The booklet examines issues associated with autism in adolescents and adults. Teenagers with autism exhibit behaviors not unlike their nondisabled peers, and standard definitions of the syndrome may not be relevant at that age. Brief articles explore the range of emotions families may encounter with a young adult or adult who has autism, typical…

Dewey's concept of education as growth can be useful in conceiving of student success. Dewey regarded immaturity as potential for continuous development of both children and adults. His concept of "plasticity" as the capacity to alter present actions because of previous experiences is crucial to the notion of growth. A continuous…

Encouraging signs in education and ingredients of a cohesive and coherent academic program are discussed. The signs include: (1) the changing nature of the life setting which gives focus to the developing person; (2) the idea of faculty as members of a resource pool rather than as specialists; (3) the growing needs for new structures; (4) the…

The 13 modules for an adaptive physical education program contained in this document provide a comprehensive teacher-training program which includes methods and materials for classroom teachers who have little or no background in the area of physical education and adaptive physical education. The activities in the curriculum are appropriate for…

A curriculum in affective education was developed for learning disabled and emotionally impaired high school students. The initial course in the curriculum was one on personal growth (in which students were encouraged to become more aware of identity, competencies, preferences, influences, and body). Objectives were written for three major subject…

Author defined his concept of social studies, of the human individual, and of mother earth and its inhabitants. (RK)

The escalating success of personal coaching and the significant potential it holds as a vehicle for effective learning, appear to have had little impact within educational contexts to date. In response, this paper therefore presents an introduction to personal coaching practice and its outcomes and examines its processes through a discussion of…

The system works by giving the new sales person a list of functions to be learned and a list of learning resources, and by reaching an agreement on objectives and measurement, and finally by having him or her develop a personal training program. (MW)

Discusses the effectiveness in four case studies of group instruction (pretraining) in the methods and principles of self-modification as an economical and beneficial offering for individuals suffering emotional as well as overt behavioral problems. (Author/PC)

School athletics can be an exceedingly potent tool for developing desirable behavior patterns -- but only if directed by coaches of resolute integrity. Offers illustrative anecdotes. (Editors)

An annotated review of recent ERIC-indexed documents on the topic. (CH)

In spite of the important and almost exalted role of graduate and professional education, little is known about this form of advanced training as a psychological, social, and educational process. This book brings together and analyzes major research efforts aimed at an improved understanding of these elements and suggests ways that graduate and…

Changes in adolescents' perceptions of people over 60 years old occurred following two months of daily intergenerational contact in a naturalistic setting (i.e., the school lunch period). Sixth-, seventh-, and eigth-graders' perceptions of the aged became less negative and stereotyped. Boys had more negative stereotyped perceptions of the aged…

Using a sample of 77 10th grade boys, the researchers studied the relationships between the mental abilities measured by the Differential Aptitude Tests and cerebral dominance (CD: the extent to which one hemisphere of the brain dominates the other for control of behavior). The surprise finding was that CD was negatively related to spatial…

The article analyzes and evaluates TORI as a method of helping women deal with change and grow toward their potential as humans; a specific group method under the general heading of sensitivity/personal growth groups, TORI brings together 100 or more participants for a specific period of time (generally a weekend) in a minimal structure and with…