Discusses emotional difficulties of young children regarding experience in hospitals and presents ways to prevent such problems from occurring. (DB)

The camera can be a complementary evaluation tool for evaluations of student affairs programs. It is particularly suitable for evaluations designed to portray programs. It has potential as an evocative aid and can clearly be used in reporting results. (Author)

Instructional development projects in Medical Terminology and Orientation to Hearing Aids are reviewed to demonstrate the procedural steps used and the interactive dynamics employed by development teams at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Six references are provided. (MER)

Objective-oriented management for a cooperative program in a postsecondary institutional setting is relatively easy to articulate but requires much patience and energy to implement. Basically the design for objective-oriented management consists of five distinct activities, including goal setting, policy formation, and evaluation. (LRA)

A personnel development plan is suggested in which training specialists (1) help employees with career development, (2) change the job or transfer employees to a more suitable job, or (3) go through role negotiation, goal setting, or some other exercise designed to create a new job perspective. (CT)

Because of free enterprise projects developed by high school students, the students are more aware of the American economic system. They learned to work together to achieve goals and to solve problems by decision making. They also became better consumers and citizens. (CT)

Examines the effects of resume writing and professional goal-setting on locus of control scores of business college women. Findings indicate it is possible to affect locus of control orientation of college women preparing to enter the labor market by integrating contingency orientation and goal-setting strategies into a resume writing program.…

The role of the administrator as helper is discussed in terms of two processes involved in a helpful supervisory relationship--individual goal-setting conferences, and positive communication. (JMF)

Results from this study (1) suggest ways for teachers to make decisions regarding pieces of equipment a child should be encouraged to use in order to develop a greater awareness of spatial dimensions and (2) imply that equipment could be selected on the basis of its contribution to the education of the child. (MB)

This article outlines the means by which the principal of a school can help the teachers improve their performance, achieve worthy goals, and receive more personal satisfaction in their work and development. (JD)

Response to the subject of death has been sufficiently positive to lead to the development of some curriculum materials. There has been little training for teachers and systematic analysis of the purposes and direction of death education, which has led to a limited focus and incomplete learning in courses about death. (Author)

This article discusses different styles and methods of teaching and suggests that teachers bear in mind the relationship between their own specific purposes and their choice of method to implement them. (JD)

Synthesizes the research on infant-parent interaction and proposes a model for introducing and including infant-parent interaction in family-centered early intervention with young children having disabilities. The model stresses the family's vision for the child's future and the family's role in active decision making. (DB)

Examines the relevance of reengineering for organizational development in a technology-enabled marketplace. Emphasizes the need for shorter timeframes to implement change and discusses reasons for reengineering failure, as well as ways to make executive sponsorship more secure. (AEF)

Business skills described are as follows: think creatively, set goals, implement a winning business strategy, implement a winning marketing strategy, be excellent at selling, negotiate better deals, give leadership, understand financial implications, and manage time well. A bibliography contains 90 references categorized by the nine skills. (SK)