A workshop designed to investigate the development of guidelines and recommendations for ways to assist foreign students in the United States to return and fulfill needed roles in their countries of origin was held in October 1974. This report discusses the deliberations and conclusions of discussion groups, combining these with relevant excerpts…

Reported were first and second year data on the Models for Educating the Learning Disabled (MELD) Project, as well as a followup study of students who had participated in the MELD Project. First year data was based on a sample of 108 children in first through fourth grades, while second year data reported a sample of 97 children in first through…

The purpose of this study was to test training techniques designed (1) to induce conservation of discontinuous quantity in children, and (2) to induce ability to take different social roles. Also tested was this hypothesis: successfully training children in conservation will improve their ability to take different social roles, and conversely,…

The primary object of this project was to provide a program encompassing vocationally-oriented enrichment activities for the educable retarded adolescent, whose retardation can be defined in terms of the following developmental areas: (1) educational; (2) mental; (3) social; and (4) vocational. Included in this report are sections on: (1) an…

This study is concerned with three major problem areas which confront college students, especially new freshmen. These problem areas are social adjustment, study problems, and values or standards of conduct. Samples consisted of 296 freshmen living in double rooms, and 60 students selected at a later date. While the original concern was about…

Discussed are ways to help the preschool child develop social skills within the context of the child care center. Social growth is seen to be a gradual process which is helped by consistent care provided by the same individual for the first few years of life. Guidelines are offered for recognizing a healthy social outlook and include noting how…

Described is the 3R (reality, reeducation, and responsibility) program to remediate inappropriate behaviors and academic deficiencies in socially and emotionally maladjusted elementary aged children. The major goal of the project is seen to be the successful return of the student to usual school routines and the regular classroom. Specific…

The purposes of this research monograph are to present a pupil personnel model that evolved from five years of testing and evaluation, to present the major aspects of stages in developing the model, and to present data regarding the function of pupil services and the instruments and methodology employed in evaluating the effect of these services.…

Presented is the curriculum theory designed for 400 gifted boys and girls, from rising junior and senior classes in high school, who attend the 8-week summer Governor's School (GS) of North Carolina. The main aim of the GS is given to be inspiring and guiding future leaders by providing opportunities for special aptitude, general conceptual, and…

There are many pros and cons to the recent trend of early reading. The opponents fear that too much emphasis on early reading may lead to a less rounded development of the child; they agree on providing the child with richer and more varied experiences to insure reading readiness. The advocates believe that today's children have already had more…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a report prepared in answer to an IBE questionnaire. In the Philippines, the main problem is that widespread poverty is responsible for many undernourshed, poorly sheltered and ill clad students whose prospect of success at school is from the start seriously hampered by…

Sometimes called "halfway houses," the residential centers provide correctional services needed in the transition of selected offenders from prison terms to productive roles in society. Their task includes building solid ties between the offender and the community, integrating him into community life, restoring family ties, and obtaining…

This paper describes the Adult Performance Level (APL) project, an alternative to external high school diplomas such as the General Educational Development (GED) test. Based on the need for "functional literacy" or "functional competency," the program teaches basic skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening, communication,…

Four learning disabled children (6-9 years old) were taught four positive social-emotional behaviors--smiling, sharing, positive physical contacting, and verbal complimenting--using instructions, modelling, and praise. (Author)