This manual is designed to assist school board members, administrators, and teachers in the tasks of assessing present educational organizations and developing new ones. Each chapter in the manual has two major sections, the first containing a general discussion of the chapter topic and the second containing detailed guidelines which suggest…

The basic question to be considered was: "What will it take to provide adequate numbers of appropriately qualified operators of X-ray machines in medicine?" The conference was planned to provide maximum opportunity for exchange of ideas among technicians, educators of technicians, employers of technicians, and those involved in regulating the…

An historical perspective on the social, political, and economic events of the past which were instrumental in shaping modern Africa is presented in this curriculum program. Contained in the teaching guide and student text are units on (1) prehistoric Africa and the mystery of the Zimbabwe kingdom, (2) pre-twentieth century black African kingdoms,…

This report presents both a description of the White Plains Racial Balance Plan and an evaluation resting heavily on pupil achievement data. Areas covered include: background information, student population and facilities, personnel, objectives, implementation and modification of the plan, remedial instruction, population stability, parent and…

This bulletin describes the New York City Children's Community Workshop School, the school being founded on the premise that children learn best through concrete activities which relate to the experiences of everyday life. Serving a mixed racial population of Black, Puerto Rican and caucasian students, the students (five and one-half to 11 years…

As described at a 1969 conference and summarized here, the training and use of nonprofessionals in the demonstration program (1962-68) of the Dona Ana Mental Health Services, New Mexico, represented a significant change in structure, manpower utilization, and delivery system for such services. The conference itself reviewed such aspects as…

A team of physicians with an interest in the medical problems of rural American children in the South and in Appalachia report on the medical and health conditions among children in impoverished areas of rural Mississippi. The basic needs of both Negro and white children for adequate growth and development are discussed. Health and physical…

This paper focuses on the problems of education for disadvantaged urban minorities. Although the educational situation in the big cities is grim, a decade of study and experimentation should ready us for massive positive action. The educational system of the big cities is basically viable. An effective improvement program calls for: (1) developing…

The emerging concept of social system psychotherapy is discussed. The development of this approach to psychotherapy represents a gradual evolution in clinical practices from a one-to-one interaction to a multi-person, multi-relational interaction. It also represents the development of a human psychology that has moved from individualistic to…

Information is provided concerning Florida's facilities construction plan for the mentally retarded. Aspects covered include the administering state agency, methods of administration, and program development. Also detailed are the following: needs and services for Florida's mentally retarded; inventory, services, and programing; and priorities.…

The report in this issue of Curriculum Bulletin documents extra-curricular and after school activities adopted by Canadian urban communities in Ontario to combat cultural disadvantagement and reading deficiencies among inner-city children, pre-school through junior high school ages. The projects described in the metropolitan areas of Hamilton,…

A majority of junior college students intend to obtain a two-year Associate in Arts (AA) degree and transfer to a four year college, but only approximately one third of these students continue their education beyond the community college level. It was hypothesized that an intensive counseling program for sophomores would enable students to achieve…

This evaluation of the compensatory education services, which provided for 74,789 Wisconsin public school children and 9,868 Wisconsin nonpublic school children during 1967-1968 through 396 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I projects, focuses on: serving the disadvantaged child, the nature and extent of community and parental…

This annotated bibliography contains 208 entries on educational and other kinds of assistance to low income homemakers. Section 1 contains theoretical analyses of intervention strategies. These strategies are then illustrated by accounts of programs in home management instruction, homemakers' services, special programs for "chronic" poor…

Voluntary reporting, household canvass, and diagnostic clinics were utilized in studying the prevalence, disabilities, and needs of handicapped children in two Georgia counties (population 48,200); community resources were surveyed. Of the population under 21, 10% had handicaps and, of these, two-thirds had multiple handicaps with an average of…