While forging a political and social consensus to support existing compensatory education efforts, supporters have exhausted any notion of whom they mean to help, what their problems are, how to determine success, or how best to help. This article redefines high risk youth, dispels some common misconceptions about low-achievers, and outlines…

Examined sources of support for elderly Vietnamese immigrants (N=60). Found subjects indicated problems with money, medical care, sadness, worry, and discouragement. Found most important sources of assistance were family and church or temple. For housing, employment, medical care, and financial problems, social services agencies were most…

Examined how students who completed either a traditional or nontraditional vocational education program perceived the assistance they received from school guidance counselors. Results suggest that many sources influence students' choice of program in vocational education. Guidance counselors seemed moderately helpful and supportive, although many…

Views of parents with mental retardation about their relationships and social support for parenting were explored. Based on two years of involvement with six couples, it was found that parents preferred support from partners, followed by family members, and then professionals. Support was sometimes viewed as a restraint. (Author/SW)

Investigates the differences between 97 patients who had prematurely terminated psychotherapy and 81 who had participated in individual psychotherapy for at least 6 months and 24 sessions on selected Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and Rorschach variables. Theoretical implications of interpersonal variables are discussed in…

A middle-school counselor thanks her principal for his help over a 15-year working partnership. She is especially grateful for the principal's understanding of middle-level program objectives; respect for counselors' suggestions and nontraditional approaches; support for group counseling, teacher advisory programs, and counselors' professional…

Reflections of 16 beginning teachers and 9 who served as "buddy" mentors showed that the mentors provided personal and emotional support and task-related and problem-related assistance and advice. However, they sometimes lacked knowledge of progressive teaching methods, were unable to address development of teaching style, and did not…

Presents a practical, multimodal Helping model, to meet needs of children with anger. Describes the steps to be followed in each of the 12 sessions of the therapy. Notes that the model adheres to a person-centered philosophy. The model considers the health, emotional, learning, personal, and cognitive environments of the child during therapy, and…

Ways to alleviate the stresses of providing care for elderly relatives include corporate-sponsored assistance programs, informal respite care, a parent care system, nonkin back-up system, support services for the care recipient, and cognitive restructuring. (SK)

A well-designed peer or cross-age teaching program can significantly improve academic achievement and interpersonal growth among middle-level students. Effective peer programs are the result of systematic planning, training, supervision, and evaluation. When planning peer-helping program, administrators must consider need, philosophy, design, and…

Examines how interacting with a friend as opposed to a stranger in anticipation of a stressful event (giving an extemporaneous speech) affects college students' coping. Finds that subjects perceived more social support after interacting with a friend than with a stranger. Describes specific verbal and nonverbal behaviors contributing to successful…

For at-risk students, opportunities to help others may provide a way to break the devastating cycle of failure--to substitute caring for anger and replace low self-esteem with feelings of worth. Educators are advised to select genuine (and optional) opportunities, choose tasks matching students' abilities, avoid praising helpers publicly, and have…

The Model of Human Occupation was used to design a program to train and support four dementia patients in daily living activities focused on motor skills and procedural memory. The Assessment for Motor and Process Skills showed gains for three of the four, paralleled by a decrease in the amount of support needed from therapists in task…

Explored differences regarding way in which 27 male and 27 female college faculty members described relationships with "career helpers" by analysis of interview transcripts. Qualitative analysis of interviews indicated gender differences on themes of sense of professional self as related to career helpers and nature of assistance received from…

A model of family caregiving by public health nurses includes these competencies: encouraging self-help, locating and building trust, timing and detecting, being available, mobilizing, collaborating, resolving problems and crises, working through emotions, fostering family understanding, educating parents, persuading, and saving children. (SK)