Notes that the challenge for state child welfare services when young people leave care is to prepare them to cope with pressures surrounding this transition. Reviews existing research to explore current practice in England and Northern Ireland, and considers whether recent legislative reform in the two jurisdictions will help develop policy and…

An exploratory study of undergraduate rehabilitation education students was conducted to identify coping strategies used during their internships. Results showed that students expended the most effort on problem-focused and seeking-social-support strategies. There is an indication, however, that the students used some maladaptive coping…

In a series of letters, a veteran high school English teacher advises a student teacher to tell students the "big reasons" for learning; control her workload by increasing students' learning responsibility; plan lessons based on weekly schedules and meaningful writing assignments; and avoid exhaustion by streamlining classroom rules,…

Among 852 Finnish high school students (20% academic, 80% vocational), those whose math study orientation style was confidence had higher math achievement. Those whose style was coping or anxiety tended toward lower achievement. Electrical engineering and business students were most confident, academic and handicrafts students least. (SK)

Notes that internal and external threats could squeeze ranch and farm families out of business. Offers six-step Consensus Management Model that combines strategic planning with psychoeducation/family therapy. Describes pilot test with intergenerational ranch family that indicated improvements in family functioning, including reduced stress and…

Reviews two books: (1) "LEAD!" (Richard Lynch), which outlines leadership principles for nonprofit and public agency managers; and (2) "Troubled Transplants: Unconventional Strategies for Helping Disturbed Foster and Adopted Children" (Richard J. Delaney and Frank R. Kunstal), which offers practical suggestions for intervention by parents and…

Coping and correlates of psychological distress of 174 Chinese parents of children with Down's syndrome, language delays, or no disabilities were compared. Down's syndrome parents more frequently used avoidance coping style. No differences were observed between Down's syndrome and language delay parents on psychological distress, optimism,…

Outlines a family stress and coping model that can be used to guide counseling interventions. Families are considered as to where they fall along a variety of continua; e.g., how cohesive the family is, and according to the coping and problem solving each family employs. (LKS)

A survey of 210 gifted junior high students sought to verify literature-based social coping strategies used by this population. Factor analysis yielded five meaningful factors: denial of giftedness, peer acceptance, popularity/conformity, extracurricular involvement, fear of failure, and activity level. (SW)

Examined children's feelings about, and emotional reaction to, violent and distressful television programs. Suggests that coping with distressing experiences, in this case with television, involved making sense of them. Children used complex knowledge to do this, related to the media and to their own experience. When this processing led to…

Presents a model that integrates individual grief and family grief models and then describes this interaction. Highlights the importance of family processes in each individual's perceptions of the death, as well as each family member's influence on the overall grief reactions and coping strategies of the family system. (RJM)

Reports results of a study of the relationship of mood regulation expectancies with depressive symptoms and coping ability among 96 adults aged 65 years or older from non-nursing home residential communities and organizations. Relations of hassles and expectancies with coping responses were weaker than those found previously in younger samples.…

Assessed ways attachment styles affect young adults' reactions to stressors associated with four-month combat training. Results show that, compared with secure trainees, ambivalent trainees reported more emotion-focused coping, appraised the training in more threatening terms, and considered themselves less capable of coping with the training.…

Reviews: (1) "Deciding Who Lives: Fateful Choices in the Intensive-Care Nursery" (Renee Anspach); (2) "Maltreatment and the School-Age Child: Developmental Outcomes and System Issues" (Phyllis Howing and others); (3) "Preventing Prejudice: A Guide for Counsellors and Educators" (J.G. Ponterotto and P.B. Pederson); and…

Elementary teachers can help their students learn to respond to stress in healthful ways. The article presents creative, motivating, hands-on activities to help primary and upper level students identify and practice stress management skills. Ten stress management skills for students to learn are detailed. (SM)