The Child Advocacy Unit (CAU) serves as a bridge between the legal and mental health professions in the representation of children. The CAU approach has sensitized both legal and mental health personnel to one another's disciplines. The most effective CAU is composed of a multidisciplinary team. (Author)

Suggests a process model of deviance that allows contributions from different perspectives. The need for individual and group problem-solving strategies to negate identification with stereotypes, modifications of agency policy, public education, advocacy, or a combination of these may be indicated at different points in the process. (Author)

Mathematical modeling is defined. Examples are used to show that there are models available which illustrate both the traditional use of mathematics in the physical science and its newer use in nonphysical disciplines, and which are at a suitable level for teaching in schools. (Author/MK)

Presents articles which survey the moral issues concerning benefit-cost analysis, future generations and energy policy; assess past and predict future public opinions regarding nuclear energy; and review the automobile's role in energy resource use. Contains reports concerning the growth of STS education and the AAAS professional ethics project.…

Discussed is the philosophical basis and development of wilderness education as part of the higher education curriculum. A list of characteristics of successful wilderness field trips is presented. (RE)

This is a summary of the period between 1960 and 1979 in the history of the journal, "Science." It is a personal account by the executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from 1954 to 1970, concerning the publication of a major journal. (SA)

The value of communication in the preservation of scientific knowledge is described as it relates to the specialized scientific journals. The discipline of peer review is described as the major factor in keeping the scientific enterprise relatively honest. (SA)

To provide related training for apprentices in trades with low enrollment, the developers of the Lane Community College program identified core requirements common to the trades and gave instruction in those areas to mixed groups of apprentices. (SK)

The experience of the British and Irish coordination of social and health care suggests a categorical rather than comprehensive approach. Personnel training, resource development and planning should be undertaken on a slow, step-by-step schedule. (JAC)

Highlights and criticizes changes in the traditional core curriculum during the 1960s and 1970s. Points to weaknesses in the current "return to basics" trend infiltrating core curricula. Calls for a clearer definition of undergraduate curriculum goals and the adoption of guidelines in order to eliminate the formlessness of the current system. (CAM)

Describes a computer-based simulation program used in biology and physics classes in German colleges and universities. Concludes that the use of media in teaching has far-reaching possibilities which must be explored by teachers in higher education. (KC)

Presents highlights of a multidisciplinary, cross-sectional study investigating the attentiveness of students to science and three other political domains. These three components of attentiveness to science are discussed: interest, knowledge, and acquisition. Also describes how the attentives and nonattentives differed in their responses. (CS)

The resources of the school site are discussed as they relate to instructional opportunities in various disciplines. Several example activities which use investigation of the school site to integrate environmental education into school curricula are presented. (RE)

Discusses the emotional impact of a stillbirth on a family. The Perinatal Mortality Counseling Program (PMCP) at Shands Teaching Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, provides crisis intervention and support for these families, as well as serving a research function. Outlines the program, including its history, composition, procedures, and research.…

A multidisciplinary, holistic course was introduced at the Australian National University to relate scientific evidence to the demands of decision making and problem solving. Student participants are shown to improve in independent judgment and decline in dogmatism. Program design and implementation are discussed. (MSE)