This paper summarizes a project designed to develop and field test a guide to aid parents in selecting quality day care for their children. Field testing revealed that the guide is both reliable and useful. (Author)

This paper reports further outcome data from an evolving comprehensive program for the behavioral control of smoking. At a six-month follow up evaluation, 50 percent of the participants were fully abstinant from all forms of tobacco. Clinical and physiological correlates of success are noted and discussed. (Author)

It was concluded that placement of tri-weekly training sessions is not critical with respect to enhancement of aerobic capacity in college-age males. (MJB)

Participation in English and speech remediation courses resulted in significant differences in grades, grade point average, and retention rates, as well as in trends over four semesters of college work, of treatment group students in relation to two control groups. (MJB)

Extended and systematic sentence combining practice solidifies/enhances the normal rate of development of two factors (syntactic flexibility and judged quality of writing) considered critical to the writing ability of secondary students. (MJB)

A self-administered health questionnaire can be a useful and relatively inexpensive method of obtaining initial health histories on students and identifying problems that require follow-up by the health center. (MJB)

Provides a comprehensive picture of the project, outlines its strengths and weaknesses, and interprets the findings that could be applied immediately in communities seeking to improve planning and coordination of youth services. (Author)

Considers the problems in using recidivism as a single--or even major--standard for the evaluation of a criminal sanctioning system, not only because of its tie to the problematic goal of rehabilitation, but because of the inadequacy of any single criterion of effectiveness. (Author/RK)

Assessed posttreatment functioning of 429 alcoholic patients selected from five different types of treatment facilities. Substantial improvement in three areas of functioning (drinking, occupational, and psychological) occurred among patients in each program, although there were significant differences among programs in level of functioning at…

Although the hypothesis that alpha biofeedback training would make a significant difference in reading gain scores of nine learning disabled students (7-12 years old) was rejected, most Ss gained in amplitude and duration of alpha waves and evidenced a slight improvement in hyperkinetic and maladaptive behavior with increased comprehension. (CL)

Summarizes research results from an international study investigating which children benefit from working with self-learning kits and under what conditions. (JM)

Significant gain in leadership areas (fundamentals, written communication, speech communication, values clarification, decision making, group dynamics, problem solving, personal development, and planning) by average to superior sixth- through eleventh-grade participants (N=110) indicated that the summer Leadership Studies Program is an effective…

A peer coaching program at Forest View High School, Illinois, is described and evaluated. Recommendations are provided for other districts to consider when implementing a similar program. (Author/MT)

Fee-waiver programs for older persons wishing to take college courses, widely established throughout the United States for a decade are not meeting the needs of either older persons or universities. Previews assumptions and characteristic policies of fee-waiver programs and contrasts them with characteristics of preparing recommendations for…

Describes a training program for the certification of substance abuse counselors produced by the Colorado Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, the University of Denver School of Social Work, and the substance abuse practice community of Denver. Details the program, its history, and the outcomes to date of its five successful years in operation.…