Due to a variety of internal and external events the Student Affairs Committee of Colby College (Maine) studied alcohol use on campus and recommended solutions in two major areas, educational and social. Five educational strategies were recommended: (1) development of clear policies regarding alcohol and other drugs; (2) enforcement of…

The "ERIC Directory of Education-Related Information Centers" is a guide to 300 organizations that provide information relevant to education or that focus on topics and disciplines closely related to education, such as educational administration, parent participation, and nontraditional education. The Directory lists both federally- and…

A study was conducted to ascertain from employers how they experience the economic and social pressures that lead some companies to provide child care assistance. Eighty corporations and five unions, having from below 250 to over 3,000 employees, were selected to report on prevailing corporate attitudes and practices concerning employee child care…

Designed to provide information on child care options for children with special needs, this manual discusses the criteria necessary to implement services. Section 1 answers questions regarding referrals, resources, and benefits for the disabled child and family, as well as for child care providers and agency staff. Section 2 addresses seven action…

The 1980-1981 evaluation report on a Solano County, California, project to serve children (birth to 5 years old) who are handicapped or at high-risk for developmental delay is presented. The project, which provides identification, screening, assessment, and educational/therapeutic services, is examined in terms of five process objectives and six…

Successful communication between the teacher and school psychologist is considered vital. Teacher-psychologist communication is facilitated through: (a) providing the teacher with a clear understanding of his/her role in the diagnostic and remediation process, (b) employment of a theoretical approach to learning disabilities, and (c) use of a…

The report presents data on the effectiveness of Program Alternatives to Special Education (PASE), an effort to reduce the number of students referred to special education in New York City schools. Four major evaluation issues are addressed: number of students participating in PASE during the 1985-1986 school year; reasons for student selections…

Nine components of Westchester County's Family Day Care System in White Plains, New York, are outlined in some detail. Westchester County, comprising 450 square miles of cities, suburbs, towns, and villages, borders on the Bronx, and, while very affluent, has the second largest number of homeless persons in the nation, and an ethnically and…

Child care resource and referral agencies (CCRRs) have a unique approach to child care staff development and training. They tend to look at the problem globally, taking account of all early childhood and child care programs, and all aspects of training and staff development, including pre- and in-service training, recruitment, compensation, and…

Community-based learning (CBL) is a prevocational program that provides opportunities for career exploration. This publication outlines the particular adaptations that need to be made to the original CBL model to meet the needs of handicapped students. A flow chart of the CBL process and a CBL program overview are provided. CBL is then discussed…

The booklet describes, for parents, Wisconsin's policies regarding identification, evaluation, and placement of children with possible exceptional educational needs. Information on identification touches upon child find, screening, and referral. The role of the multidisciplinary team in evaluating and developing an individualized education program…

This guidebook and annotated bibliography is designed to provide a basic listing of sources of state (Maryland), federal, and some general law for the non-law library community, and to offer some insight into the suggested approaches for dealing with legal reference inquiries. Listings of contributors and members of the Task Force on Improving…

This report summarizes the results of a feasibility study of the Bay Area Literacy Referral Network (BALRN), a local literacy referral system established in 1985 by the coordinators of the 13 Bay Area literacy projects, which in turn were established by the California Literacy Campaign initiated in 1983. Funded with Library Services and…

A project was conducted in the metropolitan Kansas City community to assess the current state of child care needs of working parents. One project goal was to provide employers with information to help them make decisions about how much responsibility to assume for child care and which employee policies to pursue. A second goal was to assess the…

A community task force studying violence issues closely examined police statistics for domestic calls. Few records of referrals were made in response to these calls. Other statistics on child abuse and family violence reinforced the fact that family violence was a significant problem, making program response to family violence issues a top…