Background and Context: The context for this study is the American legislative landscape covering the past 35 years, which witnessed a shift in political philosophies concerning the role of government in ensuring the social welfare of its citizens--from a focus on a "safety net" to a focus on "individual responsibility." We frame these contrasting…

This article focuses on group counseling as a re-education and training effort for people who are abusive and violent. The analysis presented examines the effectiveness of one approach to this problem, in which a group format was adopted, fourteen 8-week group sessions were conducted, and a post-group survey was given to participants to obtain…

This document describes the 10 Exemplary Programs in alcohol and other drug abuse prevention selected in 1990. The programs included provide models of state-of-the-art alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs that may be replicated or adapted by others. Illustrating a wide variety of approaches that are effective in diverse communities, the…

The report summarizes a study of the individualization process for teaching handicapped students. Relationships were examined among three forms of the individual plan: the contractual plan, as written in the individualized education program (IEP) document; the phenomenological plan, the teacher's intent for the program; and the empirical plan, the…

Author discusses how accountability and humanism in education are complementary. (HB)

The role of the computer conference moderator and suggestions for effective conference moderation are presented in this paper, which covers the following points: (1) opening statement; (2) agenda and topics to be discussed; (3) invitations to participants; (4) conference duration; (5) hands-on training for participants; (6) selection of…

This report reviews California's Child Support Enforcement program (CCSEP) and prospects for increasing support payments. Chapter I describes the structure of the CCSEP, recent collection experience, and prospects for growth in collections under current practices. Chapter II describes recent revisions in federal law concerning the program and the…

A quality circle (QC) is a group of workers from the same work area who voluntarily meet on a regular basis to identify, analyze, and solve various work-related problems. While management support has been a variable frequently cited as critical to the success of QCs in organizations, very little research has empirically documented the relationship…

The first of two articles that deal with accountability. The articles outline a model that could be followed in implementing accountability systems. (JF)

Management development programs have become almost a corporate must, many of the efforts to improve managerial capabilities fall far short of their goals. Fourteen proposals made here, which range from personalizing the program to building an ethical system, show how the structure and process of any development effort can be improved. (Author/BP)

Visits to 10 schools and residential centers in eight countries were made to investigate international applications of ecological models in the psychoeducational treatment of behavior disordered children. The ecological approach differs from other approaches because it views the problem as a disturbance in the relationship and reciprocity between…

CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION OF SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE COURSES ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS PAPER. EXAMPLES ARE BASED ON A RUSSIAN COURSE DEVELOPED BY THE AUTHOR UNDER THE CONTACT CONTRACT. TEN CRITERIA ARE IDENTIFIED, THE THREE MOST BASIC OF WHICH ARE THE FOLLOWING--ARE THE TERMINAL OBJECTIVES MET, DO THE STUDENTS IN THE EVALUATION STUDY REPRESENT…

This study is an examination of an attempt within the Adult Basic Education Department at College of the Mainland to reduce the anticipatory test fear in normal adult students preparing for the General Educational Development (GED) Test. The experiment covered a time span of 16 weeks and made application of systematic desensitization, a…