While social history has made great contributions to fur trade and native history, the article reflects upon the limitations of present approaches of recounting Canadian history. (ERB)

Presents a study of Lithuanian refugees involving 24 women and spanning 16 years, from the original study done in 1957 in Chicago, to the follow-up study of 14 of the same respondents done in 1973-74. Describes their process of acculturation in different life areas, their attitudes, and their associations. (Executive Office of the AABS, 231 Miller…

Teachers will have little influence on the social integration of handicapped children unless they plan and encourage cooperative activities between the handicapped and the nonhandicapped. (Author/IRT)

The influence of the Youth Society movement on Finnish cultural life is widespread. Three main areas can be observed in all Youth Society activities: moral education of Finnish youth, extending ideas of national awakening to everyone, and a tendency to bring different social circles closer together. (JOW)

Interviews 88 African American undergraduates to understand the role of African American student organizations in facilitating social integration at a predominantly White institution. Results largely support Tinto's (1993) theory of student departure but indicate limitations of the theory when applying it to African Americans from predominantly…

Disagrees with the assumption that assimilation is a national ideal or policy objective, highlighting how assimilation has been bowdlerized so that it is conceived of as a benign step toward social harmony, when in fact it generates new social problems. Critiques three traditional criteria for successful assimilation (e.g., accepting English as…

The social interaction patterns of employees with and without mental retardation across several different competitive employment sites were observed. Findings suggested mentally retarded workers were physically but not socially integrated with their co-workers. Results are discussed in relation to their implications for integrating workers with…

Examined relationships between economic distress and family satisfaction and effects of social integration on these relationships among 1,561 married adults. Results indicated that income components of economic distress were related to family satisfaction while employment components were not. Economic distress was negatively related to social…

This study examined the community activities and social networks of 512 people with developmental disabilities living in communities in Wales. Results indicated that subjects were engaged in a wide range of community activities but that opportunities for wider interactions or friendships with nondisabled people were limited. (DB)

Examines a traditional Mayan village in the Yucatan where deaf inhabitants use a sign language that is distinct from that used in other Mexican communities. Because the hearing villagers are able to communicate in this sign language, the deaf inhabitants are almost fully integrated into the social and economic life of the village. (22 references)…

An intervention had three phases: (1) a worker who was taught instructional skills then taught a disabled worker a new task; (2) the nondisabled workers encouraged others to interact with the disabled worker; and (3) the disabled worker was taught appropriate conversational exchanges. Coworker instruction alone did not increase the disabled…

This study investigated the possibility that high levels of direct support in supported employment programs are associated with less typicalness, integration, and wages. The study found that wage and integration outcomes can be increased, even if there is a high level of direct support, if there is coworker training. (Contains references.)…

Developed an exploratory schema gathering three types of variables defining quality of socioprofessional integration and three other variables that are likely to predict the socioprofessional integration of new workers. Tested the schema with 97 recent graduates of higher education programs. Findings show that all the schema's variables except age…

Background: Research evidence suggests that investigation of workplace culture assists in enhancing social inclusion of and job retention by people with intellectual disability. Method: This research explored the potential of using Hagner's (2000) "Workplace Culture Survey" to identify inclusive characteristics of eight New Zealand…

Educational resilience has received considerable attention in the literature in the past three decades, with particular reference to indicated and selective interventions. This paper construes resilience within a generalist, universal perspective and examines how classrooms may serve as protective and competence-enhancing contexts for all their…