This volume consists of a background discussion, coordinator's manual, and training manual dealing with developing programs for the in-home respite care (IHRC) of the developmentally disabled. Addressed in the background information unit are the nature of developmental disabilities; program variables, planning, and funding; and practical…

This volume consists of information and guidelines for use in developing and administering community education programs in Texas. Addressed in the individual sections of the manual are the following topics: the philosophy of community education, initiating community education programs, resolutions pertaining to community education, funding and…

The focus of the conference was on the changing curriculum on continuing education, with special attention to women's education, professional education, and life experience. The following papers from the conference are included in this compilation: "Continuing Education" (Stoddart); "Women's Education and the New Technology" (Gerver); "Women in…

These proceedings include the texts of papers and group discussions presented at a national forum on entrepreneurship education. Included in the volume are the following presentations: "Welcoming Remarks--National Entrepreneurship Forum" by Robert E. Taylor; "Critical Issues Surrounding Entrepreneurship Education--Present, Past,…

A study examined the organization and implementation of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs at the state and local levels. Data for the study were obtained from a questionnaire given to JTPA program administrators in the 50 States, the territories, and the District of Columbia. In addition, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) visited…

This report is an overview of a conference on the reform of urban schools, focusing on the Chicago (Illinois) public schools. Panel discussions included the following: (1) "Parents' Role/Parental Involvement"; (2) "School-Based Management"; (3) "The Principal's Roles and Responsibilities"; (4) "Teacher…

This is a resource book on cutback management in public schools. It catalogs over 30 practices, provides policy models from 27 school districts in 17 states, and summarizes a decade of advice about decline management in light of recent research evidence on what works and what doesn't work in managing the politics of retrenchment. Its highlights…

This manual is intended to serve as a resource document as well as a training guide for rehabilitation personnel to use in developing and implementing Projects with Industry (PWI) programs. Covered in a historical profile of PWI are the changing work environment, the evolution and definition of PWI, the impact of PWI on rehabilitation, and various…

This administrative and curriculum guide is designed for use in establishing and teaching a driver education course for high school students. The first section of the guide, a discussion of program administration, deals with various aspects of program management as well as the roles and responsibilities of the key practitioners involved in driver…

This booklet, which is intended to provide ideas on how Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds can be used to serve disabled youth, lists and describes over 75 promising programs funded by the JTPA to provide vocational education, training, and employment services to handicapped youth. The following types of programs are described: State and…

These proceedings are divided into three parts. The first part provides a general summary of the discussions under the headings of scope of distance education and nonformal, formal, and continuing education; cost-effectiveness; technology; instructional materials; recognition and status; planning and management; training; international…

This handbook is intended to clarify the responsibilities of an instructor-coordinator responsible for coordinating an emergency medical services (EMS) training program and to describe many of the materials now available for use in coordinating EMS training. Addressed in the individual chapters of the guide are the nature and scope of the…

An exemplary $20,000 study, funded by the Washington state legislature in 1985, permitted nine small rural farm-oriented school districts in Whitman County to determine the need for and possible options of collaboration and cooperation. The study embodied major components that could serve as a model for similar planning efforts. The study was…

From its beginnings the history of adult education has been entwined with the evolutionary struggle between labor and management for workplace control. The history of worker's education is, in reality, the history of two types of education--worker's education under worker's control and labor-management adult education under company control. Each…

A project provided information to North Carolina community college users on telecommunication instruction and assisted officials at those community colleges, technical colleges, and technical institutes that were interested in offering broadcast television, cable television, or radio courses. A research survey of telecourse students examined…