Presents needs assessment as a necessary part of program planning in student affairs. Questions (N=12) are suggested as a framework to guide needs assessment activities. When staff and students become responsible for assessing their own needs, the process becomes educational and goals are more likely to be met. (JAC)

Presents two different roles mental health professionals play in contested custody cases. Suggests the first, the evaluator of competence model, is more traditional. Advocates the second role, a facilitator of change, which comes out of family therapy theory, focusing on helping the family to change and resolve their issues. (Author/RC)

The constraints-needs model used as a basis for evaluating the Santa Clara Pueblo Headstart Program served to protect both the client group and the evaluators from unrealistic expectations and provided a more useful outcome. The evaluation was successful and its results reflected the culture and needs of the tribe. (CM)

A seminar aimed especially at improving the capacity of psychiatrists and medical students to understand the emotional conflicts of their Black patients as well as the therapists' own race-related attitudes and behaviors is outlined. The course is based on the study of Black autobiographical literature. (Author/MLW)

The syntactic distribution and behavior of five English and Persian "measure" nouns and their adjectives are compared. From this, errors attributable to transference and those due to inconsistencies in English are enumerated. A unified analytic model of Persian errors in learning English suggests useful teaching strategies. (PMJ)

Stage-state analysis of the life course is presented as useful in identifying types of life courses and their relative frequency, in estimating the likelihood of moving from a given state through a sequence of future states, and in analyzing routes and processes connecting initial states with potential outcomes. (Author/DB)

The author outlines Kohlberg's stage theory of moral development and points out some of its questionable consequences for education. He discusses discrepancies found to date in the empirical evidence. Finally he proposes a new interpretation of Kohlberg's model and suggests some of its educational consequences for home and school. (Author/SJL)

Describes an Employee Participation Plan (EPP) involving teams of three to eight employees and a supervisor/team leader for the purpose of identifying and solving production problems and issues. Key ingredients in a successful EPP include nonauthoritarian leadership styles, thorough group leader training, and prompt action on team suggestions. (SK)

Report-writing and consultation competencies of new students were compared with graduate students in order to evaluate a school psychology competency-based training model. Results confirmed success of the training program, although no difference was found between the two groups. (RC)

Reviews current trends in French language teaching methodology, and demonstrates how psychology and sociology have influenced the trend away from methods based on linguistic theory. (AM)

The Judicial Evaluation Method (JEM) is useful for aiding decision-making bodies to formulate policies. Broad public participation in complex issues is provided by JEM. (The conceptualization, policy formulation stages, and participant roles are identified; and the model is applied in two case studies). (MH)

This paper presents a longitudinally replicated and cross-validated path analysis of the relations between students' attitudes in a leadership training program. Available from Plenum Publishing Corporation, 227 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011. (Author)

The author explores the rationale and methods for injecting play and reality into the education of the gifted. After recounting the present situation in which education lacks both relevance and play, some suggestions of learning simulations which model reality are presented. (PHR)

An integrated model of instructional environmental design and instructional procedures development is discussed and applied to a concept lesson with six moderately and severely retarded males (seven to eight years old). (CL)

Periodic assessment of cooperative education programs is shown to provide a sound information basis for future program directions. A comorehensive evaluation model is described that focuses on what is done, how it is done, and why it is important. Specific goals are outlined. (Author/LBH)