This rating scale was developed to yield a measure of peer acceptance and socialization for students in grades 1-6. Each child is asked to consider his classmates in terms of three sets of questions, each set having 20 items. The child responds to the question by circling yes or no or sometimes on the answer sheet. Items are organized around three…

Described in a 5-year summary report is a demonstration project for training institution personnel to teach community adjustment behaviors to 71 moderately retarded institutionalized girls (IQ 25-55), ages 6- to 21-years-old. Discussed are training procedures (systematic application of positive and negative consequences, fading, and imitation) in…

Presented is a working paper which reviews the research on learning, language, social behavior, and curriculum for moderately retarded children IQs from 30 to 50 and provides a bibliography of approximately 1,000 items. The review of the research covers learning processes of the moderately retarded in sections on reinforcement, discrimination…

The chief purpose of this study was to discover differences in perception among a sample of educators (24), executives (9), and practitioners (73) as to abilities needed by a community family life educator and best ways to assure these abilities and training. Data were collected by interviews and a questionnaire. Of 12 preselected abilities, the…

This guide contains information helpful to an extension agent preparing nutrition aides for their visits with low income homemakers. It describes important attitudes and the reasons for them in families with whom the aides will work; and suggests ways to create feelings of trust and respect between aides and family members, and techniques aides…

This study investigated the organizational effects of a facet of administrative leadership termed professional leadership behavior (PLB)--defined as the concern for the improvement of professional staff performance. In addition, selected factors were considered for an association with the respondent's perception of the leadership phenomenon.…

Papers and speeches concern the interaction of the deaf to a hearing world. Areas considered are the self concept of the deaf by Robert G. Sanderson, the problem of employment by Arthur G. Norris, underemployment by Abraham Stahler, the relationship of the deaf to his hearing family by Rosslyn Gaines Suchman, and personal counseling by Richard K.…

This selective bibliography contains references to 255 ERIC documents from "Research in Education (RIE)," and "Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)," January 1970 - March 1974, related to social development and behavior in children. Topics include peer relationships, interpersonal competence, social attitudes, socialization and…

Several innovative approaches to the orientation course that have been tested in a community college are described. These approaches emphasize the areas of orientation of special importance in the community college: adjustment to the freedoms and responsibilities of being a college student, development of communication skills and relationships…

Communication between persons who trust each other differs from that between those who do not. A new conceptualization of trust is offered, drawing from game theory, credibility research, sensitivity/encounter groups, and studies of generalized expectations of trustworthiness, which makes an important distinction between the cognitive state of…

The purpose of this study was to compare male high school seniors who are talented in mathematics with male high school seniors who are talented in English as to sense of responsibility, level of anxiety, and sociability. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) No difference will be found in levels of responsibility between male high school…

The Pacific State Hospital conducted a demonstration experiment with 12 severely and profoundly mentally retarded male adolescents, which concentrated on modifying disruptive, bothersome behaviors while developing basic work skills required for daily activity in sheltered workshops. The experiment provided an integrated program for an entire day,…

The desired choice patterns of friendship, leadership, and classroom workship of children attending a desegregated/integrated elementary urban school were determined. Utilizing quota sampling, 159 children were examined on a three-choice, six-criteria, non-ranked sociometric test. Children were not asked to make rejections. Cliques and…

The influence of participation in adult basic education on attitudinal changes among a selected group of adults from rural Appalachia was studied. Specific aims of the study were: (1) to determine the relationship between participation in ABE and change in anomia, (2) to determine the extent of anomia among rural Appalachian adults with…

A concern with the motivational behavior for keeping up-to-date, a learning process, is presented. The half-life of a professional's competence is described as the time after completion of professional training when, because of new developments, practicing professionals have become roughly half as competent as they were upon graduation to meet the…