This article outlines three different counseling approaches which counselors typically use to promote clients' career development. These include the trait-factor, client-centered, and the developmental approaches to career counseling. The trait-factor approach is described as having the overall goal to help clients accurately assess their own…

There are three arguments against the usefulness of present basic course textbooks in speech communication. First, there are certain inherent forces that will always drive textbook publishers toward the production of textbooks unsuitable for the basic course: "mentioning" (mentioning every principle ever heard of by potential users of…

This volume contains a collection of essays, reflections, and other writings (many of which originally appeared in several journals) on the relations among self and school and community. The first selection is an obituary of Fritz Perls, a leader of Gestalt therapy. The second essay, "A Social and Political Reassessment of the Work of Wilhelm…

The Recycling Fund Concept was conceptualized as a special allocation of money for the purpose of expanding child care services for preschool children of low-income parents who were or had been recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. In 1985, North Carolina's Child Care Resources Incorporated…

The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title II-A program is the main federal effort to enhance the employability of economically disadvantaged youths and adults. The amount of funds allotted to each state is determined by a formula that allocates two-thirds of available funds on the basis of relative unemployment levels and one-third on the…

This report profiles the issue of youth violence: the history of its appearance in U.S. culture, the recent escalation of gang activity in U.S. communities, and the strategies put forth in smaller cities to meet this challenge. The report notes that there has been an explosion of gang violence in the United States that has been fostered by a…

"Success for All" is a compensatory education program that significantly increased the reading performance of disadvantaged primary grade students in a Baltimore (Maryland) elementary school while also reducing retentions and special education placements. The program concentrates resources in kindergarten through grade three and uses…

An analysis of unemployment among black youth involves a consideration of the overall unemployment problem whereby the specific problem is resolved within the context of the larger problem. A movement for economic justice, in which black youth are seen to play an important role is urged. (Author/AM)

The purpose of this editorial is to formulate some reflections of a very general and introductory kind on the problem posed by the educational handicaps of large numbers of children from socially and economically deprived backgrounds, from the point of view of a developmental and clinical psychologist, rather than that of an educationist.…

Examines some of the discussion provoked by recent research in compensatory education strategies in Europe and the U.S. emphasizing the complexity and relativity of 'socio-cultural handicaps' and arguing for an individual rather than for a social class oriented approach to compensatory education. (Author/JM)

Educational institutions are noted to make a difference, especially for children born in poverty, due to their potential of dealing with issues no less significant than life and death. [Available from America, 106 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019]. (Author/AM)

Describes a social work role that was developed at the City University of New York in response to the needs of an increasing number of economically disadvantaged students. (Author)

In an attempt to explore the impact of the teacher in programs for the environmentally disadvantaged, teacher-candidates' attitudes toward poverty were investigated with respect to perceived causes, symptoms, relative influence of socialization agents and potential poverty alleviation agents, and most effective treatment strategies. Implications…