Examined impact of four different follow-up strategies (interviews, telephone, questionnaire, and secondary sources) used in a sequential order over a one-year period with psychiatrically disabled persons (N=142) living in the community. Contact rates tripled when multiple follow-up methods were used in addition to the single method of telephone…

The article provides vignettes of current career, life style, and religious/political choices of 20 individuals who had attended the seven-week Georgia Governor's Honors program in the summer of 1965. (DB)

Mothers (N=67) with newborns who required intensive care were followed up six months after hospital discharge. Mothers' appraisals of risk and prevention were related to mood disturbance and attitudes toward future childbearing. The most important predictor of mothers' expectations of future pregnancies was whether the child was first born.…

Presents data from a 1-year follow-up of school-age children who had received structure-based remediation techniques for demonstrated deficiencies in specific areas of cognitive control functioning. The significant improvement in cognitive control functioning resulting from cognitive intervention was maintained one year following discontinuation…

A longitudinal study of school counselors revealed high career stability and positive professional growth within the maintenance stage of career development. (Author/ABB)

Tracheostomized infants tended to be white, male, and premature, with moderate to severe medical illness. The majority of survivors presented with multiple physical and mental handicaps. Follow-up of survivors without other major handicapping conditions suggested an association with impaired physical and emotional development, even when cognitive…

Follow up of 18 successful graduates of a psychoeducational treatment center for emotionally disturbed children revealed that most of the Ss were seriously deficient in reading, spelling, mathematics, and written expression. Only four Ss were unemployed and not enrolled in school or training. (CL)

Compared the effectiveness of booster treatments and regular contact for enhancing maintenance in headache patients previously treated by biofeedback and relaxation. Diary records and patient interviews showed no major differences between the conditions, suggesting that regular contact may be an efficient procedure for maintaining treatment gains.…

Describes the formation of a mentoring system for new extension agents in Ohio. Examines results of a followup study conducted 15 months after implementation of this system. Survey results indicate that most program results were met. A list of recommendations for similar programs is included. (CT)

Evaluated effects of nonpromotion in 137 high school students who had been retained in a grade, had participated in a junior first-grade program, or were matched controls. Results indicated that participants in junior first-grade programs were at par with peers, whereas grade repeaters made less progress in high school. (NRB)

Analysis of a study of 113 formerly labeled mildly handicapped students indicated that they were employed an average of 50% of the time and that they received little specific vocational training. There was a positive relationship between years of schooling completed and employment status, and a significant relationship between certain academic…

Two studies investigated three- and five-month-old infants' ability to discriminate and recognize different motions of rigid objects. Also explored was the nature of stimulus information which makes such discrimination and recognition possible. The results are discussed in terms of disruptions in the optic array. (Author/DST)

Personal interviews and agency records were used to examine month-by-month vocational histories of 53 sheltered workshop employees placed in competitive jobs. Most participants who were still employed after four to five years had parental support, while those who returned to the workshop or were unemployed did not. (Author/CL)

Stressed female students with gynecological problems showed reductions in anxiety, stress, and gynecological symptoms following anxiety management training. A two-year follow-up study showed continued change. (Author)

The effectiveness of the multidisciplinary approach was assessed by examining the number of recommended services obtained by 180 children one year after multidisciplinary evaluation. Results indicated that a large percentage of services recommended were obtained, compared with the low probability reported in samples of abused and neglected…