How general educators feel about vocational education is an important consideration in planning career development programs. A recent study investigated attitudes of junior high school faculties and tested alternatives for improving those attitudes. (Editor/JK)

Legislation often is a major determinant in the financing and control of programs for training and using auxiliary personnel. This speech and the question and answer session which followed helped participants at the AHEA Workshop on Utilization and Training of Auxiliary Personnel in Home Economics to understand the many types of existing…

Discusses curriculum workshop designed to enable school psychology trainees to familiarize themselves with approaches and materials in the various subject matter areas and to explore the functioning of the psychologist as a vocal participant in curriculum innovation. (Author)

Briefly describes a program for high school personnel to increase awareness and acquire a realistic viewpoint from which to assist the user or potential user. Includes addresses of source materials (CJ)

Discusses elements of the ideal job relocation workshop: timing, services offered, communicating with the family, scheduling of appointments, location of the workshop, length of workshop, ratio of consultants to group members, followup sessions, administrative support, format, consultant attitude, and feedback. (CT)

Highlighting research findings on retention of information and learning styles, the authors apply the principles to a workshop for adult educators on teaching strategies and techniques. (SK)

A special type of meeting between a new school principal and the school staff resulted in clarification of concerns and expectations, reduction of stress, and establishment of the new leadership. (MLF)

A workshop model designed to help hearing impaired students develop business survival skills and to serve as a motivational tool for their career planning, as well as to help business leaders develop an awareness of the communication problems of the hearing impaired, is described briefly. (Author)

Provides examples of different kinds of information and activity centers for use in one-day workshops to increase parents' involvement in the socialization and education of their children. Among others, centers include "Family Recreation,""Enjoyment of Reading,""Book Fair," and "Family Support Service." (RH)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lunar Sample Educational Disk Program is a national effort to stimulate interest in the moon and provide students with opportunities to study moon samples directly. Activities with the rocks at one school and information on bringing lunar samples to other schools are provided. (JN)

The Young Playwrights' Festival is a project of the Dramatists Guild, New York City, for young writers aged 8-18. This article discusses the Festival of 10 plays written by children and presented professionally at New York City's Circle Rep Theatre and the playwriting workshops for children taught by project director Gerald Chapman. (PD)

Describes a program of undergraduate, weekend life skills workshops designed to demonstrate practical applications of psychological theories. Each workshop focuses on the relationship of psychological theory to skill development using lecture and group process exercises. The benefits of this program for students, faculty, psychology department,…

Job placement histories of 73 mentally retarded sheltered workshop employees placed in Projects With Industry (PWI) or competitive jobs in calendar year 1978 were examined during a 30-month period. Job variables such as structure appear to be more important to job success than employee demographic variables such as IQ. (Author)