Critiqued is a 1973 published research report of the Denton State School Study which evaluated the effectiveness of the Doman-Delacato treatment method with mildly and moderately institutionalized retardates. (CL)

Literature is reviewed on the use of timeout as exclusion and isolation with behavior problem children. Considerations in designing timeout procedures are noted, and the effectiveness of timeout when viewed as a punishment is discussed. Legal challenges to behavior modification uses are briefly addressed. A longitudinal study involving 29…

This report examines the management of three areas related to the preparation of volunteers for Peace Corps service: staging, pre-service training, and attrition. The introduction summarizes the activities undertaken by the review. Chapter 2 focuses on staging, which is variously intended to provide country orientation, information about Peace…

A 4 year study is being conducted with 150 children (9 to 14 years old) to develop and evaluate a self management system for children with asthma. Ss receive a variety of educational "treatments" for their asthma, including information giving sessions, peer and family support groups, and relaxation training. Critical Incident Interviews, as well…

This linker's guide introduces the systematic problem- solving approach used by the Florida Linkage System. An overview of the System's three SOLUTION ANALYSIS SERIES Guidebooks is given in order to clearly identify the different steps in the system's proposed training process. (LH)

This paper (1) summarizes some of the recent research and evaluation of drug and other substance abuse programs, and (2) directs attention to the work of Federal agencies (NIDA and ADAMHA) concerned with drug and substance abuse, with special reference to the impact of this work on the alleviation of minority group drug abuse problems. Evidence is…

A contract and point system were used to decrease the pilfering behavior of an 11-year-old boy. Under the contract system, the boy kept a daily record of his progress and earned points toward a trip to the planetarium. After introduction of the contract the pilfering dropped from at least two times a week to none at all. (LS)

Accountability is an outgrowth of rising demands by legislators and taxpayers that programs do actually achieve what they purport to achieve. This handbook is one of six summaries of workshops (see TM 000 138) on the development of solutions for evaluating the effectiveness of educational programs under ESEA Title III at all levels within the…

To compare the effectiveness of the traditional and the experimental approaches to Head Start classrooms, 68 children and six teachers in San Francisco participated in an educational experiment. The traditional approach emphasizes the children's internal motivation resulting from spontaneous free play and warm, accepting teachers, while the…

This paper is a review of some of the issues, dilemmas, and constraints in the evaluation of juvenile corrections. Included are such problems as: (1) adequate assessment criteria; (2) insufficient controls in experimental designs; (3) the conflict between humaneness and effectiveness; and (4) the measurement of program goals. A critique of six…

A program of family crisis intervention training for police officers was conducted, and the effectiveness of the officers' use of such techniques was evaluated. Twelve police officers were given five to six hours training, five days a week, for five weeks. Training consisted of lectures, films and readings, simulated family crisis interventions,…

Three experiments were conducted in a variety of settings to test the effectiveness of differential reinforcement of other behavior in reducing high rates of inappropriate behavior in 6 mildly and severely retarded children (8-14 years old). (Author/CL)

Suggests that the demand for accountability is well taken provided that those who design programs and those who assess them are also held responsible. Theory and practice, including evaluation are to be reviewed in reciprocal relationship to each other. (Author/AM)

Studied the effects of a peer helper program for elementary school students. While attitudes and self-concepts of fifth-graders trained as facilitators did not change significantly, peer facilitators were effective in helping second and third graders improve their classroom behaviors and school attitudes. (ABB)

Discusses the importance of fairness in evaluation studies of second-language programs and the potential for misinterpretation of studies which are not program-fair. Strategies designed to overcome this problem from the perspective of standardized tests include: specific tests for each program, program-specific plus program-neutral measures,…