While the family and Catholic church remained important sources of preferred support, increased willingness to utilize institutional long-term care was noted. Favoring proprietary services indicated continued negative attitudes towards public auspices and possible support for a multi-tiered service delivery system for the aged. (Author)

Although colleges of education have paid increased attention to their role in inservice programs for early childhood educators, it is clear that collegiate concern has, in the past, centered on inservice as it relates to the K-12 constituency. (JN)

Describes educational programs at Bexar County Detention Center (San Antonio, Texas), which utilize alternative modes of delivery as much as possible. Elements include a media center and a computer assisted instructional system. Discusses the effectiveness of these programs and why they should be implemented in correctional institutions. (CT)

A "leisure resource room" can help people in the campus community solve the problem of what to do recreationally while giving valuable experience to the professional recreators of the future. (Author)

The key to successful adult vocational education is an appropriate system of recruitment and delivery in an adult environment. Other considerations include program environment (both within the learning situation and within the parent institution) and professional development of adult education staff. (CT)

The Albuquerque Public Schools provide services to severely and profoundly handicapped students in side by side sites, programs in which the handicapped students are educated in special classes alongside nonhandicapped students on regular school campuses appropriate to their chronological ages. (SBH)

Suggestions to increase student participation in school lunch programs include changing the delivery systems, solicitation of student input, and improving the cafeteria environment. (Author/MLF)

Article examines the inequity of government efforts to address rural problems, the unique aspects of social work administration in rural areas, and what must be done in the policy-planning arena in order to deliver rural social services with greater equity. (DS)

The author's research indicates that associate degree training programs have provided and will continue to provide rich resources for manpower in the mental health service delivery system. (Author)

The paper identifies obstacles to vocational normalization experiences by developmentally disabled clients. Addressed are such problems as questionable evaluation practices, lack of work incentives, caretaker overprotectiveness, lack of resources for the developmentally disabled adult, lack of coordination among agencies, lack of accountability,…

Asserts that "from among the multitude of independent variables that affect adjustment, several rather important clusters are relatively closer to existing knowledge and competence bases of mental health people. We need to ask which these are, and how their manipulation might promote more positive mental health outcomes." (Author/JM)

Centrality of relationships (the integration of relationship-based concepts at the program, family, and child levels) is proposed as an organizing principle for the field of early intervention with children having disabilities. The shift from developmental deficit-based models to relationship-based organizing principles requires reformulating…

Provides a description and evaluation of a community-wide implementation of a parenting program. Results indicate that it is possible to take a population health approach to parenting, successfully involve multiple services and professionals in the delivery of the program, and maintain the effectiveness of the parenting intervention in a…