Little empirical research has focused on whether comprehensive service programs for pregnant teenagers and teenage parents have helped to prevent or reduce the occurrence of subsequent pregnancies. This 4-year follow-up study evaluated what impact 8 services provided by a nonprofit agency have had on preventing repeat pregnancies, including…

The report examines effectiveness and cost studies of early special education programs for handicapped children, discusses research and resulting data from Colorado, and concludes that preschool services are beneficial to students and cost effective for society. Chapter 1 reviews longitudinal, shorter term empirical, and third party evaluation…

As part of a regular evaluative follow-up of graduates from the education programs at Bowling Green State University, this collection of three booklets provides statistics on the responses of students who graduated between 1975 and 1980. The first booklet presents responses obtained from a total of 685 teachers who reflected upon the adequacy of…

The study is a followup of one carried out in 1977 in South Wales examining problems created by the presence of a mentally handicapped child in the family. Parents of the followup sample, representing only one-third of the original, were interviewed regarding the handicap and its specific effects, family practical needs and problems, family life,…

In a follow-up of 407 mentally retarded children first studied in 1959, the study examined contributing influences of parental attitude and child-rearing practices as well as the larger society's socializing practices. Original demographic and attitudinal data were used to predict the functional adjustment of 70 members of the original cohort.…

A follow-up study of high school students who had taken a law-related education (LRE) course as junior high students showed that the LRE course continued to have a positive effect on the students' behavior. In the original study, ninth-graders taking LRE courses were compared with ninth-graders enrolled in conventional civics courses. At the…

The major purpose of this study was to determine the employment status of education graduates from the 1985 class at the University of Regina (Saskatchewan, Canada). Responses were received from 124 graudates. Information is reported on the following questions: (1) What was the employment success rate of education graduates? (2) To what locales…

This follow-up study of potential first year teachers involved a population of 39 undergraduates certified to teach by Washburn University (Topeka, Kansas) during the spring semester of 1984. Data were obtained relative to the undergraduates' status in teaching during the 1984-85 academic school year, and concerning each individual's…

A study investigated the long-term impact of acceleration on academically talented youth. Twenty-three females and 20 males completed questionnaires about the California State University at Sacramento (CSUS) Academic Talent Search Program they had attended 4 years previously as junior high students. Students reported on the experiences, academic…

The Perach Project is a one-to-one tutoring program for the socially disadvantaged. This study's main purpose was to locate Perach Project children two years after they had been tutored in order to determine their situation in school, measure their school self-concept, aspirations, and attitudes towards school, and examine their feelings about the…

The Australian Department of Labour made a study of clients receiving vocational guidance from psychologists at its offices in order to establish the effectiveness of the guidance service as seen by clients, and to build up a picture of the type of client benefiting most from vocational guidance. The findings are presented and discussed. (Author)

An extensive campaign was conducted through community organizations to inform Spanish-surnamed individuals about careers in podiatric medicine using a brochure containing a postage-paid return postcard. All organizations known to be reasonably active in the health careers and Spanish-surnamed field were contacted and asked to participate in…

A followup study of first year teachers' satisfaction with their preservice education is described. Graduates of California State University/Fresno who were engaged in their first year of teaching were asked to respond to a 21-question evaluative instrument reflecting a sampling of competencies covering their entire professional education…