This study was designed to ascertain the relationships between the steps of a tool designed to link knowledge production and the needs of knowledge users (the Wolf-Welsh Linkage Methodology or WWLM) with milestones in the evolution of an innovative computer-assisted instructional system called PLATO (Programming Logic for Advanced Teaching…

Discussions of foster care issues were conducted in four Nevada cities. Topics discussed in Reno included an overview of foster care in Nevada, Federal law and its application in the State, and prevention of placement in foster care. Discussed in Las Vegas were provision of foster care to children in southern Nevada and prevention of foster care…

Project Follow Through involved a diverse and major set of implementation problems: (1) The initial program mandate for an action program clashed with the later switch to an experimental focus; (2) The selection of curriculum rather than structural changes as the major intervention led to greater uncertainty regarding the practices to be…

The paper presents a framework intended to help in the adoption of new early childhood special education model programs. The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) is explained to describe how individuals undergo the change process. The diagnostic component of CBAM is described in terms of three dimensions: (1) stages of concern (the feelings of…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the reasons for resistance to evaluation and the factors that affect adoption of new procedures, while focusing on a model for guiding the planning of evaluation implementation strategies. The process of adoption of an innovation occurs in three stages: orientation, where the user identifies benefits;…

Legislation has been proposed by the Administration to revise the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) foster care program. This committee print provides background information on the AFDC foster care program under Title IV-A (from 1962-1980); discusses the changes made in the program since the passage of the Adoption Assistance and…

Demographic and background characteristics, pre-adoption motivation, and post-adoptive adjustment of 20 British families who had, among them, adopted 23 mentally retarded children were explored through semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. Children in the sample had been in their adoptive homes an average of 17 months; 48% were under 5…

This hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Family and Human Services of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources celebrates strengths of American families by receiving testimony from seven families participating in one of three panel presentations. The first panel explores both the barriers to adoption and their transcendence by adoptive…

This publication presents brief descriptions of 48 innovative demonstration programs that have been developed, implemented, and evaluated by New York school districts under provisions of Title IV-C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Under Title IV-C, the demonstration districts have been provided funds to cover the cost of aiding other…

Originally intended for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, this literature survey can also serve the interests of public officials, participants in demonstration programs, and academics involved in delivering assistance to local officials. Reviewed is the literature relating to innovation, diffusion, organizational behavior, and…

Presents a study which investigated three areas: (1) factors related to the court's determination of foster care status or availability of children for adoption; (2) the extent of agreement between agency recommendations and court orders; and (3) the impact of the court review on moving children out of foster care. (SDH)

This study lists 451 master's and 106 doctoral adult education theses completed in Canada, up to and including 1980. Section 1 overviews the purpose and procedures for data collection. Section 2 shows 326 master's theses completed at seven universities from 1960-1977. Names of the authors/researchers are listed alphabetically and followed by the…

The Relating, Discovering, Advocating, and Supporting (RDAS) notion of concept selling is applied to the marketing of products and services emanating from educational research and development. The four RDAS categories are further divided into 12 sequential and interdependent tasks: Client Identification; Fact Finding; Planning; Establishing…

This report describes how barriers to planning for children inappropriately placed in foster care were overcome in a 3-year demonstration project: Freeing Children for Permanent Placement, conducted by the Children's Services Division, Department of Social Services, State of Oregon. Clients, amount of effort made, personnel involved, social work…

The acquisition of new teaching behaviors requires a personal commitment based on freely choosing to attend to, practice, and finally integrate newly acquired behaviors into an already established teaching philosophy. Significant attitude or behavior change can be accomplished through a five step development process that focuses on awareness,…