Current social changes reinforce the need for trained marriage and family counselors. After a brief examination of these changes, the authors suggested paraprofessional training as one alternative for providing needed marriage and family counseling services. Already established paraprofessional programs, advantages, disadvantages, and the…

This report presents termination and followup evaluations of a parent training program based on behavior modification principles. Treatment termination outcome data was obtained for 22 families, and followup data was collected on 14 of these families at three and eight months after treatment. Results indicated a fairly high level of success at…

An evaluation study of the Family Service Program of the Essex County (New York) Division of Home Economics is focused on the third series of lessons; the purposes of the study were to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the indigenous program aides and the participants and to show the influence of training for teaching this series of…

Evaluated was the relationship of the personal and marital adjustment of 31 sets of parents to their own behavior as parents and the behavior problems of their children (mean age 7.7 years). Families who had been referred for behavioral counseling regarding child problems were given a diagnostic battery which included home observations as well as…

To a large extent the occupational system and the family system presuppose that in a married couple only one spouse will have a high level occupation. Typically the husband has a demanding occupational role, while the wife has either no occupational role or one that is subordinate in importance to that of her husband. One of the major ways in…

Using data from personal interviews, participant observation in a rural poverty area, and intensive case studies, this study compared 1,325 women according to welfare, marital, and employment status. Working mothers in general were found to have a more effective home life and self-concept, but with some marital problems and concerns about their…

Possible programs for helping low-income families rise out of poverty include training women to obtain jobs. This Volume III of the study takes a close look at one small poverty-ridden community in an attempt to provide a better understanding of the problems confronting such families. Several years of close anthropological observation went into…

This handbook describes the steps that have been taken to control child abuse. Seven areas of this problem are covered: (1) reportable conditions: abuse and neglect defined; (2) persons required to make reports; (3) penalties for failure to report; (4) public education; (5) guardian ad litem (an attorney appointed by the court to represent an…

Presented is the final report of the National Comprehensive Emergency Services (CEC) Center in Tennessee, designed to disseminate information about CES and provide technical assistance to other communities which will assist in the development of CES systems for providing improved services for abused, neglected, and dependent children and their…

Planning processes are described for the production of the pilots of a 20 episode educational television series for parent education. Dramatic episodes showing conflict in the lives of five fictional families form the basis for the planned series which is intended to educate 17-25-year-old parents to facilitate the growth and development of their…

Psychological abuse of children is known to happen but is seldom publicly discussed. This article deals with some of these issues and describes various ways to help cope with them. (Author)

Urban ninth-grade adolescents' views of maternal employment as a threat to marital happiness were assessed in 1963 and 1973. It was found that adolescents in 1973 felt maternal employment was less threatening than did those in 1963, and this was especially true among female respondents. (Author)

Includes the announcement of the first World Congress on Future Special Education, a multi-channel tape playback system designed to enhance career guidance and counseling services in Southern California, and a report from the National Association of Independent Schools on student enrollment and some important characteristics of independent…

This paper outlines two directions schools must take in order to effect close coordination between home and school. A program of parent education designed to prevent family crises should be set up. Also schools must take the lead in coordinating the various community support services already in existence. (CFM)

By having an attitude of understanding and acceptance, a teacher can help a child who is undergoing the traumatic experience of the divorce of his parents. (JD)