Investigation supported in part by Public Health Service Research Grant R-11-MH-0045(04) from the National Institute of Mental Health.

A national technical assistance conference aimed at advancing the knowledge and skills of family day care providers in their roles as caregivers and as leaders in the day care field was convened in April, 1981. Presentations and discussions at the conference focused on four broad topic areas: (1) the family day care provider as a caregiver, (2)…

Described on the agenda as "An Omnium Gatherum for Reference Librarians," this workshop presented by the staff of the Bay Area Reference Center (BARC) cites resources and explains search strategies used by BARC to respond to the types of questions most frequently submitted to them. Methods and tools that may be used by smaller libraries to answer…

This manual assists in developing workshops promoting personal growth through examination of one's attitudes, feelings and behaviors about sex roles in society. It is meant for facilitators who have minimal experience in group processes. Included are: a discussion of some considerations in designing a workshop, an analysis of the facilitators'…

The workshop manual is designed to provide an overview of the information dissemination process for PRISE (Pennsylvania Resources and Information Center for Special Education), which provides information in response to requests from special educators throughout the state. The following aspects of the workshop are discussed (sample subtopics in…

The paper describes a workshop for secondary special and vocational education teachers and supervisors designed to enhance mainstreaming of handicapped students in vocational education programs. Workshop activities are said to have included minicourses presented by construction trades teachers and group development of learning plans for a task…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of training in supervision on the performance of cooperating teachers and field supervisors. A one day workshop based upon a model of supervision developed by Boyan and Copeland (1978) was presented to 32 cooperating teachers and field supervisors. The four stages of the model included a…

THIS WORKBOOK FOR TEACHERS IS CONCERNED WITH IDEAS AND CONCEPTS THAT WERE CONSIDERED IN A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS PROGRAM. THE ORGANIZATION WAS DETERMINED BY TWO MAJOR GOALS--(1) TO PROVIDE AN INSERVICE TRAINING WORKSHOP WHICH WOULD BE OF IMMEDIATE USE TO THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHER, AND (2) TO PROVIDE THE TEACHER WITH AN…

A PILOT PROGRAM CONDUCTED TO TRAIN TEACHERS OF VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, OR INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN FLUID POWER WAS DESIGNED TO EXPLORE AND TRY OUT THE TECHNIQUES OF INTRODUCING A NEW TECHNOLOGY INTO SCHOOLS. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF SEVEN SUMMER INSTITUTES OFFERED AT FIVE DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS AND PROVIDING INITIAL PREPARATION FOR 168 INSERVICE…

IDEAS INCLUDED ARE THE PRODUCT OF AN INTENSIVE WORKSHOP HELD TO STUDY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED CHILDREN. PROGRAMS ARE AIMED AT DEVELOPING BETTER FACILITY IN SKILLS OF ABSTRACT THINKING, ORGANIZATION, DISCRIMINATING JUDGMENT, CREATIVE WRITING, AND THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE PROFITABLY IN GROUP ACTIVITY. INCLUDED IN THE…

A MATH RESEARCH CENTER MAY BE SET UP IN A CORNER OF A ROOM, PERFERABLY WITH A CHALK BOARD. CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO CREATE MANY OF THE GAMES, CHARTS AND STORIES TO BE USED IN SUCH A CENTER. THE CENTER MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH BOOKS, GAMES, BLOCKS, POPPIT BEADS, COUNTERS, CHECKERS, AND NUMBER LINE CHARTS. ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO A WIDE VARIETY OF…

This booklet is one of a series of teacher-written curriculum publications launched by the Bay Area Writing Project, each focusing on a different aspect of the teaching of composition. Introductory sections discuss writing fluency and the goals and procedures of a high school writing workshop for noncollege preparatory students. The work of three…

The seventh of eight delegate workbooks prepared for the May, 1977 White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals contains ballots for the workshop on problems of severely disabled persons, especially those related to delivery of services and housing. The ballots are designed to enable delegates to assign priorities to various issues and…

This paper reports the results of creative writing workshops in various psychiatric hospitals that have demonstrated that individuals in psychiatric settings have particular needs, affinities, and receptivities to the means of self-expression and communication available through creative writing. The purgative effect of Emily Dickinson's poetry and…

The report analyzes progress of a project to provide inservice and instructional materials to help Wisconsin vocational teachers modify programs for handicapped students. The first section summarizes project accomplishments, including material collection, inservice activities, cooperation with other agencies, and development of audiovisuals on…