Resulting in part from a project designed to identify and describe comprehensive programs of excellence in career education, this booklet is the fifth in a series describing current, successful career education practices. Intended for post-secondary educators, this monograph examines: (1) a mandate for teachers to adjust preconceived attitudes to…

The working or nonworking status of married women free of the financial need to work was studied in relation to the balance between their instrumental and expressive needs and to their own and their husband's attitudes towards women's roles. (Author)

Model for helping students learn to be with other people and to develop healthy, full communication with a partner. (Author)

Now that students' learning styles have been diagnosed (AA 527 074) and the classroom rearranged to accommodate the various learning styles (AA 527 220), the authors develop a learning program designed to meet the individual needs of each student. (Author/RK)

A model was proposed which considered individual differences and work environment in the design of management-by-objectives (MBO) programs. The field-testing of the model indicated that consideration must be given not only to the feasibility of the task goals and their applicability to the larger organizational objectives, but also to employee…

Calls for more attention to marriage in both educational and psychotherapeutic approaches to the family and marriage fields. Object relations theory is seen as having much to offer. Balance among various elements in studying and working with marriage is seen as desirable. (Author)

Recognition of these students' unique learning needs and utilization of their rehabilitation experiences and perspectives can enhance class learning and can be incorporated into role playing, simulations, term paper topics, agency placements. etc. The instructor should respect the students' independent efforts. (Author/LBH)

Business education enrollments can be increased by means of the recordkeeping course. It is a valuable general offering since it meets both personal finance and job skill needs. It provides an opportunity for some students to explore career opportunities in business and start on a career plan. (EM)

Discusses community placement of mentally handicapped people and remedial procedures for encouraging independent decision making and behavior. Intertwines this behavior change with an alternative method of consumer education. (Author/RK)

Surveyed 348 prison inmates about their needs or interests in rehabilitation programs, reasons for their needs, whether they deserved treatment, and why. Results suggest that prisoners view rehabilitation and reform as the major purpose of punishment or prison sentence. Need was endorsed most often as fairest criterion for program participation.…

Presents three articles on housing policies for the elderly. Topics include the need for housing assistance and targeting aid to the disabled, the practicality of delivering support services to impaired elderly in current housing, and potential future directions of federal housing policy. (NRB)

Examined the prominence of intimacy concerns, i.e., connectedness and independent needs in a sample of women in the health professions, analyzing for age and marital status. Used the Life Priorities Q-Sort. Older and single women were found to be significantly more independent than younger and married women. (Author/KS)

Interviews were conducted with 18 professionals and 33 parents in 23 families with a blind or partially sighted child to assess their perceptions and experiences in support groups. The study clarified the types of parents who participate in support groups and the life conditions associated with their involvement. (Author/JDD)

Examines the state of early childhood special education, the salient influences on the future of the field, and implications for the 1990s. (RAE)

Everything that educators have learned aabout individual differences and learning styles as they relate to pacing is negated by tests that disregard such evidence. Unless they are improved, competency tests are likely to seriously damage the educational process. (CJH)