Proposed guidelines for mental health clinicians in assessing clients' divorce-related concerns. Current empirical information on factors affecting individual and family adjustment after divorce is organized into a practical format for clinical application. Details a comprehensive assessment that will help the clinician to understand the client's…

Results of a survey of parents utilizing day care indicated that parents thought they were prepared to select child care, but they in reality did not have the skills or assistance available to them to function as wise consumers of child care. Findings also indicated a lack of diverse, affordable, and accessible child care arrangements. (Author/BL)

The moderating effect of self-actualization need strength on the relationships between job characteristics and job outcomes was investigated. Results provide strong support for its effect on the relationships between job complexity and four of five outcome measures and suggest that responses of workers in the public and private sector are similar.…

Revealed that 36 percent of 75 frail elderly individuals were on special diets, 60.7 percent had problems adhering to them, and 92 percent of diets were below the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for calcium. Findings suggest increasing dairy products, fruits, and vegetables; increasing nutrient dense foods while lowering caloric intake of…

Four types of consultation interventions are discussed, focusing on success and failure factors and potential uses: (1) systems (Kurpius); (2) individual (Dale R. Fuqua and Jody L. Newman); (3) organizational (John C. Aplin); and (4) community (Kenneth Heller). (BL)

Results from a 1985 poll show that teacher's perceptions of ideal and actual class sizes and their effectiveness in the classroom are affected by their attitudes, age, experiences, and priorities. Includes three tables. (MD)

The Black man in an interracial relationship may have counseling needs. If the relationship is rooted in negative feelings about himself and other Blacks he may benefit from an examination of his ego development, sexuality, racial identity, and relationships with women. If there exists compatibility he may need professional assistance in dealing…

The systemic approach to counseling is a model that should be used in providing mental health services to Black men. The model allows the counselor to view clients' problems in the context of the systems that affect them on a daily basis. The model requires the counselor and the client to be provocative and proactive. (Author/ABL)

This article focuses on the problems affecting needs assessment and, in doing so, addresses itself to the inadequate definition of needs, administrators' lack of training, difficulty of obtaining relevant literature, expense, methodological concerns, and political considerations. (Author/SSH)

Many people who have troubling emotional, psychiatric, or physical symptoms have made great advances in learning how to do things to help themselves get well and stay well. The action plans for prevention and recovery described in this booklet were devised by people who experience emotional or psychiatric symptoms. They developed ways to deal with…

Teacher behavior and curriculum content and organizational schemes must be varied to meet a given youngster's learning needs. (HMD)

Industrial arts may provide a meeting ground for persons looking for relevance, a way to fulfill individual needs, and a way to circumvent learning difficulties. (MS)

The results of this study support Marlower and Crowne's (1964) conceptuatization of the high-need-for-approval person as acting to protect vulnerable self-esteem. (Author)

This article explores some of the concepts introduced by Martin Buber, and their appropriateness for the training of present-day counselors. (Author)

Author discusses the implication for religious education of the seeming lack of faith of today's young people. (CB)