The booklet describes how three American communities (Orange County, California; San Antonio, Texas; and St. Joseph County, Indiana) are using grant assistance from the Youth Development and Delinquency Prevention Administration to implement Youth Services Systems, which are designed to divert youth from encounters with the juvenile justice system…

Since the ideal of lifelong education is closely related to the reorganization of the entire educational system, it is necessary to recognize the distinction between education and its administration. Democratization, continuity, flexibility and freedom are principles related to planning and administration; active participation, initiative and…

The focus of this paper is on groups of teachers classified according to self-reported national and/or racial heritage. The problem studied was simply notation of similarities and differences among mean scores of groups of in-service teachers in the U.S.A. when the teachers were so classified. Ss were over 3,000 in-service teachers from the 50…

Investigated was the effectiveness of various reinforcement contingencies in diminishing social withdrawal in children, which is defined in terms of low rates of social interaction. Ss were three socially withdrawn first and second graders in three different regular classes, as determined by scores on the Walker Problem Behavior Identification…

The anthology by Jesse Perry, "Reading Ladders for Human Relations," constructed of a blend of best literary works, was compiled based on the conviction that reading selected books would increase the social sensitivity of young people and play a unique role in fostering better human relationships. Its main purposes are expressed in the section…

Described is a study in which 30 mentally retarded adults from the original sample of 48 in R. Edgerton's 1961 study evaluating the community adjustment of post institutionalized persons were revisited. (Author/CL)

In this study, the response of peers and teachers to children who differed in the extent to which their self-concepts included traits which children view as masculine or feminine is examined. Among boys, relative masculinity was associated with a distinct pattern of classroom behavior to which women teachers gave negative evaluations. (Author/WI)

Aftercare is an interdisciplinary program which extends comprehensive service to emotionally disturbed children and their families following the child's discharge from residential treatment. (Author/BD)

Twenty-nine handicapped university students (14 physically handicapped, 9 visually handicapped, 5 learning disabled) were interviewed regarding their educational experiences. (BD)

In an investigation of school behavior and achievement of 78 10-to 15-year-old children with observable physical disability, Ss from two different disability types (cleft palate and cerebral palsy) were compared with each other and to a control group in order to determine potential similarities across disability types. (Author/CL)

Ramapo College identified many problems that need to be met to make a campus truly accessible to the handicapped student: rest rooms, residence hall ramps, locks, showers, roomate indoctrination, emergency situations, snow and ice, elevators, and fire precautions. Solutions to these problems are described. (Author/LBH)

Focuses on a who-why-where-when-how-what-whom structural model of interpersonal "distancing." Parallels are drawn between concepts of "intimacy" disequilibrium and cognitive dissonance; the latter deals with attitude-behavior discrepancies and the former with attraction-approach discrepancies. Presented at the American Psychological Association,…

A number of issues have arisen from the publication of "Becoming Modern" by Inkeles and Smith. This paper raises each issue in turn and attempts to support the major assertions of that study. Included are such issues as the reasons for studying the individual, the role of personality characteristics, the personal features of modernity,…

Case material from an anthropological field study of 57 blind adults in Tel-Aviv is used to illustrate the contradictions that blind Israelis face in the current transitional period from traditional segregation and dependent roles to an indeterminate type of integration and independence. (Author/JW)

A study of first-year and second-year medical students found that risk for eating disorders was greater for female students, risk for drug abuse was unrelated to gender, and psychosocial impairment and depression were associated with risk for either eating disorders or substance abuse. (MSE)