The Challenge is the definitive guide to the key ideas and resources behind Ready by 21. The Ready by 21 challenge aims to develop a solution for a common dilemma--too few young people are entering adulthood ready and our collective efforts to make a difference are far too fragmented to have a big impact. As part of the Forum's solution, leaders…

This annual report explores the state of international education in Canada, taking an in-depth look at international students, study abroad by Canadian students, Canadian education overseas, as well as the overall internationalization agenda in Canada. The report features results of an international student survey and case studies from member…

As an aid to therapists who work with inmates with long or life sentences who are mandated to receive treatment, this article attempts to follow an inmate with a life sentence who passed through stages of fear and anger and began to understand that changes were needed if he were ever to have his sentence commuted. (Author/NB)

Presents several strategic techniques for unblocking marital therapy when an impasse has been reached. For each technique, the goals and applicability of the intervention are presented, as well as potential problems and modifications. All of these techniques employ the acceptance and amplification of the status quo. (Author/JAC)

Examines the rationalizations used by educators to explain the failure of multicultural education and outlines mechanisms for change. (Author/MK)

Briefly explores the changing role of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Examines requirements that must be met to increase its effectiveness. (Author/MK)

In order for American caregivers to contribute to the mental health of immigrants, they must become advocates of resettlement programs which preserve ethnic clusters, use treatment techniques that are sensitive to various cultural backgrounds, and reexamine attitudes toward relating to people that are dysfunctional outside of Western-oriented…

Provides clinicians with relevant information about the assessment and treatment of smoking and the maintenance of abstinence after smoking cessation. Outlines variables related to success of the client in terminating smoking, explains current treatment approaches and future directions in smoking cessation programs, and describes multifaceted…

Notes that state courts may provide avenues for law reform litigation. Focuses on litigation campaigns, summarizing potential roles of social workers in conceptualizing, planning, and pursuing such campaigns and in monitoring and protecting reforms achieved through such campaigns. References are made throughout to examples of social work roles in…

Explores some of the changes which have occurred in the lives of activists in the 1960s Chicano movement in Los Angeles, California and their perceptions of the socio-political relationship between Chicanos and the larger society. (Author/MK)

Describes nonconfrontive use of video playback in brief family therapy. Sees replaying critical transactions from previous sessions, while maintaining neutral stance, as encouraging atmosphere conducive to change. Describes technique as allowing family members to reexperience their own interactional patterns in nonthreatening manner, enabling them…

Explores evolution of group process in social change movements, including the evolution of the new left, the cooperative movement,and the women's liberation movement. Proposes a group-process model that encourages people to share power and live their visions. (Author/NB)

The author discusses the transition of industrial arts to technology education. He covers challenges, opportunities, and potential consequences. Management and assessment of the change process is discussed. (CH)

Reports treatment of a 9-year-old boy with primary encopresis combining structural and strategic approaches. Describes organizational features of the family, the contextual approach to therapy, individual and collective responses to therapy, and follow-up at 3 months and 1 1/2 years. Discusses effects of therapy on encopresis and on other…

Introduces a conceptual framework aimed at integrating the conservation behavior literature and facilitating the comparison of findings across studies. Describes seven approaches to encouraging conservation behavior from the theoretical perspectives of attitude change, behavior modification and behavior maintenance. (Author/MK)