The study investigated the usefulness of behavior engagement (time spent in appropriate environmental interaction) as an outcome measure for discerning the efficacy of intervention efforts with preschool retarded, handicapped, at-risk, and nonhandicapped children participating in two different types of programs (traditional and nontraditional).…

A 3-year study examined effects of two prevention programs (life-skills esteem-building and life-skills parent-training) for sole-support mothers with school-aged children. Lack of competency enhancement effects appeared to be a function of reduced exposure to the interventions. There was no support for connections between short-term competency…

The author presents suggestions concerning the use of video in training programs. Suggestions involve viewing angles, use of humor or animation, models, subtitles and repetition, note taking, feedback, number of viewers, visual and auditory distractions, and use of data. (CT)

Evaluation of a satellite clinic for physically handicapped children in rural Ontario indicated that children attending the clinic received more frequent treatment at reduced costs to parents and social agencies than control Ss. Ss also showed greater improvement in motor function than a control group, although no corresponding improvement in self…

The Eastern Washington University department of Education's teacher assurance program guarantees that its graduates will perform to classroom expectations. The program's positive aspects are described. (MT)

Describes a project designed to assist national trade union centers with their specific activities in the area of the organization and training of women workers. Discusses the setting up of women's committees as support structures for the trade union confederations. The effectiveness of the program and the response of women trade unionists are…

The effects of vocational training on 22 severely mentally retarded adults were examined through naturalistic observation of leisure behavior, the Becker Adjective Checklist, and the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS). Secondary analyses revealed significant growth in perceived competence on the Becker and ABS factor of Independence and Social…

Treatment of an eight-year-old severely mentally retarded girl's repetitive spoon banging consisted of saying "no bang" and pulling a terry cloth bib over the subject's entire face for five seconds. High frequencies of spoon banging during nontreatment conditions rapidly decelerated when facial screaming was in effect. Follow-up data indicated…

A peg-word mnemonic technique increased the memorability of paired associates for 15 (LD) and 15 non LD junior high students. Differential longer term retention slightly favored the nondisabled. (CL)

Guiding principles of precision teaching are reviewed, the use of the Standard 'celeration chart illustrated, and implementation aspects involved in pinpointing, counting, charting, and evaluating are described. The article concludes with a brief summary of effectiveness research. (CL)

This study compared compliance rates in two exercise programs for children aged 8 to 14, one a well-structured program, the other a home running program prescribed by a pediatrician. The greater success of the first program was attributed to enthusiastic leadership, parental support, and feelings of accomplishment in the participants. (MT)

Reviews literature on the effectiveness of the Head Start program, with emphasis on the Westinghouse report and the long-term follow-up studies of the Consortium on Developmental Continuity. Discusses the conflict between the child educative and parental development goals of Head Start. Concludes that social competency and significant minority…

Provides estimates of the impact of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs on participants' postprogram earnings using matched comparison groups developed from a "nearest-neighbor" matching technique. Results indicate that CETA has a negative and statistically significant earnings impact for adult men, and a modest,…

Determined the effectiveness of the Developing Understanding of Self and Other (DUSO-1, revised) program as compared with self-concept activity created by teachers among 71 elementary students. Results reflected significant gains in self-concept scores of children who were exposed to the DUSO-1 (revised) program. (Author/BL)

Analysis of relative instructional efficacy for 12 hearing impaired and 12 hearing adolescents revealed significantly fewer errors on problem solving tasks for hearing impaired Ss in the microcomputer condition than in the teacher-directed condition. Normal hearing Ss produced significantly fewer errors than the hearing impaired Ss regardless of…