This chapter discusses adolescent drug abuse relapse prevention. It presents the following four conclusions regarding the efficacy of prevention programs. First, more controlled studies are needed to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of relapse prevention strategies with adolescents in reducing factors such as cravings and increasing their…

This paper focuses on how parents, childcare personnel, preprimary and primary educators, and governments all have a role to play in supporting children's early literacy development. For two decades early childhood and literacy education journals have been filled with explorations about the perennial questions which relate to the relationships…

Historically, outdoor recreation/education (ORE) has been associated with environmental recreation/education, but in the past few decades has become increasingly associated with adventure education/recreation. Many outdoor programs have attempted to combine the two elements; others question the combination of the two elements in a single program.…

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance and counseling professionals with a curriculum to enhance the school guidance and counseling program by providing sequential, developmentally planned activities for all students to gain an understanding of their academic, social, cognitive, and emotional development; become knowledgeable about…

This study compared attitudes toward general education and personal growth of 3,410 students attending nine historically black colleges or universities (HBCUs) and 42,535 students attending 91 non-HBCUs. Data were retrieved from the most recent national user norm files for the College Outcomes Survey (COS). Analyses included percentages, factor…

A model of assisting students in the transition to university education is presented that takes a developmental approach. This Integrated Development of English Language and Academic Literacy and Learning (IDEALL) model recognizes that all students need to develop new or more sophisticated academic skills for the new environment and that the most…

School readiness encompasses two different terms in Estonia: school maturity and school readiness. School maturity involves stages in growth a child experiences up to a certain level of development. School readiness involves that point in development at which a child is ready to enter school. Because children develop at different rates, ways…

An evaluation model was designed to be a self-evaluation component to be used in conceptualizing and implementing personal and professional development plans. The personality dynamics model itself, beyond its theoretical bases, includes the following techniques to assist the individual in the self-evaluation process leading to plan development:…

A scale was constructed to test Hershenson's 1968 formulation that in vocational development, self-differentiation precedes competence, which precedes independence, which in turn precedes commitment. Staff ratings on scale items related to each stage were made on 222 clients in a deaf rehabilitation project, who were divided into high- and…

Presents a rationale for teaching creative dramatics and suggests that it can be an important avenue for self-exploration and discovery since it involves the self physically and emotionally, as well as verbally and cognitively. (RB)

Author makes the point that there is a need for a comparative perspective with which to develop and refine effective prescriptions in education. He suggests that comparative education can provide for this need. (Author/RK)

Article presented the attitudes of students and teachers toward community college objectives, considered data taken on the subject, and dispelled some myths on the mission of the community college. (RK)

Described some principles underlying a concept which involves a community college without walls - a Community Renewal College. (Author/RK)

Author, a member of the California State Legislature from the 24th Assembly District, discussed the necessity for making the educational environment more human and for developing the individual. (Editor/RK)

Author discusses the mental characteristics and moral development of later adolescents and the process of maturing. (GB)