test of Motor Proficiency and a battery of achievement tests. Teachers' ratings of clumsiness had low correlation with criteria of clumsiness derived from performance tests. Frequency of learning disabilities was high. (Author/LMO)