Designed for use with the companion student book, this teacher's manual is part of a course to acquaint high school students with the common competencies related to all public service jobs. (The one-quarter course, "Preparing for Public Service," is the second in a series of three developed as a comprehensive approach to vocational skill…

The preliminary development of a new self-report measure of self-disclosure --the Self-Disclosure Situations Survey (SDSS)--is reported. The SDSS is a brief, 20-item instrument that provides a total self-disclosure score, as well as subtotal scores for four target categories. The SDSS is specifically designed to be sensitive to the…

This research analyzes the results of a program to enhance the self concepts of junior high students. Subjects were 80 students identified as having low self concepts. They participated in an eight-week program to develop skills in personal and social awareness. Pretest posttest scores on the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory indicated that…

Programs that teach rehabilitation clients Personal Achievement Skills (PAS) were evaluated in regard to their use of group counseling techniques. Subjects were 43 young adult general rehabilitation clients who had completed an experimental training program in work adjustment. Clients were referred to the program for several reasons: deficiencies…

This list of resources in the field of intercultural communication includes: (1) bibliographies; (2) books; (3) other print and audiovisual materials, including papers and periodical articles; (4) communication media sources; (5) fugitive materials, including unpublished works, materials in personal collections, and limited-access resources; (6)…

This guide is a description of a course designed to help 11-to-13-year-olds cope with the problems that arise as a result of the physical, emotional, and social changes they are experiencing. The package, called "Self-Incorporated," consists of 15 15-minute television programs, this teacher's guide, and related materials which…

This report describes a project dealing with the development and implementation of a model for training the interpersonal aspect of competence. The project had four purposes for the student participants: (a) increase the interpersonal competence of students who previously exhibited deficiencies in interpersonal relations; (b) lessen the…

Described is Project PRICE (Programing Retarded in Career Education), for educable retarded students from kindergarten through grade 12. Dealt with in three sections are a review of the literature and a discussion of such critical issues as the work ethic vs. the life ethic (concerning the major program emphasis in career education. It is…

Presented as a part of Project PRICE (Programming Retarded in Career Education) for primary through secondary age educable retarded persons, are behavioral objectives for 22 competencies in the areas of daily living skills, personal social skills, and occupational guidance and preparation. It is explained that the competencies should comprise the…

The Social and Prevocational Information Battery (SPIB) consists of a series of nine tests designed to assess knowledge of skills and competencies widely regarded as important for the ultimate community adjustment of educable mentally retarded students. The nine areas are purchasing, budgeting, banking, job related behavior, job search skills,…

The criterion validity of four subscales of the Psychosocial Maturity Inventory is investigated. The subscales are Work Orientation, Self-reliance, Social Commitment, and Tolerance. Teachers were asked to nominate the three students who were "most like" and the three students who were "least like" verbal descriptions of these…

In our concern with passing on information and acquisition of specific skills, we lose sight of the essential goal of education as the improvement of the quality of life and the development of sensitive, self-actualizing individuals. As teacher educators, we must teach students a humane approach in the classroom. Through a sensitive examination of…

"Communication apprehension" is a broad-based fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons. The purpose of this paper, the fifth in a series of five dealing with communication reticence is to speculate on the causes, correlates, and effects of communication apprehension. The…

The teaching module is organized to provide students on the K-3 grade level with knowledge, skill, and understanding of self. This module, divided into four learning sequences, helps students to identify and understand feelings and responses to situations. The eight activities in learning sequence 1 identify basic feelings through verbal and…

The P-SCAP is an experimental format for verifying assessment procedures specially designed for use with retarded children. It does not measure intelligence or social learning. The resultant scores are useful only for measuring the suitability of the format and type of task for testing retarded children. These scores can determine the following:…