The program described in this handbook is a pre-admission counseling program dealing with the specific needs of the mature woman student. It encourages her to explore her educational and career options, making it possible for her to enroll in a career-oriented study program if she so chooses. The book operates on the assumption that it is no…

This module consists of materials designed for use in an inservice program which, in its entirety, runs 16 hours. Instructions for conducting the Workshop Activities are included at appropriate intervals throughout the module. The program is divided into three units: (1) awareness of sex sterotyping in self, society and schools; (2) setting goals…

This module consists of materials for use in an inservice program for school counselors and other pupil personnel workers and is designed to aid in diminishing sex sterotyping. There are two major parts to this training program. The first is an eight-hour Workshop Component which is divided into four two-hour units. The second component is a…

This inservice training module is designed to sensitize participants to the prevalence of role sterotyping and the manner in which sterotypes are perpetuated in our social institutions. It is intended for presentation to mixed groups of parents, educators, and community members. It may also be used by high school students. The module consists of…

Based on a North Carolina feasibility study (1967-73) which focused on development of a pattern for providing comprehensive mental health services to rural people, this guide deals with measuring and monitoring stress in the community. Emphasizing the "proactive" efforts developed in a stress model for Vance and Franklin counties, this…

A program manual for supervised occupational experience programs in vocational agribusiness and natural resources was prepared to set down guidelines and policy for the program at Dickinson Area Vocational High School, North Dakota. Because of the new concept initiated by the policy statement, it was decided to field test the manual in six other…

The guide was designed to assist those involved in developing a career awareness program for the elementary grades (kindergarten through six). It presents basic elements of program planning and suggested approaches or activities. Selection of activities is discussed in a section of the guide which describes general types of activities for lower,…

This booklet describes the Financial Projection Program, a computer program package developed as one part of a family of educational management systems. The program projects personnel by type, forecasts salaries, applies state funding formulas, and projects revenues, expenditures, and related financial data. Its purpose is to produce a projected…

An overview of the final five monthly programs in the American Issues Radio Forum series broadcast by the member stations of the National Public Radio System is presented. These broadcasts started in September 1975 and continued to May 1976. They formed a "live" rational dialogue, focusing upon issues which have confronted America. Each…

This listener's guide introduces the first four of nine monthly programs in the American Issues Radio Forum series that were braodcast by the member stations of the National Public Radio system. These broadcasts started in September 1975 and continued to May 1976. They formed a "live" national dialogue, focusing upon issues which have…

This booklet is an update of the "English Language Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve" published in 1968. One of the functions of this framework is "to provide a structure which integrates evidence, suggests action, and articulates new ideas and relationships." The document is divided…

The document is a handbook for a vocational automotive service education program which was formulated as a result of a four-day series of intensive workshops called the National Automotive Service Vocational Education Conference. The handbook discusses the major components of an automotive service vocational education program and aspects of their…

The resource guide offers a comprehensive description of the career education program in Maryland, from pre-school to adult, which could be adapted to programs in other States. It describes in detail the characteristics, components, and goals of career education. The five components: the family; career development; the classroom teacher;…

A wide variety of selected innovative or nontraditional programs in accredited two- and four-year American colleges and universities is described, using information derived from an extensive study covering over 2200 accredited institutions. Although the intent is to aid career preparation, the scope is broader than the title suggests. Chapters…

Information in the guidelines for Kentucky programs for exceptional children includes administration of classroom units and criteria for special classes and programs in the areas of crippled and special health problems, home and hospitalized instruction, trainable and educable mentally handicapped, deaf, hard of hearing, neurologically impaired,…