Extended the content validity of the communicative adaptability construct to include the following dimensions: social composure, articulation, wit, and appropriate disclosure. Administered the Communicative Adaptability Scale to teacher and student populations and found a stable factor structure and consistent results across samples. (PD)

Describes the advantages of the skills training model and the concept of bicultural competence as applicable to a wide range of problem areas particularly relevant to American Indian people. Provides a guide for social competence in which this population is able to meet the general demands of cultural adaptation. (LLL)

Examines whether, and how, deaf adults adjust their nonvocal communicative behavior when facing one of three audience types: hearing adults who have learned a signed language, deaf adults who use a signed languageand deaf children of deaf parents. (FL)

Tests whether field independence and dogmatism taken together were related to peer judgments in a teaching situation. (Author/RK)

Recent research in social work education is analyzed in terms of (1) issues identified, such as conceptual clarity of terms, validity, reliability, and outcome or process measures; (2) categories of evaluative procedures in which distinctions between data are made; and (3) general direction of social work education research. (Author/LBH)

The Youth Services Training Program in Westport, Connecticut, eases handicapped youngsters through the sometimes anguishing step from school to job. (Editor)

The project reported on in this paper involved the implementation of systematic interpersonal skills training in empathy for the staff members of a community based, vocational development program developed to promote the career development of black youth. The design was to raise 12 black staff members level of skill functioning to an adequate…

Many women have undergone assertive training to prepare themselves for the demands of a professional career or independent life style. In the case of professional women, this article suggests that assertive training should focus more on altering certain socialization processes than on increasing overt assertiveness skills. (Author)

The problem of teaching teacher-student communication is seen as a difficult one, since personal experience is vital. Some suggestions are offered for the teacher to follow, including recognition of the complexity and importance of communication, and supportive and flexible attitudes. (LBH)

The family is the crucible of a young child's development. The 2000 Institute of Medicine report From Neurons to Neighborhoods shows that positive developmental interactions with parents improve young children's social competence and their overall capacity to learn. Fifty-four percent of parents want more information on how they can help their…

This book will empower everyone who works in education to build more support in Congress and state legislatures. It is full of personal anecdotes that illuminate successes, failures, and examples that teach from real-life experience. "Empowering School Leaders" is tailored for educators and designed to show them how to increase their political…

This guide is for educators who want to include social emotional learning (SEL) in their schools and classrooms. Focusing in detail on the process of implementing an SEL program, the author offers direct, usable guidance for busy school administrators, district supervisors, guidance counselors, and teachers of grades 412. In a handy, manual…

This practical guidebook is designed for managers and leaders who have responsibility for the creation and success of teams. First, a team is described as a workgroup whose members are dependent upon one another for the completion of a given task, and whose members possess different but complementary skill sets. A team manages its own work within…

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between self-reported social skills, anxiety, and depression in adolescents. Participants were 97 students from a private high school in New York City. They were administered the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS), the Social Skills Rating System-Study Form (SSRS-S), and the Revised…