The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) member states are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Working directly with state governments, academic institutions, and other related agencies, SREB does research and makes…

Discusses movement toward interagency cooperation for service delivery for handicapped, emphasizing importance of preservice education. Describes special education course at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Course designed to encourage communication of knowledge, attitudes, and coordination of skills in service delivery. Suggests new directions…

Guidelines have been developed for a consortium approach to teacher preparation in a small college that may need some expertise and access to teaching materials which can be provided by local school districts and other agencies. This approach to the design, management, and evaluation of the program offers the opportunity to involve the schools…

Reviews the current state of postgraduate preparation for educators of students with sensory disabilities in Australia. In particular, it describes and discusses the Renwick College program, which has resulted from an innovative partnership between a regional university and a reputable community service-provider agency. (Author/CR)

Comments on the development of partnerships across schools, colleges, community agencies, and families to support at-risk students, analyzing: barriers to interagency collaboration and interprofessional training and research; changes necessary in higher education to handle these barriers; and implications of lessons learned from existing…

In 1983, an institutional development approach was established in Swaziland with the goal of achieving universal primary education. The United States Agency for International Development, in cooperation with the government of Swaziland, awarded a contract to Ohio University (Athens) to provide institutional and technical assistance to implement…

This article describes the development and current status of special education in Singapore. Topics include organization of service delivery, integration, teacher training, and achievements. Challenges to improve the quality of special education services through integration opportunities, preservice teacher training, and greater coordination among…

Several nontraditional models for teacher education have been developed in Minnesota involving collaboration between state licensing agencies and school and college personnel. Two such efforts are the nontraditional preservice and inservice programs at the College of St. Thomas (St. Paul) and the beginning teacher mentor demonstration project in…

This book offers a collection of papers from a conference focused on various aspects of school/college collaboration, edited so as to form a coherent presentation. The papers are grouped into five chapters, each with its own theme. Chapter 1, on the nature of collaboration, aims to promote inquiry into research, theory, and application concerning…

In 1977, a group of Massachusetts educators and administrators entered an agreement to exchange educational and instructional resources among themselves. This consortium now includes 7 public school systems and 11 agencies within the Greater Boston area, 5 universities, and 4 international schools outside the United States. School of Education…

Summarizes proceedings from a 1995 conference in Georgia on the Health Education Profession in the 21st century. The 24 participants developed goals intended to provide direction for the profession, identify actions needed to move the profession into a significant role, and create an action plan to identify who will do what. (SM)

This publication analyzes teacher education policy and practice with respect to teacher recruitment, induction, and continuing professional development with the intention of stimulating dialogue, debate, and collaboration among state agencies, state boards of education, teacher training institutions, legislators, and those involved in teacher…

Project TEACH (Teacher Education: Advancement through Collaboration with Human Services) was designed in part to prepare and train teachers to become knowledgeable about services offered by public agencies and private human and social service agencies by incorporating interprofessional internships into the teacher education curriculum. Five main…

Because the growth of health and social service professionals in schools has implications for schools, teachers, and teacher education, coordination and collaboration among these professions should be improved. Modifications which reflect the need for knowledge and understanding of human services that affect at-risk students are needed in teacher…

This annotated bibliography lists books, papers, reports, and articles of interest to integrated service providers and higher education interprofessional programs providing health, educational, and social services for at-risk children, youth, and their families. The material is divided into six parts: in the first part, 19 entries describe…