Women have undergone a revolution in their self-perception and their traditional relationships to work, money, marriage, and family. These social changes have implications for every aspect of women's lives, including their mental health. Because of the special problems and conflicts confronting women today, data need to be analyzed on policies,…

A collaborative relationship was established between the Mississippi Coalition for Mothers and Babies, the Governor's Service Line, and the Mississippi State Department of Health for the purpose of providing outreach and referral to all poor pregnant women and children in need of access to appropriate health care services. The project had a dual…

The document reports on a symposium, sponsored by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization), designed to develop strategies for improving educational, health, and social service to handicapped children and their families, particularly in developing nations. Section 1 is an overview of the background and organization…

Intended for local educational administrators and practitioners, the technical assistance guide addresses student related and program related connections in providing vocational programs for handicapped students at the secondary level. Following an introductory section, section II looks at the structure of vocational systems by explaining the…

Service Delivery Assessment (SDA) is a qualitative evaluation strategy focused on the "delivering" of social services, rather than on monitoring the implementation of programs or assessing program outcomes. Both data collection and analysis methods are qualitative in nature. Data are gathered by intensive interviewing of providers and…

The rights of hospital/homebound children under P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are considered, and a model in which service is delivered through a full-time instructor whose sole job responsibility is teaching students in homes and hospitals during school hours is seen to be most favorable. Other delivery alternatives…

The paper reports on a strategy for investigating parental choice of services for developmentally disabled children in geographical areas with complex populations and delivery systems. The study is based on a prototype conducted in an Illinois county including urban, suburban, and rural populations. The prototype is described: a mail survey…

A survey of 47 New York City programs designed to provide preventive services to high risk families and children was undertaken through mailback collection forms, onsite interviews, and case record readings. Among findings were that data in the applications and monthly reports were incomplete and inconsistent; operational definitions of prevention…

Intended for program developers, the document discusses Level I programs for mainstreamed handicapped children in the state of Maryland (Level I services are those that can be provided in the general education classroom with supplementary services and aids not provided in the general program). An introduction to Level I services is presented,…

Newspapers are facing challenges from the new media of teletext, viewdata systems, and home computers. Teletext, which provides formated pages of text broadcast for viewing on a television screen, provides news immediately, simply, conveniently, and inexpensively. However, it does not provide the browse and scan options of newspapers. Of greater…

Described is the University Affiliated Facilities (UAF) program, designed to provide interdisciplinary education, demonstrate exemplary services, conduct applied research, and provide technical assistance for individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. Among the basic services noted to be common to most UAFs are the…

Provided for teachers are 11 brief articles on current ideology relevant to the education of handicapped and non-handicapped children. The first five papers deal with the following topics: attempts to increase the effectiveness of the educational system (such as mainstreaming); alternative models for delivery of services to the mildly handicapped…

In 1972, Congress enacted the Nutrition Act under Title VII of the Older Americans Act in order to provide older Americans with nutritionally sound meals served in strategically located community centers. This paper identifies some of the significant personal, environmental, and programmatic barriers to effective outreach that exist today. (Author)

A description of the accountability instruments and procedures used in a three-year study of independent-living rehabilitation needs of the severly disabled is presented. Discussion of the problems encountered in using qualitative, restrictive quantitative, behavioral, and questionnaire or scaling accountability methods is presented. (Author)

Reviewed are the specific components of P.L. 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) that deal with financing. (SBH)