Available from: Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded, Kinsmen National Institute on Mental Retardation Building, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Downsview, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada. Explained are the functions of the Canadian ComServ Experimental and Demonstration projects in coordinating a range of services for mentally handicapped…

Telelectures, slides, Watts line live interactions, and slide/tape series are among the methods used to provide professional education courses at widely separated locations with an optimum use of the instructor's time at minimum cost. (STS)

Experience with provision of optimal health services to mentally retarded individuals in institutional settings can be applied and adapted to design services for such adults living in the community. Coordination of health care by a team of nurses, primary care physicians, and special medical services is recommended. (Author/DB)

A systems-oriented approach to developing psychological services for children with orthopedic handicaps is based on community and ecological psychology principles and is grounded in: promotion of the individual's competencies; mutual interaction among the individual and his or her several environments; and intervention at organizational,…

The expanding supply of physicians could result in threatened or actual loss of physician income; longer, more convenient physician office hours but fewer patients seen per hour; more physicians available for vacancies; increased quality assurance activities; increased variety of practice organizational arrangements and reimbursement types; and an…

A four-phase model (orientation, demonstration, participation, and implementation) for training communication assistants to help provide speech and language services was successfully applied at a Migrant Head Start Center, where two trained assistants subsequently implemented therapy programs for three students. (CB)

Wisconsin educational services for visually-impaired students include the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped, the Educational Services Center for the Visually Impaired, and the Instructional Resource Center. (CB)

The article presents evidence suggesting a relationship between learning disabilities, brain dysfunction, and cultural-economic disadvantage. The inclusion of disadvantaged children within the learning disability framework of services is recommended. (Author/DB)

Instructor's Diagnostic Aid for Feedback in Training (IDAFT) is a computer-assisted method based on error analysis, domains of learning, and events of instruction. Its use with Navy team instructors is currently being explored. (JOW)

The Responsive Public Services system of Savannah, Georgia, is described and evaluated. The system measures output equality of conditions in all city neighborhoods so that resources can be targeted according to need. The system is analyzed in terms of theoretical literature on equality and the determinants of urban public service delivery.…

Evaluated effectiveness of three strategies for delivering relaxation training to cancer chemotherapy patients who were experiencing treatment-related side effects. Professionally, as opposed to paraprofessionally, administered or audiotaped progressive muscle-relaxation training and guided relaxation imagery reduced emotional distress and…

The article provides a brief review of data pertaining to educational adjustment for traumatically brain injured (TBI) children followed by a discussion of the major educationally relevant sequelae of head injury in children. Ten important features of appropriate educational programs for TBI children are described. (Author)

The article documents the need for language intervention programs for language-disordered adolescents, especially as the need relates to classroom success. A delivery model operating in Polk County (Florida) is described which emphasizes the integration of language intervention with the middle or junior high school curriculum. (Author/DB)

Presents health profile of the female offender. Discusses needs in areas of gynecology, breast assessment, and health education and services related to childbearing and parenting. Describes incarcerated health care delivery system and looks to communication and education, nursing personnel, and community resources for potential solutions to…

Reviews the emergence of lobbies, both from within and outside the library profession, that argue for a fee based approach to the delivery of information, and explores the possible effects of this policy on the role of libraries and equal access to knowledge. (Author/CLB)