This manual assists in developing workshops promoting personal growth through examination of one's attitudes, feelings and behaviors about sex roles in society. It is meant for facilitators who have minimal experience in group processes. Included are: a discussion of some considerations in designing a workshop, an analysis of the facilitators'…

This set of eight booklets provides materials and resources for trainers in the Peervention program. Peervention is described as a term which was coined to emphasize an intervention in which a peer might make in helping an individual or group. The first booklet, The Peer Facilitator Movement, discusses the emergence of peer counseling and…

This manual describes the "Friends" project, a year-long effort in Minnesota to develop methods for the staff of residential service agencies to support people with developmental disabilities in establishing friendships with nondisabled people in their communities. Six agencies around the state selected a total of 23 individuals (ages 11…

This book introduces students to the helping relationship and appropriate methods of responding to others through a variety of experiential training activities. The first chapter discusses the need for peer facilitators. The peer facilitator movement is traced to the 1970s, and the power of peer relationships is described. Four basic helping roles…

These guidelines for a health and sex education curriculum in Denmark outline the curriculum's aims and content. The aim of the instruction is to qualify pupils to further their own health and that of others, to contribute to pupils' knowledge of human health and the importance of life conditions and lifestyle to health, to develop pupils'…

Necessary developmental tasks concerned with identity development of gifted college women include developing competence, managing emotions, developing autonomy, establishing identity, freeing interpersonal relationships, developing purpose, and developing integrity. These issues may be used as counseling interventions to raise career aspirations.…

This handbook, written to assist helping professionals in meeting the needs of women clients, states that social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors share a common need for greater understanding of the dynamics of women's lives during rapid social change. The purpose of this handbook, therefore, is to provide information about…

Designed for students in grades K-3, the program focuses on nurturing individual student growth through sequential class activities that stimulate a positive social climate within the classroom. Based on group process and child development research, the teacher's handbook focuses on skills in the areas of friendship, communication, and…

This planning guide is intended for use in selecting content from home economics subject matter areas when planning consumer and homemaking education programs for grades 7 through 12. The planning guide is divided into two major parts. The first section focuses on the suggested scope and sequence for each of five home economics subject matter…

This manual is intended to assist in the establishment, facilitation, leadership, and evaluation of support programs for fathers of children with disabilities. The manual begins with a foreword written by a father of a child with severe disabilities and a preface by the project director of the National Fathers' Network. An introductory chapter…

This book aims to provide teenagers with chronic illnesses or disabilities with useful information, moral support, and understanding as they make the transition to adulthood. It points out that although individuals with disabilities may want and need others for support, they can still live independently and make choices in all areas of their…

Written for adults with learning disabilities, this book is based on the premise that learning disabilities are not outgrown and thus adults need to learn practical strategies and coping mechanisms. Some of the topics addressed in the book are: what a learning disability (LD) is, terminology, inheritance of LD, kinds of LD, discovering the…

This book is intended to guide the reader in the process of designing his or her career and achieving it. Chapter 1 begins with a look at self: developing areas of self, personality type, self-concept, and self-efficacy, making positive personality changes, sharpening basic skills, and evaluating career potential. Chapter 2 explores developing…

The document presents a new set of standards for family and consumer sciences (FACS) education. Section 1 is a three-chapter overview. Chapter 1 addresses the rationale for change and the FACS vision and mission. Chapter 2 describes the approach to develop the national standards, FACS format, and components of the standards. Chapter 3 provides…

This document presents materials and guidelines for evaluating Colorado high school students' attainment of the 10 state standards for consumer and family studies that pertain to life management and relationships. Part 1 begins with the content standards for the following curriculum areas: (1) life management (managing job and career; managing…