Treatment outcomes of nine autistic children who began receiving intensive behavioral intervention prior to 60 months of age were compared with outcomes for nine children who entered the same program after 60 months of age. Age at program entry was found to be strongly related to positive treatment outcome. (Author/CL)

The article presents an example of an evaluation process for use with inservice programs, specifically Project TIME, Training for Individualized Mainstream Education. Evaluation data (from such measures as a classroom observation scale and participant feedback survey) shape the direction of the inservice. (CL)

Active and passive perceptual training methods were tested with 30 macular degeneration patients to improve their residual vision. The main conclusion was that perceptual training may contribute to successful visual adjustment and that the effect of training is not limited to a particular level of visual impairment. (Author/CL)

Investigated the effects of a workshop fee on stress management skills and workshop evaluations of women participants. Those paying for the workshop scored significantly higher in content recall of stress reduction techniques and significantly lower in follow-up stress levels. (Author/MCF)

A school nurse recounts ways in which intervention and family efforts improved functioning in a child with cerebral palsy. (CL)

Results of a project to diagnose children with perceptual difficulties in an expanded four-year check and to avert learning difficulties through preschool follow-up activities are described. (CL)

Ninety-six gifted and nongifted fourth- and fifth-grade students were taught either Italian vocabulary or information about North American minerals via free study or mnemonic instruction. They were then asked to transfer their learning strategy to a novel content area. Results indicated that both gifted and nongifted students can benefit from…

This article reports on a large-scale study of beginning teacher programs in two states. The purpose was to describe how certain induction programs affected the transition from student of teaching to teacher. Findings related to program implementation and program effects are summarized, and implications are discussed. (MT)

This article briefly reviews literature on beginning teachers and the need for induction programs. An existing teacher induction program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is described, and results of a study of the program's effectiveness is presented. (MT)

A survey of drug treatment suggested conflict exists about how drug treatment should be conducted. A case was made for paradigms of treatment as a guide for progress in treatment for addicts. A theoretical paradigm which tried to relate family therapy to the relief of self-esteem distress is discussed. (Author/ABL)

The present study evaluated proximal changes in fourth and fifth graders' knowledge and attitudes of physical and sexual abuse following brief skits and focal discussion in the classroom. Relative to controls, children who received the program showed an overall increase in knowledge of correct actions to take in the event of potential or actual…

The author urges human resource professionals to think and act strategically to market themselves more effectively. The following elements of such a strategy are discussed: operating philosophy, stakeholders' expectations, departmental capability, program profiling, the grand strategy, critical success factors, impact elements, strategic…

Examined the effectiveness of relaxation training in reducing postpartum distress for 48 first-time mothers-to-be via a treatment-component strategy. Compared with nonrelaxation conditions, relaxation treatments reduced reported postpartal distress. Expectations about treatment effectiveness were not significant factors in treatment outcome.…

The eight articles report on the Richardson study, which is investigating education program for able learners. Approaches of five school districts located in Marshall and Spring, Texas; Southfield, Michigan; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Chicago, Illinois are described. Inferences are drawn regarding commonalities that give evidence of program…

Individual change is the key to organizational change. A seven-step model of individual change--awareness, understanding, belief, effort, reward, feedback, and system accommodation--provides a structure for the design and content of training programs that will ensure transfer of learning to the workplace. (SK)