This paper is part of a broader study considering effects of welfare reform on households in rural areas. This report describes the findings of qualitative research, which examined welfare reform implementation and availability of services in 12 rural communities in Alabama, Arkansas, California, and Maine. The study sites were diverse in terms of…

Appropriate preservice education is needed to prepare school psychologists for working in rural communities. The scientist-practitioner model is a means to develop the psychologist as a generalist; it integrates research and theory with clinical training and field experience. Indirect services, burnout, and school psychology subspecialties are…

Only recently has the need to link rural education programs for workers and economic planning been recognized. This interest in linkages has resulted in a variety of intermediary mechanisms for collaboration. Included among the elements or activities necessary for linking education and economic development are the following: a solid base of…