This chapter is a case study of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's Pathways [TM] program. The goal of the Statway [Registered Trademark] and Quantway [Registered Trademark] pathways is to improve the success rate of community college students who place into developmental mathematics. What makes these programs unique is…

Describes the ways in which biological family, foster family, and social service agency successfully cooperated to provide a kidney transplant for a seriously ill adolescent boy. (RH)

Presents anecdotes from nursery school daily records which illustrate significant learning experience through cooperative work and play. Suggests that children process and learn information by playing with that information. (NH)

Discusses counseling teachers in the schools on the sexual acting-out of emotionally disturbed children. Clinical case material is presented to illustrate the meanings and motivations children have subconsciously applied to various types of sexual behavior. Proposes some guidelines that can be used constructively when discussing this problem with…

Three counseling situations in which a counseling student sought participatory help from his field instructor are described. In the first case study the counseling student had been working with a marginal family with severe marital and child management problems. Approaches discussed in supervisory conferences had not achieved the desired result…

A discussion of the ways in which colleges are preparing students for corporate life looks at the objectives and design of the management programs at Birmingham-Southern College, Bucknell University, Trinity University, and the University of Virginia. (MSE)

Case studies are presented of three gifted students, indicating the social and academic problems which are standing in the way of their potential development. The students include a Vietnamese-American ninth-grade girl who has difficulty with English and does not feel accepted by other students, an underachieving seventh grade boy who speaks out…

This technical report is part of a series on AIDS/HIV (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and is intended to help link various legal advocacy organizations providing services to persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities. This report discusses strategies to utilize existing disability models for…

This paper demonstrates how jointly planned activities can provide an integrated system in bridging the quality gap between urban and rural education in Australia. A national communications policy and delivery system would provide a cost-effective way of improving services to rural areas. Rural schools and colleges can be transformed by developing…

Presents a methodology for dealing with scapegoating and negative classroom environment. Outlines group discussion formats and suggests structured questions help children explore problems, express feelings, and feel motivated to act positively. Proposed benefits include individual children are not labeled as problems, and class members gain…

Three workshop articles concerning parental perspectives on discipline are presented. "Lessons from My Mother-In-Law: A Story about Discipline" discusses the generational diversity of discipline. "Parent/Staff Partnerships" addresses the importance of shared responsibility. "Perspectives on Discipline" consists of a…