Discussed the State of Colorado's introduction of performance contracting into its relationships with community mental health centers. Describes the nature of the contract and its implementation. Particular emphasis is placed on the implications of the contract for program evaluation. (Author)

Descriptive information obtained from chronically unemployed and underemployed men regarding work experience and work attitudes indicated respondents held positive attitudes toward work, but were cynical about the usefulness of job-seeking efforts. (Author)

Eight progressive steps to assist students doing internships in government agencies are described. The steps cover acceptance of internship, routine office affairs, intern orientation, integrating into the new environment, establishing internship tasks, and developing rapport. Elements of successful internships and the future career of the intern…

This article examines the development of academic training in art therapy, including the role of the American Art Therapy Association in establishing training standards for the field. An appended commentary by Donald Uhlin notes further progress toward program accreditation. Part of a theme issue on art therapy. (SJL)

Student nurse involvement in voluntary health care agencies helps prepare students for independent nursing roles and improves the public image of the nurse. Students survey agencies, choose one with which to work, write a report, draw up a work contract with an advisor and then participate in the agency's services. (CT)

Describes a comprehensive program in New York City developed to coordinate efforts of several youth agencies and provide extensive social services to youth. (NRB)

Examines the perspectives and practice orientations of professionals influential in local policy making and service delivery for the aged. Discusses how the negative attitudes of these individuals toward the elderly result in the implementation and perpetuation of inappropriate, and often detrimental, services. (GC)

Reports on the development and implementation of a network of trainer-change agents to improve the quality of services delivered by a state mental health system. The conceptual framework and the central change effort, a training-of-trainers strategy, are described in detail. (SK)

The Robbins Report of 1966, which has influenced the development of higher education in Great Britain for many years, now seems dated. Changed national economic conditions and changed ideological emphasis (now more utilitarian, more humane, and less elitist) have caused a divergence in British higher education in recent years. (MSE)

The literature on interorganizational relations is reviewed. Four distinct research traditions are examined, and the prescriptive literature on coordination is reviewed. A comparison of models of coordination, five preconditions for successful coordination, and an action model for increasing coordination are reviewed. (Author/MLW)

Proposes locally-generated service-learning networks which will allow disadvantaged communities both to capitalize on existing resources and to develop new vehicles for education. Condensed from "Synergist," Winter 1981, pp38-41. (Author/SJL)

Describes a study conducted to assess the quality of institutional self-evaluation as perceived by accreditation team members visiting 11 Arizona high schools during 1978-1979. The effect of consultative assistance on school self-evaluations and the different perceptions of public school and university team members are examined. (JP)

Briefly reviews past accreditation programs for instructional technology and media studies, and reports the results of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 1980 survey of graduate programs in educational technology. Recommendations for future action are made. (BK)

Describes and strongly encourages the use of the new fourth edition of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles by counselors in educational and community agency settings. With closely related materials mentioned and other career information sources, counselors can more efficiently put all of these tools to work for their clients. (Author/BEF)

Most counselors are employees of institutions and agencies rather than private practitioners. A dual, sometimes conflicting, allegiance to the employer and to the client has been an issue. Surveys the literature in an attempt to discover the nature of the direction available to counselors as they deal with conflicting loyalties. (Author)