The article presents techniques for teaching gifted children with the clumsy child syndrome. (Author/SBH)

The goal of educational gymnastics is to provide learners opportunity to reach their potential so that they appreciate gymnastic movement and find success with their performance. (JD)

The article describes an interdisciplinary modified motor evaluation which allows the professional to classify a child according to a perceptual motor development level. (SBH)

Offers specific recommendations for teachers starting a new forensics program. (MH)

Noting some of the reasons for the slow adoption of coordinated services among rural social workers, this article emphasizes models which call for client involvement and use of detailed written plans describing goals, objectives, and intervention strategies that spell out the service responsibility of each provider. (JC)

Description of a strategy for a flexible, temporary service delivery mechanism that is accountable to local constituents. (Author/DAG)

In an investigation of young children's use of context cues in reproducing drawings and geometric shapes, 36 preschool children drew a series of horizontal, vertical, and oblique lines from immediate memory on square backgrounds. (BRT)

A perceptual-motor performance test (jumping, skipping, balancing, walking) was administered to 150 5- and 6-year old children categorized according to birth weight. (Author)

Jefferson Meetings were developed in 1984 to provide an innovative way to teach students an understanding of the United States Constitution. Describes how to organize such an event. (MD)

The author states that money has the central role in late industrial society that religion played in the Middle Ages. He describes how local people can break the control of the modern version of the army of "specialists in religious procedures and practices" through community businesses and community cooperatives. (CH)

Intensive analysis of the policies and practices of two high-achieving schools confirms that a coordinated school-wide emphasis on reading pays off. Four references are provided. (Author/DCS)

A strategic approach to institutional planning is proposed that integrates three usually isolated planning efforts as a means of making planning more manageable and of minimizing turf problems, favoritism charges, and other threats to morale and commitment to decisions. The approach includes breadth of representation on the planning team and…

The author criticizes the lack of opportunity given to children to learn the motor patterns involved in handwriting and describes a sequence of chalkboard activities to promote the perceptual motor skills required. Illustrations of the sequence are provided. (CL)

State welfare agencies increasingly face the challenge of serving a caseload with multiple barriers to employment. For example, a significant proportion of clients may have substance abuse problems that hamper their ability to participate in required activities and move toward self-sufficiency. Coordinating and integrating welfare and substance…

To achieve open education for adults, demands for accessibility, flexibility, relevance, accountability, productivity, and measurable outcomes must be heeded. The impetus for planning and coordination between institutions should come from continuing education. Goals to be achieved are: definition of purpose, funding policy, articulation, and…