Examined crisis intervention techniques in a community-based setting, including factors of immediacy of response, location, prior identification, and flexibility of service. Found crisis intervention techniques viable and valuable in identification and preventive intervention of family and individual problems, demonstrating reduced conflict and a…

This article reports on a follow-up of a pilot investigation to develop a dental health competency inventory for school children. Results indicated a need for dental health education interventions that are sequential in nature and are tailored to the varied sociocultural backgrounds of students. (CB)

Investigated the relationship between assessed needs of adult probationers and their degree of risk for failure on probation using four levels of risk and a sample of probationers (N=167). Found high- and moderately high-risk probationers had more types of needs than did their lower-risk counterparts. (ABL)

Examined the effects of unemployment on the discomfort level of providing financial support and housing for a group of Midwestern Chinese-American elderly. Married, employed females were more likely to give money to their parents and in-laws than single, unemployed respondents. One spouse's discomfort in meeting such needs affected the discomfort…

Brain lateralization research has led to speculation about counseling and guidance implications of left-right brain differences. Serious limitations in these implications are highlighted. (Author)

Examined the relative impact of three dimensions on birth timing: historical time, individual or couple time, and socioeconomic background characteristics, utilizing a birth-interval approach. Findings include a strong impact of individual time in all cases, a significant impact of historical time for whites but not blacks, and a greater impact of…

Examined Black subjects' preferences for salient counselor characteristics. The results revealed that the top five preferred counselor characteristics were more education, similar attitudes and values, older, similar personality, and same ethnicity, in that order. (Author/BL)

Hearing-impaired postsecondary students' special needs include visual reinforcements, academic tutoring, and recognition of their language-related problems. Tactics suggested are (1) using qualified support faculty, (2) establishing course entry requirements, (3) using visual aids, (4) using academic tutoring, and (5) having written materials…

Examined the unique needs and developmental stage of adolescent females in the determination of health-protective behaviors and needs. Findings indicated a majority exhibited inadequate knowledge and use of basic health care practices. The health-teaching needs identified were: stress control; rape/suicide prevention; safety; and prevention/care…

Discusses results of a survey of trainers in midwest business and industry to identify the different data collection methods they used to determine job and task training needs as well as organizational and individual training needs within their organizations. (MBR)

The developmental needs of law students and the implications of these needs for counselors and for counselor education and legal education are discussed. (Author)

Attempts to facilitate understanding of unique mental health problems faced by Mexican-American women, through a discussion of their demongraphy, cultural characteristics, sources of psychological stress, underuse of services, and factors reducing self-referral. In the final section recommendations are provided for counseling Mexican-American…

Focuses on the types and amount of support given by the social support subsystems of elderly blacks and whites. Multiple classification analysis indicated racial differences in types and amount of support provided by the informal and formal social support systems but not to the degree suggested by previous research. (Author/ABB)

The author discusses a three-dimensional concept of emancipatory education based on experiences of women in the organized women's movement. Emphasis is placed on the encompassing dimension of power as anchored in everyday experience, and branching out into the interior of the individual psyche, and into the exterior of ideological systems and…

Describes an intergenerational service program designed to use the skills of each generation to meet the needs of the other. Reviews screening, training, and a variety of placements for the teenage and older adult participants and discusses ongoing program benefits. (Author/NRB)