Describes the Indiana internship program which provided experiential education in vocational special needs to 40 interns in a 10-week summer program. Presents the findings regarding perceived increased competency levels resulting from this experience. (CT)

Participants in an open space junior high school program were dissatisfied with its operation. An assessment of the concerns held by administrators, parents, students and teachers revealed that each group had different unmet needs in the program. Identification of these enabled the staff to take remedial steps. (Author)

Problems faced by the female single parent in her private life and in her life as a university student are explored. Practical solutions to some of these problems are discussed, and suggestions made as to how the university may be more supportive to these students. (Author)

Power and the paradox of powerlessness are defined in terms of the resource exchange theory of Foa and Foa. Power is conceptualized as the possession of resources, e.g., love, status, and money. The Karpman triangle is used to illustrate the power behind the victim's powerlessness. (Author)

Evaluated effects of subject-perceived need and interviewer role on a subject's opinions and behaviors. Results indicate that roles were perceived as intended and resulted in intended opinion changes. Perceived interviewer expertness did influence subjects to engage in certain self-help activities, but the scope of those behaviors was limited.…

Reviews current curriculum areas of counselor education programs relevant to correctional counselors, and suggests additional content to expand curriculums to better meet the needs of correctional counselors. (Author)

Individuals strongly motivated toward self-goals (achievement, power, independence) rather than other-directed goals (affiliation) apparently perceive their leader to be less active, particularly with regard to instrumental supervisory behavior. (Author)

Discusses second language learning in the context of linguistic and societal needs of the learner. (AM)

The need for counseling has increased as senior citizens have reentered the work force because of inflation and fixed income. Employment trends are discussed. Counselors must learn to deal effectively with problems of the elderly in order to ease the road to retirement. (Author/BEF)

Explored the relationship between vocational needs and experiential factors and constructed a weighted biographical information form to predict vocational needs. Analysis showed the utility of this form as a measure of vocational needs. (Author/BEF)

The development of the holistic health movement and the new health consciousness has been accompanied by an increasing dissatisfaction with certain aspects of medical care delivery. (Author/JD)

The behaviorism of traditional education is contrasted with the humanism of open education. Interaction between the two approaches will result in new models of instruction based on intellectual and humane grounds. (JMF)

In this commencement speech, the author considers various ways knowledge may be used in a career and in life: as an end in itself, as a means to power, as a model for decision making. (SJL)

A pilot study was undertaken at the State University of New York at Stony Brook to determine what information "graffiti" might reveal. Some of the results, especially revealing student concern with sex, homosexuality and race, are briefly discussed. (EJT)

If counselors can stretch themselves further to reach into the community to share knowledge with other institutions and can together set up programs to inspire greater self-esteem and self-respect, they might be able to significantly reduce the divorce rate by raising the status of singlehood. (Author)