To ease the transition of laid-off Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) workers, a series of workshops were held to provide information and identify needs. Although most participants were satsified with CETA services, they did not feel they received help in finding new jobs. (JAC)

Subjects in an experimental evaluation of Project CREST were followed during a two-year period. Youths who had received counseling services in addition to probation were charged with fewer acts of misconduct than youths who had received probation but no counseling. (Author)

The increased learning rates made by 62 learning disabled elementary students during part time placement in resource rooms were not maintained at the same level after a year of full time attendance in regular classrooms. (CL)

A 40-item questionnaire was mailed to 200 high school graduates of vocational agriculture programs to determine the benefits students receive from supervised occupational experience programs. The highest ranked benefits were (1) "encouraged the keeping of records," (2) "promoted the acceptance of responsibility," and (3) "developed pride in…

The usefulness of the Kindergarten Reading Screening Battery (KRSB) in differentiating high and low risk reading children was examined in a followup study of 151 students (mean age 10.9). (PHR)

A test-retest reliability study of the Jesness Inventory based on a group of 54 male adolescents (all probationers) and a study of recidivism among 145 probationers are reported. (CTM)

Forty-three learning disabled children referred to a medical outpatient clinic because of reading difficulties were evaluated and followed for a period of five-seven years to study the course of their reading achievement and its relationship over time to various characteristics. (DLS)

The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (a parent-report measure of vocabulary and syntax) was administered to 103 children (mean age 103 months) who participated in a study of temporal resolution as infants. Children who had performed above the median on the temporal resolution task demonstrated better later language development than…

Interviews with 36 mothers of premature infants concerning their perceptions of their infants' care 1 and 7 months after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) found that mothers received information on their baby's health and routine care but did not receive information about developmental issues or such topics as transfer of…

A study of 52 abused children (ages 6-12) assessed the percentage of children who maintained the diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after a two-year period without evidence of renewed parental abuse or neglect. Results found that 17 still had PTSD despite court-ordered supervision and treatment. (CR)

This study compared the preinjury and postinjury patterns of alcohol and illicit drug use of 87 persons (ages 16 to 20) with traumatic brain injury. Although an initial follow-up indicated decline in alcohol use, second follow-up (at 28 months postinjury) suggested that drinking quantity and frequency increased over time. Postinjury illicit drug…

Social workers assessed the quality of life (QOL) of 92 at risk children at the time of and six months after a decision to either keep the child in or remove the child from his/her home. Results supported these decisions as QOL either improved, stayed the same, or declined in accordance with the decisions and their implementation (or…

This paper reports on a 15-year follow-up of the linguistic and cognitive profile of a woman with standard trisomy 21 (Down syndrome). The follow-up found recent rapid deterioration in receptive and productive language skills. However, basic phonological and morphosyntactic skills are preserved. Her changing profile mirrors that found in aging…

A study investigated the effectiveness of a weighting procedure for adjusting survey results to correct for nonresponse bias. Using data from a Cooperative Institutional Research Program followup survey, results indicate that the procedure is highly effective in univariate distributions; its effectiveness in adjusting correlation and regression…