Discusses concerns among school psychologists for evaluating goal attainment of their services. Describes an approach for goal-based evaluation of school psychological service departments, termed "Needs-Based Goal Attainment Scaling," that builds upon previously developed approaches to goal attainment scaling. (Author)

Investigated the effects of valence, session of delivery, and order of delivery on receiver ratings of feedback credibility. Collected data from personal growth groups. Positive feedback was readily accepted. Negative feedback was significantly more accepted when received in later sessions, and when preceded by positive feedback. (Author)

Discusses the following interrelated areas pertinent to establishing a community college writing center: selling the idea to the department and administration; internal and external funding possibilities; locating a facility; staffing needs and difficulties; tutor training; referral and walk-in operational systems; forms; data collection;…

Describes the development and validation of the staff activity record in an inventory of professional job functions used to describe through daily time recording patterns of personal resource allocation. Relationships among actual time and counselors' estimates of time spent together with preferred use of time are examined. Implications are…

Argues that implementation of the new information technologies in education will create numerous direct and indirect consequences for society, and discusses likely outcomes regardless of the method of implementation used (including the necessity for a change to a new teaching/learning model), as well as implications highly dependent on…

With regard to alternative instruction planning, presents considerations which are logistical (e.g., equipment, location, variety, and production), practical (e.g., students' backgrounds and attention spans, ease of use, sequence, and cost), and contextual (e.g., suitability, visualness, and school requirements). (DMM)

A treatment design plan and its outcome in the case of an individual living in a state which has mandated services to handicapped children from birth through age 20 is offered. The plan's success is related to unique factors showing that young, handicapped children can be serviced adequately in the schools. (CE)

Describes Florida's Approach to Competency-Based Individualized Teaching (FACIT), which is a learning system designed to provide vocational educators with the knowledge and the skills to implement and manage an individualized, competency-based instructional delivery system. (SK)

Describes a model of delivery of services that enables school psychologists to meet testing demands while initiating a broad range of consultative services. The model includes having available: (1) funds for contract testing, (2) conferences with teachers prior to formal referral of children, and (3) qualified contract evaluators. (Author/RC)

Discusses factors which influence how people learn through television, including the organization of teaching, the programs, and the learner. A theoretical framework is proposed to identify or predict those variables which are likely to influence the effectiveness of a television program. (CHC)

This article examines a series of studies designed to test four hypotheses concerning psychotherapeutic treatment of the disadvantaged. It is suggested that the research findings have implications in terms of psychotherapy coverage under national health insurance and the role of psycholgists in a national system of service delivery. (Author/EB)

This article traces the history of the legislation leading up to PL 94-142, examines how the law has been interpreted and implemented so far, and considers some ways in which the Catholic school system can respond to the needs of handicapped children. (Author/SJL)

Independent studies examined a needs v an agency perspective on home health care service needs within a rural county. Interviews with 299 elderly, aged 60-93, revealed there were substantial needs for home health care services and the desire for services varied with residence within the county. (Author)

Presents a nonbureaucratic model of mental health service delivery: the Family Life Center in Columbia, Maryland. Describes services through three programs: a counseling service, community services, and an information and referral service. Professional volunteers work with clients referred by counseling coordinators. Discusses implications for…

Studies the implementation of the 1978 amendments to the Older Americans Act as stimulants of change in the structure of the aging network. Explores designating community facilities as focal points for delivery of services to the aged, involving changes in the allocation of resources and interorganizational relationships. (Author)