The demand for effective approaches to prevent juvenile delinquency is growing. This bulletin provides information on the Westminster's (CA) Strategic Home Intervention and Early Leadership Development (SHIELD) Program, a promising and effective approach to delinquency prevention. By improving coordination among law enforcement; school systems;…

Noting that the focus of early intervention has expanded to include family-oriented programs and services, this report proposes a framework for evaluating outcomes for families. The framework is offered as a vehicle for further discussion and is based on current values, theories, and models of family functioning, and relationships between families…

Monitoring school performance increasingly uses sophisticated analytical techniques. This document investigates whether one such method, hierarchical growth modeling, yields consistent school performance results when different metrics are used as the outcome variable. It is examined as to whether statistical and substantive inferences are altered…

Critiques Robert Geeslin's article on HEW's Targeted Research and Development Program on Reading which appeared in Journal of Reading Behavior, Volume 2, Number 3, Summer, 1970, and describes the project as providing a flexible framework and a broad base for further research in reading. References. (VJ)

Compared a faculty team approach in advising small groups of students to traditional individual counseling. Students (N=238) were divided into experimental or control groups. Results showed the team/group approach significantly reduced advising time with no loss in student satisfaction or knowledge of procedures and policies. (Author/JAC)

Describes a behavioral skills training model aimed at decreasing feelings of powerlessness often experienced by women. Feedback questionnaires suggest the training is effective in helping women attain their goals and use more direct forms of power. Cognitive change was a motivating factor. (JAC)

Explores factors behind the lack of effective services for battered women delivered by the social work and legal professions. Proposes a model of multidisciplinary intervention with four basic components: intake, social work intervention, legal intervention, and collaborative activities. (Author/JAC)

Reports on the development, activities, and effectiveness of a three-year Title IVC reading inservice program for secondary social studies teachers in San Antonio, Texas. (SJL)

Men whose jobs were eliminated due to reductions in the labor force were surveyed. A conceptual model of transition to the specific event of job loss was described. The most effective buffer against trauma of job loss was a formal support system introduced by the organization. (Author/BEF)

ACCESS outreach identified more persons in need of service who met the Title XIX eligibility requirements. Home care emphasis provided the opportunity for increasing proportions to remain at home or return to their home from the hospital. (Author)

Presents a model for the concurrent staffing of a hospital ambulatory care/emergency department and a student health service. The model was created by interfacing the services and needs of two institutions and incorporates accountability, budget restraints, and creativity. (Author/RC)

The article raises questions about the resource room model as an educational delivery system for handicapped students. (Author)

New strategies for allocating limited resources to achieve maximum program effectiveness in times of declining enrollments coupled with inflation are discussed. A model for resource allocation is proposed and a case study presented. (Author/SF)