A consultant to a Northern Alberta School Division describes how she used drama activities to enrich children's language experiences. (Author/MP)

At Brown University, continuing education programs have contributed to the diversification of alumni programs and have attracted previously uninvolved alumni. Benefits of alumni education programs, program formats, and advice are discussed. (JMD)

Identifies six areas of children's librarianship that need attention: definition of the role of children's librarians; clarification of the goals and worth of children's services; an improved professional image; determination of the appropriate education to enable librarians to meet changed circumstances; and a better understanding of what…

Proposes a method of building local library support through the addition of genealogy and local history collections. Suggestions concerning types of information, media, collection development, and implementation are included. (JVP)

Discusses changes in the open university which involved a wider range of courses that had nothing to do with the degree program, including in-service courses for teachers, courses for people working in the caring professions, and short courses for the community as a whole. (JEG)

Condon, a community of approximately 950 people in central Oregon, opened its high school to 15 undergraduate secondary education students from the University of Oregon and provided them with perhaps the richest experience of their preprofessional training. (Author/BR)

The success of two engineering and technology-oriented secondary school programs is discussed. Also presented is the Man Made World and the Technology-People-Environment at two suburban high schools. (BB)

Discusses a survey to investigate attitudes of parents and children in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Copies of the surveys are included in the article, along with a cover letter, and several charts and graphs illustrating findings. (DB)

The University of Massachusetts has designed a preschool laboratory gym program for 2 1/2 - 5 year olds to encourage the development of a wide range of abilities, specifically, to provide practice in climbing, balancing, hanging, jumping, running, sliding, swinging, and ball handling. (JMF)

Describes a cooperative program involving the English and business communication faculty at a community college that was designed to improve the writing skills of nontraditional students. Includes a questionnaire used to gather suggestions for appropriate business writing assignments and approaches that might be used in all writing classes. (FL)

Describes the development of a peer counseling program in an inner-city Chicago high school with emphasis on peer counselor selection and training procedures. Discusses the benefits and problems inherent in this program. (SJL)

Describes the development since 1939 and the success of Ysgolion Cymraeg, bilingual schools in the anglicized areas of Wales which seek to revive and maintain the Welsh language by using it as the chief language of instruction up to age 7. (SJL)

Describes a program for educating police officers on the symptomatology and management of acute grief through case consultation. Four phases of the intervention are outlined: (1) systems entry; (2) direct service; (3) client-centered consultation; and (4) consultee- centered consultation. (Author)

Describes and evaluates a training program entitled PASSAGES which addresses the need for employee career planning. Implications of the program for business and industry are discussed. (RC)

A hospital-based transitional care medical program for infants discharged from a neonatal intensive care unit is described. Family involvement is emphasized, as is interdisciplinary teamwork. Concerns that the program would encourage unnecessary hospitalization and increase vulnerability to infection have been proven unjustified. (Author/DB)