This hearing was convened to discuss the Human Services Amendments of 1984 (H.R. 5145) which would extend the authorization for Head Start, Follow-Through, and the Community Services Block Grant Program (CSBG) and would establish the Child Care Information and Referral Services Act, as proposed in H.R. 2242. Testimony concerns (1) Head Start…

Public libraries are currently the conduit for local, state, and federal funds used to support reference referral and other reference-related functions in California. Given potential funding constraints, this 5-month study expanded its original scope--to assess the cost effectiveness and efficiency of the Bay Area Reference Center (BARC) and the…

This executive summary describes a study conducted to determine whether different kinds of employer-supported child care services had differing effects on service users. Turnover and attendance data on 891 randomly selected female employees were gathered from 39 companies and hospitals offering on-site or off-site child care, information and…

The manual is intended to examine procedures in Florida school districts for evaluating handicapped students who don't speak English. A brief introductory section reviews the history of state and federal policy on the issue and summarizes the state's efforts to date. A subsequent section cites regulations and recommendations for practice in the…

Part of a volume which explores current issues in service delivery to infants and toddlers (ages birth to 3) with handicapping conditions, this chapter provides an overview of the relationships among screening, assessment, and curriculum in programming for this population, with attention to the potential impact of Public Law 99-457 and the…

This article examines recent research on full- and extended-day kindergarten programs held every day. Preceding the review are general comments concerning methodological concerns and a description of essential features of the literature. The review is organized in terms of specific end-of-year effects because administrators seeking justification…

This report provides the results of a survey of the career-related services of 44 learned and professional societies in the humanities and social sciences in the United States. In October 1980, 44 organizations responded to a written questionnaire asking for information on a wide variety of issues and topics concerned with career related services.…

As one of the technical reports resulting from a study of postsecondary alternatives in California, this report proposes that the state give serious consideration to the provision of a variety of noninstructional services to adults in the state, based only on people's interests and needs. These services include: diagnostic counseling; educational…

The result of a study undertaken by the Santiago Library System (SLS) in Orange County, California, in conjunction with the California State Library, this report presents a complete review of various SLS programs, services, and structures with discussions of alternatives, comparative costs, and comparative advantages and disadvantages for each.…

The handbook lists services for children with special needs in the Boston public schools. The first part reviews relevant laws, including Massachusetts Chapter 766 and P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Two sections review the mandates of 766 for evaulation (including referral, parental notification, assessment, and…

The intent of this study was to discover if education is experiencing the problems medicine has encountered as a specialized profession. An analysis of supply and demand studies shows continuing high demand for and moderate shortages of educational specialists. Both generalists and specialists are concerned about defining and delimiting roles and…

THE CHILDREN OF AGRICULTURAL MIGRANT WORKERS ARE EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THESE YOUNGSTERS, FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED-- (1) AFFECTION IS A BASIC NEED OF CHILDREN, (2) EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GROW IN HIS OWN WAY, (3) GROWTH IS INTERRELATED WITH READINESS,…

This is a series of four situation reports prepared by the International Planned Parenthood Federation for informational and consultative purposes. The countries reported on are Fiji, Indonesia, Israel, and the Philippines. Some of the latest statistical figures for each country are listed. They are area, population and growth rate, birth, death,…

In a two-day workshop at the San Francisco Public Library, the staff of the Bay Area Reference Center (BARC) led discussions on how the library can serve as a community information and referral center. Various speakers reviewed the problems and possibilities of such a service and presented guidelines for the establishment, volunteer staffing, and…

Since the enactment of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962, the Bureau of Manpower Development of the New York State Education Department has provided training for 75,782 unemployed and underemployed individuals in 257 occupations at a total anticipated cost of $95.1 million. During the period covered by this report,…