Noting that approximately one third of the medical internships and residencies in the United States are filled by foreign medical graduates (FMGs), this paper argues that institutions where FMGs are administering care have failed to deal with the communication gaps created by language deficiencies and cultural barriers. The paper identifies…

This paper contains a description of key features of the Summer Institute on Teaching and Assessing Writing Skills, which was organized to help parents, teachers, and administrators in the Boston Public Schools begin to develop a comprehensive and coordinated writing program from kindergarten through grade 12 in each district. It also offers…

AN OUTLINE TO BE USED AS THE BASIS FOR READING INSTRUCTION IN THE PRIMARY GRADES IN KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI, IS PRESENTED. THE RESULT OF AN INSERVICE WORKSHOP, THE OUTLINE IS DEVELOPED UNDER FIVE MAJOR HEADINGS--(1) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES, (2) THE NATURE OF READING ACCORDING TO THE INDEXES USED BY LINGUISTS AND SEMANTICISTS, (3) READING READINESS--THE…

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE PILOT PROJECTS STRESSING THE DEVELOPMENTAL-PREVENTIVE APPROACH TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELING ARE PRESENTED FOR EVALUATION. ALTHOUGH GENERAL GOALS WERE ESTABLISHED, EACH PROJECT WAS TO EXPERIMENT IN DEVELOPING ITS OWN SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES, PRACTICES, PROCEDURES, AND EVALUATIVE TECHNIQUES. SOME 34,592 CHILDREN FROM A…

AS PART OF ITS 1968 FILM SEARCH, THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION SENT A NATIONWIDE QUESTIONNAIRE TO LIBRARIES, UNIVERSITIES, STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS, COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, STATE AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, AND COMMERCIAL FILM COMPANIES IN ORDER TO LEARN WHAT ADULT EDUCATION FILMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OR…

This account of the history of the National Science Foundation Elementary Institutes begins with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Act of 1950. The Cooperative College-School Science Program and pilot programs prior to fiscal year 1959 are described. Separate sections are devoted to the presentation of statistics for each Summer Institute…

A pilot program is outlined which explored one possible way by which teachers in small schools might have access to quality in-service education. The use of the amplified telephone and the conference bridge technique is described. A general description of the course (a cooperative effort of the Western States Small Schools Project and the…

This is a preliminary progress report of a pilot program training paraprofessionals, or semi- or untrained persons, as guidance assistants in the elementary schools in Deerfield, Illinois. Primary responsibility for training these assistants fell to the school psychologist, social worker, and counselors. Trainees were characterized by having a…

The purpose of this guide is to suggest an in-service training program through which the counseling administrator of a Manpower Development Training (MDT) program can orient the new counselor. It describes the educational, psychological, economic, and sociological characteristics of the disadvantaged, both young and old, and suggests activities…

This report reviews the status and development of audiovisual activities at the state level from 1963 to 1966 and makes recommendations for future development. A growth in total audiovisual commitment is shown in the increased activity of the State Library, including the employment of an audiovisual consultant, and the fact that more library…

The trainers guide was developed to facilitate the implementation of four inservice training modules by local educational agency personnel. The modules are separate but an overview and descriptions of audience, objectives, organization and process are provided for (1) school/community relations, (2) vocational education, (3) teaching methods, (4)…

The purpose of this training module is to assist participants in acquiring high-level basic counseling skills. Specifically, trainees will master those skills crucial to the four Carkhuff stages of basic helping. The ultimate purpose is to help counselors involved in Manpower Programs upgrade their interpersonal human relations/basic counseling…

School administrators are often faced with the necessity of employing nonschool personnel to staff the athletic program fully. This publication provides some ideas, sample regulations, and model programs that can be used to give coaches basic minimal competencies for the role they may be asked to assume. Sample regulations that govern the…

The results relating to staff development, contained in a Rand Corporation survey on change agents, are summarized in this paper. The researchers discovered that successful staff development program implementation was characterized by three major components: local materials development, online planning, and concrete, ongoing training. Their…

Reported are the findings of a project to evaluate the effectiveness of music therapy with disturbed or otherwise handicapped individuals in a number of different clinical settings. Following an introduction which outlines the project's objectives, a brief section discusses research methodology. The remainder of the document includes a larger…