Discussion of intercountry adoptions covers current adoption trends and legislation, research, problems of adjustment, benefits and risks to family and child, the role of the agency and the impact of such practices toward providing for the welfare of all children. (AJ)

The University School of Milwaukee eliminated class rank and substituted a bar graph system, illustrated and explained in the article. (SP)

Relationships between environments and children in care have deep and important implications for child welfare practice and policy. Within ecological and social interactional frameworks, preventive programs are proposed. (Author/WY)

Describes techniques which families adopting children 6 months old or older might use to help communicate feelings of love, continuity of affection, and permanence of the new home to both verbal and non-verbal children. Includes songs and stories. (MG)

Reviews findings of two large adoption studies. Both examined the levels of intellectual and personality development, as well as the degree of resemblance, among family members. Focus is directed toward intelligence quotient and school achievement tests, with briefer attention given to personality interests and attitudes. (Author/RH)

Suggests a model of successful inservice education involving three major factors. Teachers must acquire knowledge, acquire skills or competencies, and undergo practical experiences that require application of the knowledge and skills. The implications of the model for teachers of exceptional children are particularly important. (PGD)

Suggests that people's decisions to adopt energy-conserving processes and products is a specific instance of the decision to adopt an innovation. Discusses diffusion processes and factors influencing diffusion of networks. Indicates that the spread of energy-conserving household innovations proceeds primarily along social networks. (Author/MK)

Data collected from a sample of farmers representing 15 Pakistani villages show that greater equality in village power distribution is positively related to greater adoption of agricultural technology as analyzed at the village level. When effects of water control are parceled out, the power-adoption relationship is strengthened. (LC)

The author describes her experiences at a five-week summer institute designed to train 25 selected teachers to disseminate the University of Oregon Writing Project, an offshoot of the California Bay Area Writing Project. (SJL)

Managerial receptivity to new policy, perceived emphasis by top level management, organizational size, work overload, perceptions of the importance of performance for promotion, and the manager's attitude toward change were important predictors for successful implementation. (Author)

Although teachers sometimes view mastery learning approaches skeptically, members of the business community are committed to helping spread these approaches. (Author/JM)

Presents a model for researchers to test the mechanisms which have been claimed to operate in curriculum diffusion. The method is different from generalizations based on observations or answers to questionnaires. (Author/KC)