In Amherst, N.S., the Interprovincial School for the Deaf is providing education, training and guidance for young men and women who live in a society of silence. For more than 110 years the Nova Scotia program has helped deaf people make a meaningful contribution to the hearing community." (Editor)

Marriage Encounter is a two-day marriage enrichment session sponsored by several religious organizations. This paper attempts to describe one proceeding of a weekend from a participant-observation perspective, offering objective insight and critical discussion. (Author)

Presents a suggested set of strategies the authors found useful with combined-text books, which combine a story format and an expository or informational format within one book. Notes specific strategies that should be selected on the basis of their match with individual books and the instructional needs of students. Describes the use of…

Issues raised concerning the relevance of the principle of normalization to serving persons with developmental disabilities include the principle's unattainable goals, its lack of emphasis on individual client needs, its discouragement of diversity, its use to mask inappropriate practices, and its failure to address client deficits. (DB)

Offers therapists, parents, and educators a model for understanding adolescent sexuality, focusing on how nonsexual needs drive sexual behavior and produce artificially high sex drive. Proposes that overwhelming intensity of adolescent sex drive is due to factors other than libido or biological phenomena. Advocates teaching teenagers what their…

Offers some strategies for teaching accounting at the secondary level, including (1) know your students, (2) assume nothing, (3) maintain a structured but relaxed atmosphere, (4) use simulations, and (5) spend more time on examples, less on lecture. (CH)

Laus and Champagne offer clues for identifying training room "ghosts" (participants' past experiences, histories, demands, and needs) and describe how to get rid of them. Plutschak and Luke discuss the benefits of team training and suggest five rules to heed when training by the buddy system. (JOW)

Presents part one of a two-part series on families following an aircraft disaster. Overviews emotional and practical demands placed upon airline personnel who serve as support to families of crash victims and survivors, and the unique posttrauma situational demands that will face many families after an aircraft disaster. (NB)

Suggests that (1) classroom analysis of good children's literature can facilitate effective problem-solving skills; and (2) consideration of the metamessage of cooperation as well as the individualistic perspective in such analyses is worth the time and effort. Notes that there are award-winning books that speak to the consequences of both…

Conducted qualitative interviews and comprehensive job-task analysis to identify activities and training needs of correctional officers working in "shock incarceration" or "Boot Camp" corrections. Found that for correctional officers working in two major shock programs, most highly rated tasks were related to physical security.…

Describes framework for stages of migration which helps workers obtain knowledge of needs, experiences, and circumstance of new immigrant groups and future newcomers. Notes that framework enables practitioners and organizations to examine relevance of previous immigrant group experiences and attendant service delivery patterns to current…

Conducted in-depth interviews with 90 Korean families in New York to differentiate common needs of all immigrants from unique needs of Korean immigrants. Examined family relationships; child rearing; and practical aspects of language, employment, and health. Service needs for Korean immigrants included family and individual counseling, day and…

Reviews role of fathers in child development and summarizes influence of social/structural variables on fathering to provide background for suggested adaptations to parent education programs. Contends that curricula should address issues including enhancing child and marital communication skills, providing social support, increasing paternal…

Explains that teachers must care for themselves in order to be able to care for their students, defining balance and centering and describing how to begin (write down five personal and five professional goals and examine such issues as whether it is necessary to change one's daily schedule or to change one's physical environment to carry out the…