A survey of 29 graduates of a learning disabilities secondary program revealed that 18 were employed, with semiskilled or unskilled occupations predominating. Positive of the program (including that 24 resultsare either former students working or being trained) are noted as well as inadequacies (such as an underrepresentation in postsecondary…

A supported work model has helped 167 persons with mild and moderate mental retardation maintain subsidized competitive employment for a 6-year period. The model features structured placement, job-site training by staff, and ongoing follow-along support. Policy implications of such an approach question traditional placement in sheltered workshops…

Investigated the effects of a two-week alcohol education module presented as part of an environmental physiology class (N=17). Results showed the module increased knowledge and responsible attitudes among students immediately following the program and one month later and reduced incidence of negative behavioral consequences related to alcohol.…

Data on speech, language, performance IQ, school placement, and behavior are presented on 18 subjects diagnosed in childhood as "aphasic" and followed through adolescence. Results revealed slow but steady growth in language with expressive skills showing more rapid progress than comprehension. Performance IQ was highly correlated with language…

Describes the long-term effectiveness of the Adolescent Learning Center, a model classroom for emotionally disturbed adolescents (N=24). Results on a behavioral checklist, student attitude questionnaire, and parents' questionnaire indicated that gains in emotional adjustment continued to accrue significantly upon the students' return to the public…

Tested the utility of the Career Decision Scale in identifying chronic career indecision in 205 high school seniors. Followup data was gathered three years later. Results indicated the CDS factor scores can help identify the more chronically career indecisive students whose indecision is complicated by personality concerns. (JAC)

Follow-up of 22 children for whom protective daycare was sought suggested that mandatory protective daycare had hastened,but not caused, the removal of children. It was hypothesized that reactions to the placement exacerbated the already strained mother-infant relationships, leading to increased abuse and neglect. (Author/CL)

Responses to questionnaires on school achievement completed by teachers of 49 controls and 41 10-year-olds with minimal brain dysfunction (MBD), motor perception dysfunction (MPD), and attention deficit disorder (ADD) revealed differences of the same magnitude as those from a study of behavior problems. (Author/CL)

Attempts to relate treatment and methodology for behavior modification by tracing progressive developments through the case study, and beginning comparative and followup stages of treatment, and points out how these developments necessitated changes in the types of measuring instruments employed, including concern for both design and data…

A checklist was devised for the purpose of planning and evaluating follow-up studies in vocational rehabilitation. Brief guidelines are given for each of the features of the checklist, indicating what constitutes positive and negative qualities in follow-up studies. (Author)

Describes results of a follow-up questionnaire study of 300 students who participated in the National Science Foundation Science Honors Program during 1959-1961. Showed that all of the students attended college; 80 percent attended graduate school. Also gives data on college and graduate school majors, awards, and publications. (MLH)

This report describes the methods and procedures used for the full-scale data collection effort of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Second Follow-up Student 1996-2001 (BPS:1996/2001). These students, who started their postsecondary education in the 1995-1996 academic year, were first interviewed during 1996, and subsequently interviewed in…

Accountability in higher education promotes measurable outcomes considered indicative of performance, productivity, and quality. One prominent measure in evaluating baccalaureate programs is the proportion of graduates continuing to the graduate level. This study combined a well-established follow-up program, which includes education enrollment…