A survey of attitudes toward extension programs in Carroll, Chariton and Saline counties, Missouri was conducted to serve as a basis for comparison for later study of the effectiveness of these programs. Extension clientele were surveyed concerning the extent to which the present programs were meeting their needs and expectations and their…

The book presents information on effective counseling with deaf people by discussing issues that confront counselors and administrators involved in providing counseling services to deaf people. A basic assumption of the book is that deaf people of all ages have been frequently denied counseling services due to communication problems between…

The author urges principals to provide their assistant principals with satisfying job experiences beyond those of coping with discipline, attendance, schedule, and food service problems; opportunities for career advancement; and an occasional pat on the back. The author further urges principals to think positively about hiring a qualified woman as…

This volume lists nonprint materials which have been selected primarily because of their relevance to communication needs. These materials include films (primarily 16mm, with a few kinescopes), videotapes, videocassettes, and simulations and games. Emphasis is placed on materials about communication--the exchange of messages, meaning, and…

Surveys the language problems encountered by teachers and students when the vehicle of instruction is not their native tongue and groups these according to five ad hoc headings. Outlines five parameters which offer a solution to the language problems. (GS)

Cites recently declassified Vietnam case studies suggesting that hidden cultural assumptions seriously hindered the C.I.A.'s ability to perform advisory functions effectively. (MH)

Most breakdowns in communications are the result of the quest for power on behalf of organization members, not the result of poor communications training. Organizational power may be accrued by withholding information, sabotaging communications, refusing to communicate bad news to superiors, and avoiding confrontations by not communicating at all.…

Presented is a discussion of deaf adolescents' relationships to their families and peer groups in their struggle for identity. (BD)

Discusses causes for the problems in language instruction in France, and offers suggestions for improving the situation, including greater communication among language professionals, greater flexibility to instructional change, and greater attention to the student. (AM)

A rhetorical framework based on Burkean theory is used to analyze the relative success of leadership contenders in small groups in obtaining cooperation of the other members and resolving the struggle for leadership. The analyses reveal the importance of transcending symbolic divisions in leadership emergence. (JMF)

Kinetic Psychotherapy consists of young children's games which facilitate interaction and mobilize feelings. When used as a mode of family therapy, this process enables the therapist to catalize and observe change in the family's patterns of communication, interaction, and level of functioning while involving members in a relatively nonthreatening…

Ethnographically discovered role conceptions that the deaf have of hearing people can be characterized as three destinctive patterns or types. Until deafness is understood as a social phenomena, distorted communicative situations will occur between the deaf and the hearing. Instances of distorted communication are cited. (SW)

Teaching and learning can take place only when teacher and pupil understand and share beliefs in the basic concepts of what is being communicated. (JD)

Students from four academic areas, education, social work, psychology, and communicative disorders, are trained in clinical assessment procedures at the Clinical Training Center at San Diego State University. (MKM)

Argues that the generation gap is the collision of two distinct cultures--a youth culture and an adult culture. Each culture is expressed through verbal and nonverbal norms that enhance a feeling of group kinship but hamper communication with members of the other culture. (JG)