Teaching techniques which can be used by home economics teachers in the area of human relationships, particularly family relationships, are suggested. These techniques include dramatization, discussion, interviews, simulation, opinionnarires, and other activities. (EC)

Children of Divorce is a community-based and community-sponsored education-support group, the primary purpose of which is to assist children in adjusting to separation or divorce in their families. Children meet with volunteer group leaders for a series of six weekly sessions. (Author)

Contains anecdotal observations of families in a small anthracite coal region in Pennsylvania who regularly present themselves for treatment at the local Mental Health Center. The paper describes a unique cultural tradition and how this tradition influences the operation of the family in this region. (Author)

Evaluates work and nonwork variables in job satisfaction of married working women. Women's job satisfaction was found to be related to such variables as life satisfaction, age, and importance of job income but unrelated to race, educational level, occupational prestige, income level, and attitude toward women working. (Author/MT)

When a child or another single member of a family is brought for psychotherapy, the therapist's task is to "redefine" individual symptoms into statements about the family system itself, and about how the family system initiates and maintains certain symptoms in particular individuals. (Author)

After reporting on the outcomes of nonbehavioral family therapies, Wells and Dezen analyze, criticize, and suggest the single-case experimental design. Gurman and Kniskern question their criteria in studying the outcomes of family therapy. Wells and Dezen then discuss relationship factors, suitability of criteria, and objective change measures.…

Intensive studies of the careers, family backgrounds, marital relationships, and domestic patterns of ten continuous dual-career families (i.e., those where the wives interrupted their professional careers only minimally to have children) were made through an in-depth guided-interview approach. (Author)

A working wife and mother who is also a home economics teacher and organization president offers suggestions for managing home and family duties by deciding what activities are more important to her. (MF)

Most treatment programs for alcoholics and their families fail to show a systematic understanding of the interaction between the alcoholic, his drinking problem, and the family as a whole. Based on a review of the literature, the author presents a systems approach and ways of utilizing it in practice. (Author)

Each child has some special strength or ability that must be recognized for growth in self esteem. Ways of helping children discern their strengths, the importance of family relationships in building self worth, and the needs of children in special education and gifted programs are discussed. (MT)

Outlines a treatment approach integrating behavioral and marital interventions for working with agoraphobics and their partners. Where interactions arouse anxiety, agoraphobes and significant others become embroiled in a circular transaction which causes mutual resentment and entrenched symptomatology. Suggests a method to help develop a…

Groupings, life styles, and experiences vary a great deal among families. This article reviews books that provide information on developing and maintaining good relationships within the family and ways of handling issues. (CB)

Presents a rationale and a description for incorporating family-systems knowledge and assessment into parent education programs. Emphasizes that an awareness and analysis of family-systems dynamics is extremely important for counselors who teach parent education. Examines issues in assessment and intervention with family system characteristics,…

Tested a theory of developmental competence in the family using measures of therapeutic outcome in undergraduate college students (N=138) who were administered a battery of six theory-derived tests twice. Results lent support to the psychometric properties of various tests of the battery and indirectly to the theory from which tests were derived.…