Responses from 34 heads of state supported residential schools for the visually impaired were obtained to validate a set of minimum coping competencies for this population. Tables detail the combined importance rating of each objective in the following categories: community resources, occupational knowledge, consumer economics, health, and…

The symptoms of grief as a reaction to the losses of death are compared with the grief reaction following a physical disability. The need to resolve grief and the consequences of failing to resolve grief are emphasized. (Author)

Outlines the factors that cause stress in board members and the steps members can take to alleviate the stress. Urges board members to refuse to let the job become overwhelming. (IRT)

Practical suggestions to help reduce stress in teachers and administrators are given. Four major sources of occupational stress (within the teacher, within the classroom, outside the classroom, and outside the school) are discussed, and suggestions are offered for teacher and school-initiated activities. (CL)

Women in medicine are perceived by the general public neither as physicians nor as women, and they are disconcerting to nearly everyone, maintains the author. She discusses several factors that will improve women's coping skills. (Author/KC)

Nearly all working mothers experience conflict over family and career commitments, reports the author. She presents eight strategies to change this situation. (Author/KC)

Summarizes and evaluates 22 children's books in terms of their usefulness in helping children understand and cope with the concept of death. Most treat the topic of death in a generally acceptable way by using direct and concrete words and showing respect for and acceptance of feelings. (Author)

The coping patterns of developing self-reliance, accepting the demands of the profession, building social support, and maintaining family intergration, reported by 42 wives, were associated with specific dimensions of family functioning--interpersonal relationships, personal growth, and system maintenance. (Author)

Offers two assignments to develop students' problem solving skills: the first focuses on drawing issues, distinguishing key from subsidiary issues, and determining the relative importance of supportive details; the second helps students develop coping skills, relating the known to the unknown in a simulation of the work environment. (RL)

With tongue in cheek, a suburban school superintendent presents tips he has developed himself and gleaned from his fellows on how not to get fired. Included are: cultivate a "low-brow" image, blame the Feds, and schedule your contract renewal meeting to follow a state championship. (SJL)

Offers guidelines on avoiding the worst personnel problems associated with reduction in force. (Author)

The author asserts that positive attitudes toward disability are based on constructive views acquired by exposure to information and experience. Attitude change strategies, including disability simulation, education, and direct contact with disabled persons are reviewed and causes of misguided efforts are examined. (CL)

Constructs a hierarchy of defense mechanisms through the addition of the concepts of secondary and tertiary defenses to the already existing psychoanalytic defenses and increases the explanatory power of the concept of defense. Research generated from this theoretical model is presented. (Author/BEF)

Relaxation training is employed in relation to systematic desensitization treatment of phobias and as a direct means of dealing with tension and anxiety. Suggests that the greatest benefit may be derived when the procedures are viewed as developing coping skill and are directly related to the individual's daily living situation. (Author)

Physical benefits of running have been highly publicized. Explores the equally valuable psychological benefits to be derived from running and examines how mastering a physical skill can be generalized to mastery in other areas of life. (Author)