Outlines a 10-step process for designing performance improvement systems which is intended to reduce time spent on the project, to assure client approval, and to assure management support. Client participation with the consultant throughout the process is stressed as the key to success. (LRW)

Describes a study of graduates of nontraditional degree programs at Southwest Texas State University to determine whether the degree was (1) meeting the needs of adults, (2) providing a vehicle for career advancement, (3) perceived as a high quality program, and (4) accepted in the workplace. (JOW)

Physical education contributes to the physical, mental, and emotional health of young people. Administrators must recognize these contributions and ensure an effective program by evaluating and retraining teachers to keep abreast of the recent knowledge explosion in physical education. (CJH)

Examined effectiveness of the Occupational Choice Strategy, vocational exploration and decision-making intervention, with clients in comprehensive rehabilitation facility. Statistically significant differences favored the experimental group on posttest measures of career decisiveness, although no differences were found on vocational identity or…

Compared 15 selected management-sponsored in-house and eight contracted-out employee assistance programs in the New York area. Examined advantages and disadvantages of in-house and contractual programs from the viewpoints of top management, employees, and the employee assistance program itself. Concluded that which program model was best depended…

States that WHAT WORKS is a respectable document that successfully summarizes the extensive body of information on teaching and learning gathered over the last 10 years. Claims that it does not respect the need for teacher autonomy and that it will probably be used to control and standardize teachers' classroom practices. (GEA)

Examines the role of correctional education programs in America; suggests that correctional education has maintained a limited perspective regarding the functions that education may serve. Argues that by using the Justice Model, programs would more effectively improve quality of life in prisons and perhaps reduce recidivism. (JOW)

A critical review of studies on the use of sensory integration therapy with mentally retarded persons found inadequate experimental design and statistical procedures to support use of this therapy and interpretation of research results. (Author/DB)

In a response to a critique of studies on the use of sensory integration therapy with mentally retarded persons, the article suggests that better research on the variety of variables involved is needed and that clinicians should not cease using an apparently successful program. (DB)

In a response to a critique of studies on the use of sensory integration therapy with mentally retarded persons, the article suggests that the research of the authors of the critique is subject to the same criticisms leveled by them at sensory integration therapy. (DB)

In a response to a critique of studies on the use of sensory integration therapy with mentally retarded persons, the article provides a detailed chart of mistakes, selective statements, distortions, and evidence of poor scholarship on the part of the authors of the critique. (DB)

In a response to a critique of studies on the use of sensory integration therapy with mentally retarded persons, the article suggests that the original authors should have encouraged professionals using this therapy to systematically evaluate outcomes rather than discouraging them from using the therapy. (DB)

The article is in response to critiques of the authors' review of the literature on the effectiveness of sensory integration therapy with mentally retarded persons. After responding to the individual criticisms, the authors encourage research into the specific mechanisms functioning to produce effects and how such mechanisms relate to proposed…

This article examines the goals of secondary vocational education, considers the validity of those goals in light of the existing educational climate, and assesses the extent to which vocational education is meeting those goals. Recommendations are made. (MT)

Earlier reviews have asserted the superiority of structure versus ambiguity in the practice of group therapy. This review specifies the dimensions that lead to this asserted superiority and examines method and timing of presentation and content of pregroup training. A model is proposed that links content and timing with issues in group…