Describes the procedures for administering the Cultural Attitudes Repertory Technique (CART), designed to elicit personal constructs relevant to cross-cultural understanding. Shows an example of a completed CART and provides suggestions for discussing the CART in a small group. (LLL)

Four after-school workshops for hearing impaired high school students focused on the independent transportation skills of riding a bus alone, using a transfer, figuring out routes and schedules, and securing additional travel information. (CL)

Presents a structured enrichment workshop designed to facilitate marital intimacy, featuring three modules: (1) self-hood and differentiation; (2) communication of emotions; and (3) negotiation. Theoretical bases of each module are outlined, with special attention given to the role of sharing of hurt feelings as a primary dimension of intimacy.…

Value questionnaires were developed and completed by 358 staff of activity therapy centers, which provide vocational and social training to disabled adults. Factor loadings of the questionnaire, designed to explore attitudes toward habilitation are reported. (CL)

Compared persons who attended career workshops and those who registered but did not attend. Interviews with nonattenders showed 45 percent had forgotten or felt discouraged, 38 percent gave environmental reasons, and 17 percent indicated they had already met their goals. (JAC)

The SEFAM Program (Supporting Extended Family Members) in Settle, WA, has organized workshops for grandparents of handicapped children. Questionnaire responses of 21 workshop participants touch upon their initial reaction to the handicaps, their needs, their contributions, and the supports available to them. (CL)

Discusses an educational protocol conducted with a group of older women in religious life. Sixty women, aged 60 and above, members of a Roman Catholic religious order, participated in a series of educational workshops. They explored their own personal growth and development through exercises in values clarification, lifeline, and life review. (CT)

Investigated the effects of a workshop fee on stress management skills and workshop evaluations of women participants. Those paying for the workshop scored significantly higher in content recall of stress reduction techniques and significantly lower in follow-up stress levels. (Author/MCF)

Outlines the Madison Workshop Program for staff development, operated by the local school system in cooperation with a local college. This unique collaboration funds nationally known educators to present workshops for local teachers. (MD)

An elementary school principal suggests ways to get and keep parents involved in schools. Among these are workshops on curriculum and being a parent, parents serving as volunteers and instructors, and an annual breakfast for fathers. (MLF)

Shelterd vocational services for mentally retarded persons are analyzed from several organizational, philosophical, and programmatic perspectives, including the availability of work and habilitation service delivery. Targets for remedial action are identified, such as developing time sharing programs with industry and developing employee…

Uses personal experiences with feuding factions to discuss principles for handling other conflictual situations, including the Camp David meetings between Israel, Egypt and the United States. Suggest a person-centered approach as an alternative to intergroup hostility. (JAC)

Proposes several options for improving competency in judging forensic events, particularly judging seminars. (PD)

Seven articles on International Labour Organization (ILO) activities cover study groups at ILO headquarters, a Philippine rural workers seminar, women's participation in Central American union activities, worksite courses in India, and seminars and symposia in Cape Verde, Mauritius, and Sierra Leone. (SK)