The purpose of this study was to increase understanding of the nature and processes of interinstitutional cooperation in higher education, particularly as related to international education development, and to suggest guidelines for the improvement of cooperative endeavors. The study dealt with the experience of the RCIE (Regional Council for…

This article describes the use of the Serial Perceptual-Motor Discriminator for analyzing serial perceptual-motor responses. (RC)

A survey was conducted of 3,417 children and youth seen at some of two dozen university affiliated programs (UAPs). Results suggested that diagnostic services are most frequent and that UAPs often serve a tertiary care function for schools, though formal agreements for most inservice activities or child service are rarely in evidence. (Author/CL)

This paper presents a review of several approaches to activity and task analysis for their selection for use in occupational therapy and proposes a neuro-behavioral approach to activity analysis and selection for use in treatment of cognitive-perceptual-motor dysfunction. (Editors/JA)

Discusses the University Grants Committee's (UGC) role from neutral to that of a managerial agency of the government. (PG)

A task force of Massachusetts corporation executives and managers evaluates and comments on business practices in that State's public school system. (JF)

Assessed infants' and adults' adjustment of hand orientation before grasping objects. Found that infants modified their hand orientation to match the long axis of an object, did not make anticipatory hand adjustments before reaching through a narrow aperture to grasp an object, and oriented their hand to be parallel with the handle of an object.…

The present study examined the interaction between limb movements in space. The amount of interaction was measured by how much moving one limb affected the movement of another limb. Participants were 24 right-handed university students (19 female, mean AGE=19 years). The task was to draw lines with the right hand while moving another limb in lines…

The objective of this study is to present "The Spiral Model for the Development of Coordination" (SMDC), a learning model that reflects the complexity and possibilities embodied in the learning of movement notation Eshkol-Wachman (EWMN), an Israeli invention. This model constituted the infrastructure for a comprehensive study that examined the…

There is a call across the country and in Texas to improve health care systems through integrated care. Integrated health care is the systematic coordination of physical and behavioral health services. The idea is that physical and behavioral health problems often occur at the same time and that integrating services will provide the best results…

This paper reports the findings of a study commissioned by the Scottish Executive which examined the introduction and implementation of local area co-ordination (LAC) in Scotland. A questionnaire about their posts was completed by 44 local area co-ordinators, interviews were conducted with 35 local area co-ordinators and 14 managers and case…

Promoting coordinated and/or joint programs among local agencies is one strategy small, rural communities can use to cope with rapid population and economic growth. Interagency coordination is a process in which two or more organizations come together to solve a specific problem or meet a specific need. Coordination means more than just…