Increases in delinquency and violence over the past decade are often rooted in a number of interrelated social problems that may originate within the family structure. The focus of this publication is the effectiveness of family intervention programs and chronicles one type of intervention, the Functional Family Therapy (FFT). FFT draws on a…

The Professional Development Leadership Academy supports states in transforming systems of professional development. This paper investigates accountability considerations that are necessary to determine the impact and results of professional development from a state systems perspective. The five areas of focus that comprise the Academy knowledge…

This monograph reports on a collaborative initiative between Four Oaks, a private nonprofit family service agency in Iowa, and the Iowa Department of Human Services. The collaboration provided a series of community forums of local representatives to examine services available to delinquent youth and their families, to increase community awareness…

A simulation model of a suburban school district is synthesized by incorporating the results of multiple regression analysis within an Industrial Dynamics framework. The intermediate empirical analysis is described and results of the validation procedure for the final simulation model presented. Three computer experiments with the system model are…

Proposes an outline for a counseling model which combines individual and ecological approaches to assessment and intervention in a general systems theory, followed by an application of these principles to family assessment and intervention. Case examples illustrate how the ecological systems model is translated into clinical practice. (Author/WAS)

Traces the history of military efforts to systematize the design, development, installation, and operational training for a weapons system and discusses the current status of criterion referenced instruction in Army training programs. Steps being taken to remedy identified problems are described. (MER)

Distinguishes between the process and products of science and describes the role of each in Instructional Development (ID). The observe, hypothesize, test components of the scientific process are examined as they apply to front-end analysis, instructional strategy description, and formative evaluation stages used in ID models. Thirty-four…

Presents a conceptualization of the process of divorce as a crisis of family transition. Rather than dissolving the family, divorce culminates in its redefinition from a nuclear to a binuclear system. Continuation of meaningful bonds between parents and children reduces major stresses associated with the process of family change. (Author)

Presents job employment patterns in blue-collar occupations for women and proposes a model designed to interest women in nontraditional occupations and provide support networks for women both during and after formal skills training. (MER)

Presents a conceptualization of an anatomy of continuing medical education. It is suggested that a body of knowledge developed for continuing medical education may be useful with suitable modifications in the continuing education of health professionals other than physicians. (Available from University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 94720.)…

Presents papers on four different instructional development models currently in use either in a university or a business setting. All phases of systematic development are covered, including project selection, production, implementation, performance analysis, constraints, and unusual features that distinguish each model. References are listed. (BK)

Over the past eight years the obstetric and gynecology specialty has applied a system model of instructional planning to the continuum of medical education. The systems model of needs identification, preassessment, instructional objectives, instructional materials, learning experiences; and evaluation techniques directly related to objectives was…

A model to guide the search for types of performance deficiencies is set forth within the general framework of systems theory. Five types of problems, singly or in combination, are discussed as causes of deficiencies. (Author)