THE PROJECT AIMED TO PREPARE PROFESSIONAL LEADERS TO DEVELOP FUNCTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS HANDICAPPED BY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS DIFFERENCES. PHASE I, THE PROFESSIONAL LEADER'S RESPONSIBILITIES WERE ANALYZED ACCORDING TO WHAT HE IS CURRENTLY DOING AND WHAT HE SHOULD DO. SUPERVISORS AND LEADERS OF PROGRAMS FOR THE DISADVANTAGED RATED…

NEW EMPHASIS ON RESEARCH IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OFFERS GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR (1) INCREASED NUMBERS AND KINDS OF NEEDED RESEARCH PROJECTS, (2) DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL OCCUPATIONAL FINDINGS WITHIN THE VARIOUS DISCIPLINES OF EDUCATION, (3) DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANT STUDENT FOLLOWUP DATA, AND (4) IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENT…

THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE DISADVANTAGED ENGLISH-SPEAKING YOUTH OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE SIMILAR IDENTIFIABLE EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL PROBLEMS AND WHETHER THE SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE APPLICABLE IN SIMILARLY DISADVANTAGED CULTURES. ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PUPIL PERSONNEL WORKERS, AND…

INSTEAD OF A STRICTLY QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED LEARNER'S INTELLECT AND APTITUDE, GUIDANCE PERSONNEL SHOULD EMPHASIZE A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE "TOTAL LIFE EXPERIENCES" WHICH INTERACT WITH, AND SOMETIMES IMPEDE, THE LEARNER'S INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PERSONAL-SOCIAL…

BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS OF EDUCATING SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN EXTEND FAR BEYOND CLASSROOM WALLS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS MUST CONSIDER THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE LIVES OF THESE CHILDREN. IN GUIDING THE NEGRO CHILD, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COUNSELOR SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS WHICH THIS CHILD'S…

TWO EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED TO STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A CHILD'S TOLERANCE FOR DELAY OF GRATIFICATION AND HIS ABILITY TO CONSERVE NUMBER AND PICTURES. OTHER MEASURES OF COGNITION ALSO WERE USED. TOLERANCE FOR DELAY OF GRATIFICATION WAS MEASURED BY THE CHILD'S DECISION TO RECEIVE A PACK OF CANDY AND A TOY ON THE DAY OF TESTING OR TO…

SEVERAL TITLE 1 PROJECTS IN TEXAS ARE READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS FOR MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN. EL PASO'S PROJECT SECOND CHANCE PROVIDES EACH CHILD WITH SPECIAL READING INSTRUCTION IN WELL-EQUIPPED READING CENTERS AND AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY CENTERS WITH TUTORIAL AIDES. A PROJECT ON READING RETARDATION, THE DEL RIO PROGRAM, AIMS FOR READING…

SOME CONDITIONS OF THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP WITH NAVAJOS ARE DESCRIBED. UNKEPT APPOINTMENTS ARE FREQUENT. THE COUNSELOR IS PERCEIVED AS A SOLVER OF IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS RATHER THAN AS AN AGENT OF INTERPERSONAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGE. TO THE NAVAJO, HE IS OFTEN AN AUTHORITY FIGURE. LANGUAGE IS AN ALMOST INSURMOUNTABLE BARRIER EXCEPT…

AFTER WORKING WITH ADOLESCENT, NEGRO GIRLS FROM 12 TO 20 YEARS OF AGE, ONE SOCIAL WORKER MADE SEVERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE GIRLS. ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THE GIRLS ARE IN PERPETUAL MOVEMENT AND THEIR ATTENTION SPAN IS VERY SHORT. MANY OF THE GIRLS HAVE VERY INDIRECT AND LIMITED COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT…

THE CHOICE OF GOALS AND PRACTICES TO BE UTILIZED IN APPROACHES TO EFFECTING BEHAVIORAL CHANGE IS USUALLY DETERMINED BY THE PRACTITIONER'S VIEW OF THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING BEHAVIORAL ORGANIZATION. TWO BEHAVIOR THEORIES ARE THE PROJECTIVE VIEW AND THE REFLECTIONAL VIEW OF THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING BEHAVIORAL ORGANIZATION. IN THE PROJECTIVE VIEW,…

THE JEWISH EMPLOYMENT AND VOCATIONAL SERVICE (JEVS), A NONSECTARIAN, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, CONDUCTED TWO PROJECTS WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AND THE PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT. THE FIRST PROJECT DEALT WITH 79 TEENAGERS CONSIDERED TO BE HOSTILE, AGGRESSIVE, DEFIANT AND UNMOTIVATED. EACH STUDENT WAS…

IN LIGHT OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS DISCUSSED, THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE FOR THE SET-UP OF A MATHEMATICS PROGRAM FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. IN PRE-SCHOOL, CHILDREN SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO PERCEPTUAL TRAINING AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT RELATIVE TO SPACE, NUMBER, TIME AND RELATED CONCEPTUAL DOMAINS, SINCE THESE LATER BECOME THE…

AT LEAST 60 OF THE 625 STUDENTS WHO DROPPED OUT OF THE SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1959-60 LATER RETURNED TO SCHOOL, AND MANY GRADUATED. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DISCOVER WHY THESE STUDENTS RETURNED, WHAT KINDS OF STUDENTS WERE MOST INFLUENCED BY ADVICE TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, AND WHICH STUDENTS EXPERIENCED THE MOST PRESSURE TO RETURN. SOME…

OBJECTIVES ARE TO HELP COUNSELORS IDENTIFY LOW ACHIEVERS, TO STIMULATE TALENT AND ABILITY, AND TO EXPLORE PROCEDURES THAT COULD BE USED TO INTEREST AND MOTIVATE UNDERACHIEVERS AND TO ENLIST COOPERATION FROM PARENTS. RECOMMENDED ARE ATTEMPTS TO EXPOSE CHILDREN TO CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AND PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION. THE COUNSEL WORKS WITH TEN…

IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND YOUTH HANDICAPPED BY SOCIAL STATUS DIFFERENCES, IT WAS NECESSARY TO REALIZE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS WERE CONTRADICTORY ATTITUDES TOWARD SELF AND OTHERS, MATERIALISTIC ATTITUDES, LOW-LEVEL ASPIRATION AND MOTIVATION, AND DIFFERENT SOCIOCULTURAL PATTERNS. THE POSITIVE ASPECTS INCLUDED SELECTIVE MOTIVATION AND CREATIVITY,…