This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for guidance personnel who work in counseling and guidance with career guidance activities in group settings, i.e.,…

The BEST IDEA or Multimodal Career Education Model has been proposed as a viable approach for integrating personal and environmental variables in career development programs. An extension of Lazarus' Multimodal Behavior Therapy, the model contains eight factors that make up the acronym: behavior, emotion, self-talk, thought, interpersonal…

This report describes the Services to Unruly Youth Program, a pilot project designed to provide services outside the juvenile justice system to unruly youth. Procedures used in the delivery of these services to unruly youth are listed, including service reception, support units, and the community services system. Technical and citizen support are…

Results are reported from the second year of a longitudinal evaluation of Child Parent Centers (CPC's) serving low-income urban children. Six-year-old participants and nine-year-old former participants and comparison groups were analyzed on measures including reading and mathematics achievement, internal-external control belief, and…

Most current theories about consultation may be subsumed under two models. In the purchase model, an organization defines its problem and hires a consultant. In the doctor- patient model, a consultant diagnoses an implied need and suggests remediation. A third approach, process consultation, recognizes the value of the clients' expertise in…

Fourteen papers from a 1980 institute on the educational needs of seriously emotionally disturbed children focus on issues regarding eligibility, services, and programing. The following titles are represented: "Preschool Children with Severe Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: Program Directions and Unmet Needs"; "Adolescents with…

This manual describes the operation of a shelter facility for victims of domestic violence and is based on the program developed by the Community Crisis Center in Elgin, Illinois. The introduction discusses ways to organize concerned individuals; steps are then given for gathering information and resources, and acquiring real estate, equipment,…

Principles of language assessment and instruction for Spanish speaking preschoolers at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, Arizona, are presented. Basic definitions and program model (which looks at the child's communication skills based purely on semantic content contained in spontaneous language samples) are explained. The program's theoretical bases…

The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) has been designed to describe change as it affects individuals and to prompt more successful change efforts. CBAM views the teacher as the focal point in school improvement efforts, yet also acknowledges social and organizational influences. This paper describes the application of the model to a curriculum…

This paper presents the Realizing Opportunities for Self Exploration (ROSE) program for noninstitutionalized older adults and older adults in nursing home settings. The ROSE program is described in detail, including: (1) use of creative excercise and body movements; (2) stress reduction practices such as meditation; (3) self-awareness, social…

Two teachers recount the 2 years they each spent teaching an autistic 9-year-old boy named Bernie. The first teacher reviews Bernie's life history, reporting the facts of his birth and followup examinations which revealed no medical abnormality. The teacher then describes her work with Bernie at the Therapeutic Nursery School. After an initial…

The paper addresses the Comprehensive Services Program which takes an interdisciplinary approach to meeting the needs of preschool hearing impaired and language delayed children. The program is reported to be comprised of two major areas--assessment of the child's development and functioning level and educational intervention. Assessment is…

The hypothesis is investigated that unproportional experience with uncontrollable situations for black and lower class individuals leads to an increased susceptibility to the poorer cognitive performance indicative of helplessness. Black and white lower and middle-class second and tenth graders were given no problems, solvable diagraph problems,…

Children in the kindergarten and first grade classes at 14 London (Ontario) schools were selected to participate in a pilot project that compared procedures for the early identification and remediation of children likely to experience difficulty acquiring reading skills. Analysis of the results indicated that the six screening systems tested did…

This collection of conference proceedings contains the opening speeches, committee reports and resource papers on four topics: promoting the integrity of the family; meeting the minimum needs of the family; the role of self-preservation and promotion of the family; and intervention techniques of social workers in favor of rural and urban families.…