Written for classroom teachers but also intended for educators, social workers, doctors, and others who work in specialized areas that relate to the development and educational progress of children, this book provides guidelines for teaching perceptually handicapped children. Included in this volume are discussions of general symptomalogy, current…

Evaluated was a program designed to make an early diagnosis of the emotional problems and learning disabilities of 40 preschool children, and to furnish educational interventions so that these problems might be ameliorated before the children enter formal schooling. The program centered around speech and language, perceptual-motor activities, and…

Articulation is the process of meshing the students' previous education, either in terms of credits or in terms of substance of their education, with their baccalaureate program. The problem arises because of the large number of students who attend community and junior colleges and then transfer into baccalaureate programs at a four-year college…

Shared responsibility between school districts and universities for training teachers in large metropolitan school districts seems to offer advantages over the traditional preservice education curriculum. Seventy-two preservice teachers were selected from six universities participating in a consortium teacher center program. Each student teacher…

Discusses a proposal to make compulsory education accountable in terms of a nationally accredited system of statements of expected attainments at age 16. Suggest establishment of teams to evaluate students as to their adherence to these standards. Journal availability: see SO 507 081. (KC)

Existing records maintained by an early prevention project for high-risk children were used to evaluate the development of interagency coordination. The process required by use of existing records is described, and the advantages and disadvantages of this method are discussed. (Author/CTM)

Two examples of successful articulation between area vocational schools and community colleges are described, the first involving an urban area in Michigan and the second a largely rural community in New York. (MF)

A critical examination of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) proposal for public school administration of federally supported child care programs. Presents the AFT position in detail, then explores distinctions between day care and school programs in terms of child-rearing responsibility and of developmental differences. Urges sensitivity…

Using public school facilities for the care and education of children under the age of five involves major rethinking of the concepts of education in general, the relationship of school and family, educational coordination, and the concept of compulsory education. (MB)

This paper provides information for helping children with closed-head injuries (CHI) successfully return to school. It explains how to identify deficits in CHI students, initiate the return to school, involve the speech-language pathologist, and establish effective networks between the rehabilitation setting and the educational setting. Helpful…

Ninety-one public school special education directors and 31 correctional education administrators in five mid-Atlantic states were polled to investigate linkages between the two systems. Results indicated needs for additional liaison staff hired specifically to coordinate services and an improved information exchange concerning handicapping…

Discusses ways that chemists have traditionally used models to represent chemical structures. Suggests new ways to construct three-dimensional models of receptor sites using thermoplastics or heavy aluminum foil. Provides sketches and photographs of several models. Points out the advantages of using such models over traditional two-dimensional…

The article presents a rationale for merging special and regular education in elementary/secondary schools. Steps that higher education could initiate to facilitate such a merger include: strengthening collaborative and cooperative efforts, restructuring organizational units, reorganizing program offerings and content, and coordinating with state…

Differences in institutional autonomy, resource allocation, and planning in government-university relationships are compared for Alberta, which abolished its intermediary body (IMB), a coordinating agency in 1972, and British Columbia, which has had a Universities Council since 1974. (Author/MSE)

An Australian language curriculum development project is examined for insights into approaching future national curriculum development efforts, focusing on coordination and management needs and appropriate patterns for the involvement and development of teachers. (MSE)