Team approach methods in providing rehabilitation services are reviewed and a training method for rehabilitation teams is described, based on experience in a vocational rehabilitation facility for the mentally retarded. Practical suggestions for constructive team functioning and facility research results are also presented. (MF)

Network analysis may be used to determine client pathways in a mental health delivery system. Discusses how a "path-of-assistance" model may be useful in evaluating university counseling/advising services. Although network analysis looks promising, many questions remain unanswered. (Author)

Samples some of the principal experiences with television and videotex to date, and raises a few of the pressing issues surrounding the future of these new television delivered technologies, particularly as they relate to public broadcasting. (Author/CMV)

The University of Michigan Center for Continuing Education of Public Health Professionals was designed as a model for lifelong learning programs for community health practitioners. The Center concentrates on systematic client-centered assessment of continuing education needs and plans and operates programs through community health associates, who…

Examines the implications of a family-focused life cycle approach for delivering health and welfare services to developmentally disabled children and their families. (CM)

The failure of institutions to meet the needs of the severely disabled is pointed out, and an alternative to the traditional institution (the Letchworth Developmental Center, New York) is described. (SBH)

The author describes the California Master Plan for Special Education--its goals, philosophy, policy--and concludes that this plan is providing an improved delivery system by which the new federal and state requirements can better aid exceptional students. (KC)

The article examines ways in which regular and special education teachers can develop networks of formal and informal support through teaching centers. (CL)

Reactions (by participants of the 18th annual Indian Education conference) to the American Indian Policy Review Commission's (AIPRC) findings and recommendations re: Indian education are presented in this article. (JC)

This paper describes a seminar in community psychology aimed at providing students paradigms to critically examine the efficacy of concrete community interventions in seven substantive areas. Such paradigms included models of service delivery, conceptualizations of understanding and treating dysfunctions, and time and target dimensions in…

Described are the conceptualization, implementation, and results to date of the George Peabody College for Teachers Model Center for Severely Handicapped Multi-impaired Children with Visual Impairment as a Primary Handicapping Condition. (Author/IM)

Studied 11 schools that began implementing the Accelerated Schools program in 1994, focusing on two randomly selected "coaches" from each district who received special university training and guided schools through the implementation process. The coaching delivery model proved quite successful but could have improved its coach-selection…

Perceptions of the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) process for children with disabilities were assessed in a statewide (North Carolina) survey of approximately 600 child service coordinators. Divergent viewpoints about the usefulness and process of developing the IFSP emerged, depending on the program with which the child service…

A study of 105 parents and 30 state-level administrators from six states investigated the state-level policy- and organization-centered strategies that are compatible with the needs identified by families of young children with disabilities. Results found parents identified access to services and the need for improved coordination as continuing…

Summarizes the present status of supported employment for people with disabilities, discusses major accomplishments of the initiative (such as positive results in benefit-cost analyses) and identifies challenges, including continuing high numbers of individuals in segregated programs, lack of supported employment services for individuals with…