The authors describe a program designed for enhancing family growth based on systems theory. The program, which requires the participation of parents and their children, uses social learning approaches and humanistic psychology to establish a supportive environment and to help families talk about their values. (SE)

"Microcounseling" can pack a lot of skill training into 60 minutes, including role playing, modeling of interview behavior, and use of video feedback. (Author)

Development of student leaders has been identified as an important need on college campuses. Experience drawn from numerous training sessions for various student leadership situations has led to a leadership training model based upon five propositions for effective training. (Author)

This discussion proposed to describe components of training and roles parents can assume in a language development program and to describe a model program in which parents assumed a major role in their language-handicapped child's rehabilitation. (Author/RK)

In the past, parents have rarely become involved in the curriculum of the school. What happens when we deliberately take steps to include them? (Editor)

One would be hard-pressed to find a college or university in the United States without at least one outreach program designed to support science education in local K-12 schools. Over the last three decades, scores of thriving science education outreach programs have had significant and extraordinarily positive effects on K-12 science education. In…

This paper examines the literature about speech communication internship programs to determine how much is known about such programs, what approaches are used and/or advocated, and how they are perceived by those who participate in them and those who administer them. The paper reviews the literature within four categories: (1) reports of survey…

Intended as a synthesis of current literature on school improvement and educational change, this guide attempts to provide central office personnel, principals, teachers, and parents with an overview of five school improvement models, along with practical suggestions for improving instructional programs. The second chapter summarizes relevant…

In this paper, the discussion concerns the trainig of older adults for work as child caregivers. Four questions are addressed: (1) Why is child care a work option for the older worker? (2) What is the target population of older persons interested in preparing for this field of work? (3) How can adult learner characteristics be integrated into a…

As a response to legislative demands, the Texas School Dropout Survey described in this document attempted to identify the magnitude of the dropout problem, regional characteristics or causes of the problem, costs associated with dropping out, and programs currently available for serving the dropout population. Twenty-four major findings of the…

The reference handbook is the product of an Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education project entitled "Accommodation Strategies." The project attempted to: facilitate mildly handicapped students in regular education through the development and utilization of unique educational strategies; enhance cooperative endeavors between…

This paper details Michael Lewis and Mark Starr's model of early child development known as the salient responses of the human organism. The model is described as a representation of the actions taken by humans in their qualitative attempts to move to more progressive states of development through interactions with the environment. The salient…

A theoretical model of publication productivity was studied to see if it was applicable to professors in various types of institutions. The impact of several correlates of publications within doctoral universities and comprehensive colleges and universities were evaluated, thus addressing several questions about the extent to which organizational…