Poses 10 questions and provides answers that should help school administrators begin to cope with job-related stress. (WD)

The mother of an autistic child shares 10 tips for traveling with a handicapped child. (DB)

Technological development and our human potential are two of the greatest challenges facing humankind today. The appropriate response to technological development seems to be to shape it for positive and productive human uses. Just as America once shifted from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy, we are now shifting from an industrial…

Emphasizes the importance of a "check-out" place within a professional therapist's life to prevent burnout and promote positive wellness and self-renewal. Recommends specific metaphorical and poetic exercises that clinicians can use in dealing with the past, the present, and the future. (RS)

Discusses faculty stress in academe, noting such factors as workload, time constraints, the urge to publish, extremely high self-expectations, and dissonance between actual achievements and personal aspirations. Recommends long-term coping strategies. (SR)

Suggests, in the context of the author's publishing failures and successes, ways to cope with the fact that judgment and rejection are part of academic publishing. (SR)

Discusses the problems faced by beginning teachers and suggests ways of making entry into the teaching profession less traumatic and more successful. (Author/WD)

Parents of children with disabilities must maintain a fine balance between protecting their child from thoughtless cruelty and discrimination and teaching their child to deal with such actions. Parents should quickly end any cruel actions toward the child, be open about the disability's nature, and talk to parents of the child's peers. (CB)

The parent of a young child who required major open heart surgery shares his suggestions for coping with a young child's hospitalization including parent visitation, relating to the hospital staff, getting answers to questions, and utilizing available services. (DB)

Educational opportunities for the disabled adults are, in theory, little different from those available to other adults. There are, however, obvious and less obvious extra difficulties in their paths, and the author offers some suggestions on how counseling can help overcome these. (Author/CT)

Presents nine avenues to self-renewal for the principal who needs constructive activities to escape from stress and burnout. (Author/WD)

Outlines indicators and causes of stress; provides a checklist of elements of stress in environmental, organizational, and interpersonal classifications; and suggests techniques for effectively coping with identified areas of concern, which can lead to a positive, growth-producing situation. (JD)

The excerpts from a speech to special educators suggest coping strategies for teachers: (1) adopt a consultative attitude; (2) develop the intellectual side of your professional identity; and (3) know your limits as a professional. (DB)

The newsletter offers perspectives on the provision of family support services for families with disabled members. An introductory article by Madeleine Will, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, stresses the impressive coping skills exhibited by many such families and their relationship to service professionals.…

The events surrounding legal challenges to minimum competency testing programs are described, and ways of coping with the experiences are suggested. Discussion primarily is based on five legal challenges to the Florida program although reference is made to suits in other states for contrast. Whenever a student is faced with a threat to promotion…