Discusses various treatment methods for substance abuse counseling in community corrections that have survived tests of empirical scrutiny, clinical experience, and practical financial considerations. Methods are offered by community corrections professionals for developing a basic design for outpatient substance abuse treatment programs.…

Analysis of European transnational adult learning projects found the following: learners must be central; cultural organizations are essential gateways; new intermediaries are developing; local alliances and linkages are paramount; some topics resist transnational transfer; and cultural and linguistic barriers must be addressed. (SK)

Prevention research and demonstration studies are finding that coordinated prevention efforts that offer multiple strategies, provide several points of access, and coordinate and expand community opportunities are a most promising approach to preventing alcohol and other drug problems. To meet the need for direction, the Office for Substance Abuse…

This report contains the recommendations of the select committee for lesbian and gay concerns for Rutgers University. The executive summary outlines the principal goals and objectives for the university. Section 1 describes an agenda to improve public relations at Rutgers. Bigotry and homophobia are discussed and representative comments from a…

This final report provides a descriptive overview of three approaches which the Hawaii Demonstration Project initiated to reduce unintended teenage pregnancies. Project evaluation findings are summarized; both qualitative and quantitative data are presented for a comprehensive picture of the project and its input. Project limitations and successes…

Examines several activities that directly influence the future of special educational programs in higher education and presents problems that must be resolved if significant expansion of special educational programs is to be achieved. Funding, staffing, and accountability are discussed in detail and other crucial areas are reviewed. (Author)

The authors present a plan for vocational education research that could help decision makers focus on critical research areas. The plan is described in a schematic format that highlights the critical nature of vocational education research planning. A blending of policy and programmatic considerations is suggested. (Author/CH)

Documents a case study in which needs assessment and a change model were applied in such a way that the needs assessment process served as a change strategy. States that, in this case, both the results and the needs assessment process contributed to the organization's change goals. (Author/CH)

Uses three feminist assumptions (women are oppressed, the personal is political, feminists have double consciousness) to derive principles of feminist practice and identifies how principles are operationalized in programs published in "Family Relations." Discusses what it means to be a feminist practitioner, difficulty of translating feminist…

The development of physical education programs in the Soviet Union is traced from pre-Revolution to the present. (JMF)

Notes that, although many convicted drinking driver programs use knowledge acquisition as their main objective, many convicted drinking drivers already have great deal of knowledge about effects of alcohol. Describes level of knowledge of 100 convicted drinking drivers and gives recommendations for more relevant programs and programs that have a…

Presents Multicultural Program Development Pyramid, five-tiered framework outlining stages of multicultural counseling training (MCT) program development. Describes pyramid as laying out path of critical choice points in MCT development, beginning with generation of explicit philosophy of training and proceeding through stages of identifying…

In late 1988 the University of Florida began the process of revising and updating its policy and educational programs on sexual harassment. At that time a task force was formed which reviewed the current policy and procedures and drafted a revised brochure on sexual harassment. This brochure was reviewed and redrafted and distributed to every…

Few colleges and universities actively recruit senior citizens or take action to remove real or perceived barriers to their enrollment in regularly scheduled classes. Describes a recruitment program to encourage older adults to enroll in regularly scheduled university classes. Used senior recruiters, themselves university students over the age of…

Factors effecting the success of preschool early intervention programs for children birth through age five are discussed. Specific issues covered include building a high quality program, maintaining quality instruction, integrating related services, providing the least restrictive environment, identifying participants, designing the delivery…