An area vocational school teacher responsible for working one-third time with disadvantaged and handicapped adults describes techniques and procedures used in assessing needs of the mountain people in a rural area of northern Georgia and in marshalling resources of various state and community agencies to develop an appropriate program in consumer…

Describes some of the emerging directions of the family life education curricula. As social changes occur in our society, this curriculum must respond if it is to maintain its relevance. (Author/HMV)

The author defines four basic approaches to "family facilitation" open to schools. They include: (1) family life education; (2) family enrichment; (3) family consultation, and (4) marital and family counseling. The school will need to use all four approaches to significantly facilitate family development. (Author)

Describes the two basic program development methods used in a parent education project of the Franklin County (Ohio) Children Services: (1) program development by local planning committees from specific suburban, rural, and urban geographical areas, and (2) construction of predesigned programs for parents who are clients of the agency. (MF)

Guidelines which reflect the level of the parents' legal involvement is advocated to protect the child's "best interests": when parents choose mediation, a specialist in child custody is appointed to educate and assist in the decision-making process; when parents choose litigation, counsel is appointed to represent the child. (Author)

Family change classes are designed to help children recognize the inevitability and normality of family changes and the feelings which occur as a result of such things as death, marital dissolution, separation, or residential mobility. Readings, role play, puppetry, discussion and other media are used extensively. (Author)

Despite continuing importance of family support systems for the aged, historical changes have created new constraints on families in caring for aging kin. Demographic change has reduced the number of descendents to whom an older person may turn for assistance. (Author)

Community college courses must be updated to match the changing needs of society and the growing ages of the students. They should emphasize active, creative, and practical courses, rather than theory. The author presents teaching suggestions for practical courses in family life, political science, and consumer education. (RT)

This paper identifies the competencies necessary for healthy family life and how they can be learned through Adlerian family counseling. (Author)

Compares the results of two surveys of adolescents' views on the quality of family life in five European countries. Results showed a positive view of the family for a large majority of the respondents. (JDH)

Interviewed white virgin junior high school students in 1980 and again in 1982. Found effects of parental marital status on sexual behavior and on age-graded deviance, suggesting general loss of parental control. Control loss was associated with disruption of two-parent household for boys and with the state of living in a fatherless household for…

Assessed the convergent and discriminant validity of various measures of family cohesion and control, using a multitrait, multimethod approach. Families with at least one adolescent and in family therapy completed self-report measures and engaged in Reiss' Card Sort Procedure. Ratings of the families' cohesiveness were also obtained from the…

In a study of family strength, 32 American Indian women attending an inservice Head Start program completed the Family Inventory of Resources for Management. Analysis of the esteem/communication and social support subscales indicated that Indian families have some strengths that far exceed strengths of families in the general population. (JHZ)

Presents a conceptual model depicting the effects of family-oriented benefits, policies, and services in the corporate sector, on employees' work and family lives. Discusses the model in the context of the historical development of, and recent expansions in, corporate supports for employees and their families, and the need for a work-family model…

Notes that the increase in the number of mothers who work while their children are young has resulted to the need for more day care facilities. Considers the socialization and development of children who grow up in day care centers, addressing such issues as transmission of contagious disease, separation anxiety, parent-child bonding, and…