Principal findings of a two-year study of alumni and officials of the program are summarized. Policy recommendations deal with: the use of former grantees in preparing new grantees; clarification of the roles and expectations of various program components; program flexibility; travel policy; use of academic consultants; and use of senior grantees…

This article describes the Denver Vocational Guidance Institutes as they operated from 1966 to 1972, presents the results of a long-term follow-up study, and discusses the generalizability of the training format. (Author)

The study compared 17 abused children with 17 children who had been in accidents, matched for age, race, sex, and socioeconomic status, eight years after all had been studied as infants. (Author)

As a test of the persistence of the effects of enrichment preschooling, and as a further stage of the evaluation of the Bourke preschool in New South Wales, 96 Aboriginal and white children, preschooled and non-preschooled, were given a battery of tests in 1974 measuring verbal intelligence, language development and classificatory skills.…

A nationwide survey of all users (400) of CAMPUS, PLANTRAN, RRPM, and SEARCH conducted in 1975 by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst examined the extent of model use and their effectiveness. This paper reports a follow-up study on user support for models and opinions of preconditions for future use. (LBH)

A sample of 903 physicians evaluated 10 aspects of their medical education for relevance and quality. Individual differences in retrospective satisfaction were related to premedical, medical school, and personality factors. (Author/LBH)

Parents of 140 former special education students were interviewed to assess former students' competencies according to the Life-Centered Career Education Curriculum. Subjects with higher competency levels were found to have a significantly more favorable employment status than their peers. (CH)

A Special Behavior Unit provided short-term residential treatment to persons with mental retardation who displayed severe maladaptive behavior. Program evaluation data indicated decreases in frequency of targeted behaviors during clients' residence. Post-discharge follow-up data indicated that 40 percent showed at least adequate adjustment and…

Presents follow-up data on 29 youths and their families served by the Court Related Youth Services, which combines placement of problem youths in short-term foster homes with outreach efforts to engage families in family counseling. Results demonstrate positive feedback by parents and a reduction in the number of youths needing institutional…

The study examined whether differences existed between experimental and control groups in maternal language and children's receptive language five years after a home-based intervention program. Mothers were interviewed and asked to tell stories to their children. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test was administered to the children, with the…

Presents information about various topics, including (1) an invention, Sleep Tight, that eases colic symptoms in infants; (2) a 17-year follow-up study on teenage mothers' lives; (3) working mothers; (4) discussion of child care; (5) safe adolescent celebrations; (6) homosexuality; and (7) child abuse. (BB)

A self-contained class for elementary-age students in England with emotional and behavioral problems is described, including admission and assessment, length of placement, social and educational contact with regular students, and parent-school interactions. Results of a follow-up study of the first 40 children admitted to the program are also…

In preparation for a National Research Council study updating Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study, "An American Dilemma," the article discusses the following: (1) history and thrust of the original work; (2) effect of the type of questions to be raised; (3) effect of approach on results; (4) necessity for new view of the gap between the races.…

Follow-up of 64 neglected and abused children, seen one to seven years earlier, with mentally retarded parent revealed that six children had been relinquished voluntarily for adoption; that courts had terminated parental rights for 34 children; and that nine had been placed in foster care. Cognitive limitations prevented parents from utilizing…

Examined the influence of an affective education program on self esteem in 45 sixth- and seventh-grade students. Results of pretest, posttest, and a two-month follow-up suggested girls benefited more than boys from the treatment. (JAC)