Institutionalization, as is widely recognized, has undesirable effects on many sexual offenders, and it often increases the likelihood that they will offend again after discharge. The outpatient program described here combines group interaction with behavioral engineering and may indeed represent an effective alternative. (Author)

This article describes a literacy improvement program, designed and implemented by the author. The program involves four interrelated processes: (1) sensitization; (2) diagnosis; (3) individualization; and, (4) evaluation. The author also comments on the role of the counselor in literacy programs. (HMV)

Describes a journalism course which teaches reporting skills for use in arts and entertainment writing. (RB)

Describes a biochemistry program at the University of Lancaster designed to emphasize the need for thinking clearly and persevering through a problem. (GS)

Briefly describes chemistry programs in Burma, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, and Australia. (MLH)

Describes the innovative chemical engineering program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute which stresses project work, individualized programs and instruction, and increased faculty involvement. (MLH)

The program described here is designed to make the University of Maine gymnasium available to part-time students, alumni, and the general public. (DS)

A description of the development and operation of the home-school conferencing program at Frederick Roehm Junior High School in Berea, Ohio. (SJL)

The self-defeating behavior (SDB) theory was applied to veterans who had problems in job training, vocational placement, and academic settings. A group-therapy structure meeting eight times during a four-week period was the basic approach of the SDB seminar. (Author)

Basic experiments were part of an intensive, three-week energy conservation workshop conducted by Wilkes College. A group of 32 secondary science teachers participated in this workshop in order to acquire both facts and techniques that would enable them to act as resource persons for their schools, communities, and their own homes. (Author)

The shared governance program in the Salt Lake City schools has the teachers and administrators working together to solve problems. (IRT)

The article describes the special arts program offered each summer to hearing impaired students (6-18 years old) by the Cornish Institute of Allied Arts in Seattle, Washington. (SBH)

The Office of Gifted and Talented, New Jersey, and the Department of Education and Industrial Arts of Glassboro, South Carolina, cosponsored the first "Olympics of the Mind," a competition designed to develop and recognize the creative talents of high school students. The activity is described, and information for schools and teachers is provided.…

How can a teacher cover an exciting aspect of ceramics, provide his students with an exemplary model of an artist craftsperson, and bring about a growing sense of community through an alternate learning situation? One way is by offering a raku workshop, complete with kiln building. (Author)

Presents a description and consumer-based evaluation of a predivorce workshop. Highlighted are the concerns of the divorcing individuals, the approaches taken by the workshop staff, and the resulting evaluations made by the workshop participants. A follow-up study is included. (Author)