One of five booklets designed to help vocational education teachers and administrators relate more effectively to handicapped students in their classrooms, this booklet discusses the labeling dilemma to stress that the information presented is very general; general traits are outlined to characterize a group. In addition, the distinction between a…

Questionnaires were sent to 307 persons, with 135 responses returned (40%), to determine who had used the Michigan Consumer Education Center services and to determine attitudes toward Center services. Five categories of persons were contacted: Those local representatives who had coordinated inservice training sessions provided by the Center; 1973…

The aim of this document is to provide an alternative for those teacher educators who are committed to the development of professional competence in teaching but who find the present Competency/Performance Based Teacher Education (C/PBTE) approach to be unsatisfactory in certain significant respects. It is proposed to replace the popularized…

This handbook for the advisory committee for the Career Planning Support System (CPSS) is one of twelve documents describing CPSS and its use. (CPSS is a comprehensive guidance program management system designed to provide information for local high schools to design, implement, and evaluate an upgraded career guidance program. CPSS describes how…

This paper emphasizes the seemingly incompatible roles of researcher (who focuses on reliable cause-effect relationships) and clinician (who endeavors to provide valid treatment to the client). As a counselor working with 9-13-year old dependent and neglected children, he is called on to fill both roles. This paper describes the creation of a…

The State Master Plan for Special Education in Oregon is intended to assist school and district level personnel in their efforts to implement special education programs and services, to provide parents and special interest organizations with information about the rights of the handicapped and the programs and services available, and to assist…

Provided is a handbook on establishing educational programs for the learning disabled adolescent which resulted from a seminar involving secondary level educators. An introductory section provides background information and a summary of the other five sections. Section II on qualifications of secondary learning disability personnel is noted to…

A conceptual framework for research in bilingual education programs and a set of criteria for implementing such research are proposed. The approach to experimental research in bilingual education is based on two assumptions: (1) as soon as a model is implemented in two different sites, there will be variation in the model; and (2) any effective…

The first year of a three-year project focused on planning for establishment of a demonstration site for open entry open exit, individualized competency-based vocational education (CBVE) in Florida. Fourteen specific project tasks were identified. These included documenting the CBVE implementation process; continuing development of student…

This booklet for practitioners and others working with groups of older adults with chronic pain describes a model for a program for learning about factors associated with pain and about coping. An overview is provided of the model developed at the Turner Geriatric Clinic that has an education and support group format and involves both an…

Interest in the Planning, Programming, Budgeting System (PPBS) has waned over the last five years for several reasons. Early rhetoric about PPBS obscured its true character and promised more than it could deliver. Initially, few had the competencies needed to implement it. It is often wrongly believed to be solely a budgeting system. Finally,…

Supplemental activities that can be provided by an academic department are examined. The development of a psychology departmental colloquium series, the formation of a psychology club, the supervision of a field placement course, and the participation of faculty in specialty advising for pre-law and pre-health science students are considered. The…

Perspectives concerning the overall process of providing international education are considered in three articles. In "The Development of an International Commitment: A Case Study," Earl L. Backman describes the successful implementation of an international program at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. The Program for…

The document is a brief collection of materials which provide a framework whereby local Kansas education units can individually and collectively identify ways to use the statewide effort to strengthen existing programs of service or develop new approaches at the local level for educating the mentally retarded. Part I introduces the process systems…

Intended for all those involved in planning and carrying out activities with 3- to 5-year-old children, this text provides a practical guide to creating a "Growing Program" -- a planned, flexible, evolving educational environment of things, people, and activities for preschool children. Based on continuous observation by teachers of children's…