A questionnaire designed to measure a number of topical issues regarding child care providers and child care provision was sent to all licensed family day care home providers in the state of Connecticut. The questionnaire focused on six major areas of investigation: the service provider's history in the area of day care, issues surrounding…

The manual provides a set of guidelines for documenting and assessing the degree to which the classroom component of the validated Regional Program for Preschool Handicapped Children is being replicated at other adoption sites. Section 1 identifies the three key elements of the Regional Program: the interactive teaching process; the…

Designed to provide an introduction to North Lake College's (NLC's) Cooperative Education Program, this manual contains information for the instructor/coordinator regarding the Dallas County Community College District's co-op policies and NLC's operational procedures and forms. First, section 1 defines cooperative education, states NLC's…

The first interim report focuses on administration of the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act, which established an emergency program of job training assistance for unemployed Korean Conflict and Vietnam-era veterans. It describes implementation processes undertaken by the Veterans Administration and the Department of Labor and their outreach and…

The paper examines factors involved in applying microcomputer technologies to special education administration. The emergence of the "integrated electronic office" in which student records are stored so as to be available for immediate access is described, as is the complete electronic student record containing all programmatic information on each…

The bilingual manual for permanent employees and field staff details the regulations and guidelines that govern the activities of Katimavik, a volunteer service program in which Canadian youth, ages 17-21, spend nine months in groups of 12, participating in community work projects and special learning activities in the areas of work skills, second…

A discussion of the state of bilingual education in the Pacific islands administered by the United States (Guam, American Samoa, and Micronesia) begins with background information on the patterns of education and language use in the region and in each separate area. The current status of bilingual education programs and support projects is…

Elaborates a series of eight problems that confront the change agent who attempt to implement behavior modification techniques in natural settings and that tend to mitigate the attainment of optimal results, e.g. institutional constraints, external pressure, language, and others. (Author/JM)

Of the 345 Title I projects in operation in Massachusetts during 1975 58% were conducted during the school year, and 42% were conducted during the summer term. During this year, 77,706 children attending both public and nonpublic schools participated in Title I programs. Of the 319 projects responding, 98% indicated that they had an active Title I…

Discussed is the reporting quandary at higher education institutions. These points are appraised: the clearinghouse function, data definitions, and the data base management function. The author warns against the suggestion that the institutional research office should assume the responsibility for all reports prepared by and departing from the…

This U.S. House of Representatives bill (H.R. 2231), to be cited, if enacted, as the Comprehensive Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1977, would amend title 38, United States Code, to provide counseling for certain veterans; to permit acceleration of monthly educational assistance payments to eligible veterans and dependents; to revise the…

Workshops sponsored by the Ohio Modern Language Teachers' Association (OMLTA) are described and information about organizing OMLTA workshops is provided. Specifically, guidelines are given on: policies, the local workshop director's responsibilities, selecting consultants, site selection, luncheon arrangements, and publicity. The workshops by…

This publication is designed to assist juvenile justice administrators in developing and upgrading volunteer programs. The thinking and practices represented in this guidebook are a result of a survey of 100 volunteer programs throughout the U.S. as well as on-site visits of 15 programs. Topics covered include a rationale and standards for use of…

The articles in this publication discuss the use of volunteers in school reading programs. Among the topics dealt with are the advantages to teachers, children, and school districts of using classroom volunteers; types of administrative support that are essential for running a successful volunteer program; current trends in volunteering; motives…