Notes that health maintenance organizations (HMOs) provide large volume of health care services to older Americans. Contends that HMOs must reexamine general practice of equating utilization of services with health care need and collect better population-based information, including measures of health status. Discusses data elements widely…

A survey of 50 cooperative extension directors received 37 responses that identified the trends in delivery of extension programs and profiled characteristics of field-based faculty related to employability and job mobility. A majority expected delivery modes to change from single agents to multicounty offices, with telecommunications increasing…

Responds to "macrostrategies" concept in counseling advanced in previous articles by Herr, Ivey and Rigazio-DiGilio, and Dinkmeyer relative to broadening the service delivery perspective of the profession and thereby sustaining its heritage. Claims this work contributes significantly to strengthening a paradigm shift in that direction.…

Proposes a conceptual framework for understanding the immigration experience. Outlines critical variables in the departure (premigration), transit, and resettlement stages of migration. Includes examples from the experiences of Soviet Jewish immigrants. Discusses changes in Soviet and U.S. policies that affect immigrant adaptation and delivery of…

This paper presents a framework for early intervention for children having (or at risk of developing) disabilities, produced by Eurlyaid, a working party of the European Community. The framework addresses definitions of key concepts, the target group, rationale behind early intervention, content of early intervention, conditions necessary for…

Interdisciplinary high schools are characterized by the decentralization of specialized areas and organization of space into modules that reinforce student communication as well as flexibility. Starting with an interdisciplinary cluster approach and then overlaying the departments aids the process. (MLF)

Examines the growth and reform of technical-vocational education and training in two South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) member nations: Indonesia and Malaysia. Traces similarities and differences between the two systems, which will be extended to other SEAMEO member states by the new SEAMEO Regional Centre for Vocational…

Problems discovered in the Kellogg Education Information Centers projects included territoriality, ethical issues in counseling and guidance, lack of staff time for individual assistance, isolation of rural areas, and lack of resources for outreach to special populations. (SK)

Notes that public welfare agencies are serving middle-class Americans. Examines six factors that may contribute to gentrification of public welfare agencies: growing demands for services from nontraditional clients; restructuring of public welfare's service delivery system; declining resources; increasing emphasis on child protective services;…

Presents information from interviews for Amish Study, study undertaken to understand, from rural family's perspective, experience of having received in-home family services. Describes barriers to service found by rural families and presents two cases from Amish Study. Considers need for outreach to rural families. (NB)

Examines trends identified in the American School Food Service Association's research-based "1998-2000 Strategic Plan." Forecasters are projecting that student enrollments will rise over the next five years, labor shortages will continue, competition from fast-food providers is increasing, food-service providers' roles are expanding, and…

Most helping professionals agree that social workers' historic ideas about practice are innovative. Discusses the implications for school social workers as other helping professions begin to endorse historic ideas about practice developed by social workers. Suggests that a new type of thinking that supersedes categories is required. Discusses the…

This qualitative study examined patterns of service use by 62 older people with intellectual disability from 12 Australian municipalities. A lack of collaboration between the aged-care and disability service systems was found, as was an implicit policy of redirecting older people toward aged-care services and away from disability services. (DB)

Clarifies the concept of globalization and explores how globalization affects national education systems. Compares eight mechanisms of external effects (borrowing, learning, teaching, harmonization, dissemination, standardization, interdependence, and imposition) and organizations associated with them. Effects have been largely indirect, the…

This article summarizes the current understanding of the "quality of life" construct as applied to people with mental retardation. It examines previous definitions and suggests a definition involving eight life dimensions including emotional well-being, interpersonal relationships, material well-being, social inclusion, and rights. The definition…