This study surveyed 202 state-level disability organizations concerning their capacity, policy, and practices for working with youth with disabilities who are homeless, runaway, or at risk for running away. Major findings indicated: (1) limited awareness existed of the relationship between disabilities and runaway and homeless youth; (2) only 26…

This guide is designed to provide teachers in King County, Washington, with a single resource for much of the information needed to help students with disabilities transition from school to adult life and to make informed employment decisions. It begins by providing an overview of federal and state regulations that affect students with…

Part 1 of the 1942-43 Educational Directory covers federal, state, and county education agencies. U.S. Federal Security Agency Office of Education officials, state principal school officers, county and other local superintendents, library extension agencies' executive officers, and U.S. Indian Service Education Division principal officers are…

Part 1 of the 1945-46 Educational Directory covers federal, state, and county education agencies. U.S. Federal Security Agency Office of Education officials, state principal school officers, county and other local superintendents, library extension agencies' executive officers, and U.S. Indian Service Education Division principal officers are…

Part 1 of the 1951-52 Education Directory covers federal and state education agencies. U.S. Federal Security Agency Office of Education officials, principal school officers of state and territorial education departments, library extension agencies' executive officers, and U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs principal education…

Part 1 of the 1952-53 Education Directory covers federal and state education agencies. U.S. Federal Security Agency Office of Education officials, principal school officers of state and territorial education departments, library extension agencies' executive officers, and U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs principal education…

Describes the Career Guidance Center at Thornton Community College (IL) and its cooperative relationship with the South Central Suburban Council on Aging, in providing options for the older job seeker through Operation TASK, Project Reentry, and Work Experience programs. (AYC)

A study involving over 480 interviews in five diverse communities (Atlanta, Georgia; Duluth, Minnesota; Providence, Rhode Island; Riverside, California; Roswell, New Mexico) identified barriers facing physicians and other health care providers in identifying, treating, and referring victims of family violence, and illuminated the relationships of…

Suggests that stress is by necessity associated with child welfare interventions. Offers help to practitioners in reducing the kinds of stress involved in child welfare interventions by helping families build consumer-practitioner relationships, assessing family processes, generating ideas on coping with intervention-related stressors, and…

In an interview, the incoming president of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO), Thomas L. Lewis, discusses his goals for the association, the challenges facing optometric education in the next decade, cooperation between ASCO and other professional organizations in optometry, his mentors in the profession, his focus as a…

Two developments are critical to the expansion of use of innovative technologies in Louisiana schools: use of information networks and increased use of multimedia technologies, especially CD-ROMs. Using National Science Foundation and state funds, state education agencies, Northeast Louisiana University, and a state networking project are…

Between 1854 and 1930, the placing-out or orphan train strategy (forerunner of modern family foster care) relocated approximately 150,000 orphaned or impoverished children from New York to families in the Midwest. The goal was to rear children in rural families to increase their chance of becoming productive adults. Some criticisms of the practice…

Suggests uses for the NII (National Information Infrastructure) for education and lifelong learning. Highlights include educational benefits of technology; current uses of telecommunications for education, including instructional video and distance learning; the role of various federal, state, and local agencies; telecommunications in the…

A survey of 47 state child protection services assessed the status of implementation of out-of-home protection programs since 1984. The survey addressed state law and regulations, reporting out-of-home abuse and neglect, properly constituted authority, independent investigative agencies, role of licensing, training, and staff and foster parent…

Funding practices of Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the principal source of funds for university-based research and scholarship in those disciplines, are examined. In the current competitive environment, the council uses varied evaluation activities, from peer-based grant adjudication for operational purposes to program…