This topical newsletter focuses on ways to convert segregated day programs for people with disabilities into community integrated employment programs. Individual sections cover: common "conversion" myths and appropriate responses; a national status report on conversion; Florida's innovative use of the Medicaid waiver to fund conversion;…

The article argues that racial and ethnic prejudices have persisted in both society and schools, and suggests the need for a realistic reappraisal of authentic cultural pluralism. (CD)

The panel discussion looked at cross cultural aspects of community integration for persons with severe disabilities. Programs within West Germany, Israel, and Sweden are compared to the United States. Differences among countries in size, wealth, external pressures, history, and organization of services are noted. (DB)

Part of a national study which examined the resettlement of Laotian Hmong refugees in the United States, this volume presents the results of an eight-month study of projects and enterprises that in some way promote the economic self-sufficiency of the Hmong. The specific purposes of the study were to identify and to obtain information about all…

This book is a study of the assimilation process as it applies to Italian Americans. Chapters One and Two provide a contextual framework for the study by discussing the theoretical paradigms that have been advanced to describe ethnic behaviors or the assimilation experience and by reviewing pre-immigration and early immigration experiences of…

The relationship between student participation in high school extracurricular activities and the desire for further social recognition after high school is examined. (DE)

Overall, noncareer enlisted soldiers are generally negative about the military and appear to reflect little integration with its values, although they are positive about their interpersonal and social relationships. Career oriented groups are well integrated, both socially and in terms of values, into the military system. (Author/WI)

Investigated impact of interactions with kin on social integration in old age. A nonrandom sample of aged Baganda in Uganda was interviewed concerning perceptions of loneliness and social isolation. Results show that the majority of subjects did not view old age as a period of loneliness or isolation. (Author)

Describes how cooperation among physical scientists, and between physical scientists and members of other university departments, can foster integrative and multidisciplinary social and research networks. (Author/DB)

Experiences of the black student in the residence hall on the predominantly white university campus. (Author/JP)

Analyzes the school motif in Italian-American literature. Focuses on novels which dramatize the Italian immigrants' initial resistance to American compulsory education. Asserts that many of these represent the American school as a reflection of the larger society, and as the root of the Italians' assimilation difficulties. (KH)

Analysis of individual-level data from the 1970 Census confirms earlier findings, based on census tract data, about Hispanic and Black spatial assimilation in selected cities. Besides validating the theory of spatial assimilation, the results also indicate that errors resulting when individual-level inferences are made from ecological data are…

Camping's benefits apply to disabled and normal children, but mean most to youngsters who lack social relationships. The influences of integrated camping and camp-related activity on a quadriplegic male student are covered in this article, including autobiographical sketches giving insight into the child's thoughts and feelings about camping. (JMM)

Advocates cultural pluralism, the affirmation of ethnic identity, and the avoidance of chauvinism. Argues that racial pluralism would mean people dealing with the whole of society based on their own unique background; would lead to a more just society; and would promote an inclusive society in education, economics, and politics. (DMM)