This digest explores the concept of mentoring with gifted students and offers guidelines on its implementation. The literature on mentoring is reviewed, noting the maturing effect of mentor relationships and the particular value of mentors for disadvantaged students and for females. Among six guidelines offered are: decide what (not whom) the…

The need for a more responsive service system for people who are both mentally ill and homeless is a salient concern in America today. Preliminary research was conducted to examine how homeless mentally ill persons are processed by the currently organized network of human services in the nation's capital. Data were gathered in the summer of 1985…

This handbook, written for counselor educators, first presents a brief overview of the Special Training Project on Counseling the Aging, funded by the Administration on Aging to produce training materials on counseling the elderly for use in preservice or inservice programs. The remainder of the handbook serves as a guide for conducting and…

A study examined the needs of medical laboratory technology students at New York City Technical College. The nominal group technique (which involves silent generation of ideas in writing, round-robin feedback, and individual voting on priority ideas) was used to assess the academic and personal needs of 20 students. The following seven significant…

Although the oldest-old are the fastest growing segment in the rural population, little is known about their social and economic needs, their awareness of social programs, or their use of social services. This study was conducted to assess the social, economic, and health needs of the oldest-old (over the age of 85 years) as compared to those of…

Studies employing the Mooney Problem Check List (MPCL) have found that counseling center clients indicate more problems on the MPCL than nonclients. Domino and DeGroote identified 42 MPCL items concerned with self-satisfaction and a need for social contacts which further differentiated counseling seekers from nonseekers. In order to further…

Attribution theorists have argued that if an intrinsically motivated activity is extrinsically reinforced, the activity will be devalued and extinguished when the reward is removed. Hypothesizing that activities performed for their instrumental outcome are valued less than activities not so externally oriented, and that activities performed for…

This paper reviews the literature on the support systems of aging widows from an ecological perspective which includes personal resources, current assets as resources, and personal and group relationships. In the section on personal resources, research in the areas of the self, education, age, and race is reviewed. In the section on current…

The format for this curriculum guide, written for nurse practitioner faculty, consists of learning objectives, content outline, teaching methodology suggestions, references and recommended readings. Part 1 of the guide, Recognition of Early and Chronic Alcoholism, deals with features of alcoholism such as epidemiological data and theories,…

In today's society, there are numerous types of family structure and each tends to be known by its own stereotypical pattern. Approximately 30% of American families can be classified as stepfamilies. Stepfamilies have their own set of family dynamics and problems faced by each member of the family. An estimated 40% of second marriages end in…

This exploratory study analyzed the incidence and nature of barriers experienced by applicants wishing to adopt special needs children, defined as: "children who are older, have physical disabilities, are emotionally troubled, or are mentally retarded. Many are Black or Hispanic. Some are brothers and sisters who need a home together." Between…

Initial adaptation to the preschool or day care program is essential to the child's ultimate ability to make maximum use of the learning experiences made available each day. A well-planned initial visit (in which interest in coming back to school and a beginning rapport is established) followed by a carefully timed and individualized adaptation…

This document contains the transcripts of testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to gather information on Michigan's Older Americans Act programs. Following the opening statement of Representative Albosta, briefly summarizing the objectives of the Act, the prepared statement of Representative Hertel is given.…

One approach to classification of criminal cases suggests that controls are best allocated to those at risk and services to those in need. The Level of Supervision Inventory (LSI), a 58-item risk/needs checklist developed in Ontario Probation and Parole, was completed on the basis of reviews of official records and interviews with subjects and…

This document presents a summary of states' issues on aging and a catalogue of the economic, social, and health issues of importance as expressed by older Americans. The information contained in the report was gathered from each of 50 State mini-White House Conferences on Aging held in preparation for the 1981 White House Conference on Aging. An…