Educational Growth Groups are highly structured groups which place heavy emphasis on personal responsibility, interpersonal communication skills, and empathic understanding. Facilitators reach students by using a variety of media forms to discuss topics not commonly covered in the classroom. The EGG has the potential of offering preventive…

The paper points out the problem of social isolation and rejection experienced by individual children or minority groups who lack particular knowledge and skills. Social isolation is conceptualized as a social process in development. Inclusion and exclusion skills are discussed in terms of the implications for peer interaction and relationships…

This family enrichment program is designed for parents having children in the Junior High Schools Dimensions for Living Family Life course. However, parents of any school-age child could benefit from the sessions. The three two-hour sessions in the home, each spaced one week apart, provide an opportunity for 10 to l2 parents to come together in a…

An Assertiveness Skills program for faculty members at a major southwestern university was developed and evaluated. This paper describes the procedures used to (1) assess faculty concerns related to the interpersonal aspects of the instructional situation, (2) develop an assertiveness skills workshop series designed for university faculty,…

In order to determine the competencies possessed by teachers who have conducted successful reading programs, a qualitative study was conducted in Area C, Chicago Public Schools. It presents the views of twelve principals who assisted in identifying fifteen teachers designated superior in the teaching of reading in the middle grades (grades four…

This report discusses a program to present the Teacher Advisement Training Model. This model for training teacher-advisors is based on the assumption that tentative commitment to making school a more rewarding experience for all is the first step in starting an effective program. The approach is to help teachers learn specific skills and methods…

The insights of developmental psychology have rarely been applied to the business setting. This paper sketches one large-scale attempt to do just that in the development of managers in a large, multicompanied, international service corporation. This paper recounts the initial efforts to plan, implement, and evaluate a three-year longitudinal…

This paper presents some of the concepts and developments now being pursued by the Occupational and Career Analysis and Development Branch of the Ontario Department of Manpower and Immigration. The paper summarizes the decisions made during the preliminary development, the means toward individualizing the program for occupational decision-making,…

This study used the Delphi technique to obtain a consensus of factors that contribute to success in the administration of AA high school (those having enrollments of 230 to 500 students) in Texas. A panel of successful principals from the AA high school ranks made up the panel of experts. On the first of three questionnaires, the panel was asked…

A three-unit contingency record of the types of mands (instructions, commands, directions, and questions) presented, the classes of response evoked, and the consequent conditions for the responses was used in an observational study of "mand interactions" between supervisors and employees of four groups: nonretarded adolescents living and…

Life skills are problem solving and human relations skills, applied responsibly and appropriately to the management of one's life. This manual was prepared to describe and present modifications to the lessons in a previously published coaching manual to make them appropriate for use in a correctional setting. Specifications for lessons which…

An attempt is made in this working paper to synthesize the existing empirical evidence concerning the utility of simulation games in social studies teaching, training, and research. The data are drawn from several sources: published literature dealing with simulation games, descriptions of games in use, communications with people who use games,…

The study sought to discover the relationship, if any, between children with certain academic backgrounds and the attitudes generally considered most vital in a democracy. Attitudes were categorized into five behavioral areas: (1) democratic living; (2) group interdependence; (3) empathy; (4) independent thinking; and (5) social responsibility.…

Specific procedures to instruct the blind in daily activities essential to personal management are described in areas of hygiene, grooming, clothing, and cosmetics. Detailed techniques are also provided for various aspects of homemaking such as cleaning, ironing, sewing, cooking, and child care. Additional guidelines include instruction in…

This paper, one of a series derived from techniques used in training student teachers, explores the process of manipulating the variables in a problem or conflict or challenge situation. Specifically, it explores interpersonal feelings, intrapersonal feelings and conflicts that occur when these two are not in harmony. The technique calls upon the…