Five articles address issues in family support systems for persons with disabilities. Peter Mittler, Hellie Mittler and Helen McConachie present a set of general principles designed to encourage the development of genuine partnerships between professionals and parents in "Working Together: Guidelines for Partnership between Professionals and…

Contends that, although the majority of Jews leaving nations of the former Soviet Union are settling in Israel, a substantial number are coming to the United States. Asserts that a careful balance must be maintained between cultural and religious programming to avoid conflicts within immigrant families. (CFR)

A miniresearch project is reported on the attitudes toward minority groups and women in English textbooks used in Israel. The questionnaire and 12 criteria used offer a simple method by which teachers can examine and select materials they review for class use. (LB)

Over the last 30 years, educational anthropologists have been exploring the organizational structure of schools and their relationship to society in order to shed light on the complex processes of acquisition, organization, and transmission of cultural knowledge. This volume covers the need to provide a field-based, well-documented cultural…

This catalog lists over 1200 human relations educational materials for elementary and secondary school students, including books, pamphlets, films, filmstrips, recordings, video cassettes, slide-sets, and kits containing instructional guides, filmstrips, and audio cassettes. Print and audio/visual listings, accompanied by photographs and…