Hipolito-Delgado and Lee's article entitled "Empowerment Theory for the Professional School Counselor: A Manifesto for What Really Matters" represents an important contribution to the school counseling literature for two reasons: (1) It helps to expand a growing knowledge base related to the work school counselors can do to foster the…

The Consortium for Longitudinal Studies is a cooperative effort of investigators endeavoring to assess long-term effects of early childhood education on children from low-income families. The data and follow-up measures of research projects conducted in the 1960s were pooled for joint analyses. (Author/GK)

Brief summaries are offered for various childhood intervention programs. The expected major differences between curricula were not obtained. It is suggested that the basic issues in successful programing relate to the quality of program implementation rather than the philosophy of curriculum selected. (Author/GK)

The author discusses reasons why high ability, culturally disadvantaged adolescents who are given appropriate education help themselves, their present and future families, and their society. Note: An address by Dr. Moshe Smilansky at Norfolk State College on Israel's Disadvantaged Gifted Youth (February 27, 1978). (CL)

The author reviews the need for educational intervention with disadvantaged gifted children and cites her legislative actions in support of the issue. Note: An address by the Honorable Shirley Chisholm before the National Forum on Minority Disadvantaged Gifted and Talented (May 15, 1978). (CL)

Research findings on and program design features of Project Head Start have apparently influenced the Reagan administration's decision to continue the funding of the program. Research appears to indicate that the intervention program has a lasting impact on participants. Additionally, researchers have demonstrated that program benefits can…

Suggests a reevaluation of both the conceptualizations and the intervention strategies used to deal with the problem of the mental health of inner city Black children. (CM)

Factors which influence child development are listed and briefly discussed. These factors are (1) mother's childhood, (2) mother's age, (3) care during pregnancy and delivery, (4) early neonatal factors, (5) birth interval, (6) effect of repeated infection and malnutrition on brain growth and intellectual development, and (7) home environment. The…

This paper considers opposing viewpoints on usefulness of the classification of "street children" in an international context and proposes a working compromise based on a hierarchy of street use, from minimal to total dependency on the streets. Different types of education/welfare intervention are needed at these different levels. (DB)

Five symposium papers evaluate the usefulness of ideas associated with the life-span view for enriching, highlighting, or expanding issues, theory, and research pertinent to change processes during infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and for intervention programs during these periods. (Author/MP)

This paper presents comments on Ceci and Papierno's article concerning advantaged and disadvantaged youth interventions. The author notes that while the article was more than welcome, the discussion was nevertheless still couched within a seriously culturally biased conceptual framework. Even though most psychologists accept this framework, it…

This report presents a context for the consideration of welfare reform, and reviews 10 major poverty programs. A linkage is made between government poverty programs and the full panoply of American economic and social interventions through five major themes: (1) quashing the many myths about welfare leads to a clearer understanding of poverty; (2)…

Considers the research in addressing how society should reasonably invest in the treatment of violent juvenile offenders. The authors first examine the problems of evaluating interventions with violent youth, then explore various intervention options. The use of multisystemic therapy is offered as a cost-effective program for reducing juvenile…

After a review of the current problems of the racially oriented educational system of South Africa, this article examines alternative teaching strategies to ease the transition from school to university and concludes that modification of teaching for first-year university students is the most feasible approach. Examples of successful strategies…

This collection of articles is one of several published by public television's "One PLUS One" project, a special media emphasis on mentoring and its effectiveness in helping young people. The articles reflect the belief that providing youth with adult support and guidance can strengthen their self-esteem and encourage them to achieve. The…