The paper presents the position of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities regarding design and implementation of inservice programs for professionals serving learning disabled persons. Recommendations touch on needs assessment, competence of inservice leaders, models, multidisciplinary approaches, and administrative support. (CL)

Presents arguments in support of the definition of counseling psychology as a discipline. Examines the history of disciplines, the process fields of study move through in becoming disciplines, the status of counseling psychology, and the domain of psychological knowledge included in the discipline of counseling psychology. (JAC)

Warns that as pressures for greater accountability increase, student affairs personnel risk focusing their attention on preservation of educational systems rather than on student development. Emphasizes the need for closer interaction between the theorist and practitioner, grounded in formal theoretical knowledge of human development. (JAC)

Discusses the importance of nonverbal communication by counselors in expressing humanistic feeling. Notes that facial expression (i.e., smiling) provides immediate feedback to the observer; use of space (i.e., close proximity) communicates warmth and humaneness; and tone of voice can complement spoken words and give them more meaning. (WAS)

The official AAUP Statement on Collective Bargaining, a revision of the statement adopted in 1973, is presented as prepared by the Association's Committee N on Representation of Economic and Professional Interests in Consultation with the Collective Bargaining Congress. Policy for collective bargain chapters is outlined. (LB)

Suggests that a transactional perspective to interpersonal communication with older persons will facilitate communication cross-generationally. Factors addressed include negative stereotypes, fears of aging, crises encountered as the person ages, and later life cycle changes in exposure to interpersonal communication and ability to negotiate…

Listed are family life education regulations and suggestions which might be helpful in selecting personnel, materials, texts, and curricula for family life education, at the same time avoiding censorship problems. Sample policy statements are included. (KC)

Reviews elements of Maslow's work and shows how Fromm's distinction between a having and a being mode of experience corresponds with the work of Maslow. Suggests counselors must clarify professional values and concludes that transpersonal psychology offers a way of establishing more positive relationships. (JAC)

Presents position statements indicating the necessity of laboratory experiences for the teaching and learning of science in the elementary school. Three different perspectives are addressed: research, curriculum, and teaching. (DS)

Curricular guidelines developed by the American Association of Dental Schools for use by individual educational institutions as curriculum development aids are provided. The guidelines were developed by the Sections on Community and Preventive Dentistry and Practice Administration. (MLW)

The New Jersey Education Association reaffirms its long-standing opposition to public assistance to nonpublic schools as represented by tuition tax credits. (Author/SJL)

A 1975 American Association of University Administrators policy statement which spells out the purpose of academic administration and sets forth both specific responsibilities and rights of college and university administrators is provided. (Author/MLW)

Reports of President Clinton's National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council stressed the unanimity of expert opinion approving the wiring of the nation's schools. Argues that labeling some approaches to technical practice as antitechnology or Luddism excludes important viewpoints from policy debates, allowing the juggernaut of…

This article explains and supports the policy statement on consent recently approved by the Board of Directors of the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Provides ethical and practical suggestions for dealing with issues of consent among adults with mental and developmental…

The National PTA holds the position that religion should be dealt with in public schools in an academic, not a devotional way. This article discusses the implications of Supreme Court decisions on religion in the schools and appropriate ways of including religion in the school curriculum. (IAH)