Ageism's negative stereotyping may be avoided in helping professions by involving students in naturalistic research during their training, allowing them to observe the real world of older adults thereby increasing the range of possible helping interventions. (MSE)

Teachers, like athletes, are more likely to adopt new ways of doing their jobs if they are coached, and they are also likely to get worse before they get better. This article describes the coaching of teachers and includes an interview with a football coach to illustrate parallels with athletics. (PGD)

Suggests changes in schools in the Northwest Territories to prevent deculturalization of Canada's native students. Programs should recognize their special abilities and needs and include special training for staff members. (JAC)

A discussion of the current practices in inservice education and staff development programs in schools focuses on: (1) the need of school districts to develop organizational models; (2) the content and delivery mechanisms of staff development programs; (3) incentives for teachers; and (4) sources of funding for staff development programs. (JN)

Describes goals of the liberation movement for handicapped students. Suggests providing guidance workers with a theoretical base for understanding the current state of school guidance. Discusses the need for alternatives in school guidance. Goals of alternatives include altering a state of acceptance, and promoting new options and possibilities.…

Points out dominance of political as opposed to other types of history in General Certificate of Education (GCE) and Scottish Certificate of Education (SCE) papers, considers alternative approaches to the content of those papers, and suggests means of implementing the suggested changes. (CM)

The characteristics of needs assessment, in terms of social and health programs, are discussed, as well as misunderstandings, criticisms, and suggested changes in needs assessment activities. (MH)

This paper presents a review of the available data on the extent of truancy and the factors associated with and contributory to truancy. It suggests that pupil personnel workers begin to adopt more strategies of the change agent and a more active examination of the total life space and relationships of students. (Author)

Presents a review of techniques for dealing with consultee resistance. Suggests the social psychological theory of reactance is a useful conceptual framework for considering resistance in consultation. Discusses examples of its application, variables that predict the likely effectiveness of a reactance utilization intervention, and ethical issues.…

Investigated whether or not creative behavior as measured by Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking could be increased in older adult women (N=40) through a creative problem-solving program. Experimental subjects did not score significantly higher on the Torrance tests than the control subjects who had not participated in the program. (Author)

School counselors must plan for and develop appropriate change strategies. To do this, they must be aware of the characteristics of the school organization and their own role in it. (JAC)

This comparison of antipoverty strategies in Britain (Urban Programme) and the United States (War on Poverty) highlights their similar conceptions of the nature of the problem, differences in approach and implementation, and the contrasting political cultures of American community activism and British socialism. (SK)

Strategies were based on a low-key consultative technique designed to build community-college ownership of the program. The project resulted in staff-development activities at each college, including resource handbooks for part-time faculty, meetings with full-time personnel, and greater access to existing services. (Author)

The results of a survey of college presidents, about the formal strategies used in institutional planning, are presented. Elements include environmental analysis, assessment of institutional strengths and limitations, assumptions, criteria, objectives, development of strategies and long-range plans, and performance evaluation. (MSE)

Discusses the negative aspects of suspension from school, especially its disproportionate impact on non-White students, and surveys some of the most commonly employed alternatives to suspension. (ST)