Describes the participation of Grand Rapids (Michigan) citizens in a planning experiment about educational and human services. (MLF)

The article describes procedures used by a residential facility to successfully deinstitutionalize severely/profoundly handicapped persons. (CL)

Interface requirements, design, and implementation are described for the university's integrated library system. The system was designed to interface with other automated system components, and specific plans were developed for a link between circulation and acquisitions. Interface activities already operational are listed. (Author/SW)

Lack of teamwork hinders the development of programs which best meet clientele needs. Developing cooperation between agencies can help Extension plan comprehensive programs to achieve community goals. (JOW)

Reviews the utilization of community colleges as partners with CETA as exemplified by several California community college districts. The California experience indicates that the linkage is productive and can provide models. The system provides a testing ground about what works and what fails. (JOW)

The article suggests activities to help learning disabled children develop awareness of the differences between right and left. Techniques for combining movement, language, and sensory skills as well as for using musical, visual, and tactile stimuli are described. (CL)

How infants come to master reaching for moving objects was studied in a situation where the distance to and the velocity of the moving object varied. Eleven infants participated in the study. (MP)

Research studies have indicated that the deaf are inferior to the hearing in motor ability, including the components of static and dynamic balance performance. Also, the deaf can improve their motor performance. In addition to a well-rounded physical education program, a program of gymnastics can meet the special needs of students with balance,…

The results of this study provide educators and researchers with further information concerning selected elementary students' ability to catch balls as a result of specific ball color and background color combinations, therefore offering some additional insight into factors that influence catching behavior. (MB)

Reported are several cases of athetoid cerebral palsied children successfully learning to use the left foot to operate an electronically controlled typewriter. (IM)

In Nigeria, the junior secondary business studies curriculum was formed by collocation of five courses. Rather than integrated, the curriculum is coordinated, allowing interaction of complementary subjects that retain their individual identity. A systems approach would enable development of a more integrated curriculum. (SK)

Presents a mathematical model of the development of reaching behavior in infants, along with the results of two experiments that showed that infant movements could be decomposed into the underlying submovements using a principled method; and the angular error in infant reaches matches the form and magnitude of error assumed by the model. (MDM)