Sex and sexuality are complex, multi-faceted topics. Sexuality educators and practitioners often face challenging dilemmas with few ethical decision-making models available. While there are professional codes of ethics for sex educators, there are no practical models to inform an educator's ethical decision-making in professional situations. This…

Discusses the importance of the social style of administrators in their interactions within the organization, with emphasis on efforts by subordinate administrators to influence their superiors, i.e., managing up. Four social styles are defined--amiable, analytical, driver, and expressive--and strategies for productive interactions between styles…

Discusses the fact that teachers determine how instructional control is granted, to whom, and under what conditions, and describes three areas providing different perspectives on this subject: expressed preferences for instructional methods, learner selection of events within an instructional sequence, and relationship of specific individual…

This monograph addresses the recruitment and retention of Hispanic-Americans in University Affiliated Programs (UAP), which train personnel for the provision of health, education, and social services to people with developmental disabilities. It is designed to assist UAP faculty and staff to develop a comprehensive plan to increase the…

This monograph addresses the recruitment and retention of African-Americans in University Affiliated Programs (UAP), which train personnel for the provision of health, education, and social services to people with developmental disabilities. It is designed to assist UAP faculty and staff to develop a comprehensive plan to increase the…

This monograph addresses the recruitment and retention of Native American Indians in University Affiliated Programs (UAP) which train personnel to provide health, education, and social services to people with developmental disabilities. It is designed to assist UAP faculty and staff to develop a comprehensive plan to increase the participation of…

The monograph presents preliminary results from 27 states that received systems change model demonstration funds from the U.S. Rehabilitation Services Administration in 1986 and 1987. These funds were targeted to modify existing adult day programs for persons with severe disabilities and provide supported employment programs as alternative…

This monograph analyzes the recruitment and retention of Asian Americans in University Affiliated Programs (UAP), which train personnel for the provision of health, education, and social services to people with developmental disabilities. It is designed to assist UAP faculty and staff at each UAP to develop a comprehensive plan to increase the…

This volume discusses the effects of supported employment on persons with developmental and other severe disabilities, by assembling the results of research investigations conducted by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Supported Employment. Papers included are: "Supported Employment in Virginia: 1980-1988" (John Kregel…

An interactional model explaining predisposition to hyperactivity asserts that being identified, diagnosed, and treated as hyperactive is a function of biological factors, early health and temperament, family characteristics, and the quality of the home environment. A longitudinal study involving 367 subjects, aged 17-18, tested the interactional…

This resource notebook is intended to assist vocational educators and minority business development center representatives working at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels in developing, improving, and expanding entrepreneurial training programs by developing program models, training strategies, and bibliographies of resource materials.…