The article is designed to help educational agencies cope with the problems encountered in deciding on the structure and content of inservice programs on the topic of mainstreaming. The expressed concerns of over 300 regular and special educators are translated into several organized methods for presentation. (Author/PHR)

Describes a workshop for women preparing to interview in traditionally male-dominated jobs and training programs. The workshop goals are to enable women to recognize covert sexism, respond to this sexism in constructive and self-enhancing ways, and use nonverbal strategies to communicate their confidence and competence. (Author)

Neal Junior High School in North Chicago, Illinois, made parents more aware of what was being offered in physical education classes by holding a parent-student-teacher night. Parents could observe the teaching and participate in the activities. (JMF)

Evaluates a one-day drug education program, embedded in a week-long workshop for high school journalists. Results indicate a one-day program is probably insufficient to change entrenched attitudes and behavior, and such programs may have unintended side-effects. Good program evaluation research cannot be planned as an afterthought to the program.…

The article describes the efforts of Project PATH (Progressive Approach to Training and Habilitation) to design a comprehensive training program for moderately and severely retarded adults in a sheltered workshop setting. (SBH)

Suggests ways to enlist parents' support of language arts instruction, to provide parents with materials to develop their children's language skills, and to offer workshops for parents. (DD)

Proposes that teachers' bias against blue collar careers hinders their ability to help children choose vocations suited to their skills and the needs of the community. A workshop designed to confront the problem is described. (SB)

With the energy crisis still very much with us, here is a program that is getting New Jersey's students involved in energy conservation. (Editor)

This article describes the evaluation of a workshop series for the aging in Central and Southwestern Virginia. The selection of participants for the workshops, evaluation instrumentation, and outcomes are discussed. (Author)

A 2-day workshop involving students in roles as patients and nurses was conducted which helped students to put together the isolated skills they had learned in modules and integrate them into their clinical practice. (TA)

In 1974, a private junior college initiated a continuing education program in chemical dependency (alcohol and drug abuse). The program is based on the concept that adult learners are responsible to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate their own learning activities in consultation with the instructor. (Author)

Describes how a middle-school teacher used "Charlotte's Web" in Reader's Theatre and in a writing workshop. Describes how the book was used as a writing model for dialog and for examining literary devices. (SR)

A workshop at Suffolk College (United Kingdom) explored how student services met institutional objectives and how they facilitated the development of competent learners. Concluded that for student services to become integrated within the institution, student competences must be identified that can be taught through student services. Presents…