Notes that research on elder abuse highlights importance of communication and conflict resolution in families of older people, and that few prevention programs are available for use with community groups. Reviews literature on elder abuse and describes an educational curriculum designed to prevent abuse and neglect in families of the elderly.…

This publication is intended to provide school districts with a base from which they can develop their own written policies on grievance procedures. The guidelines consolidate various ideas contained in the grievance policies of school districts throughout Oregon and the United States. Much of the booklet consists of a model grievance policy for a…

The purpose of this publication is to provide school administrators with new rules and procedures for dealing with school employees and their union representatives. Following a brief introductory chapter, chapter 2 discusses the philosophic background for the administrator's approach to grievance procedures. Chapter 3 analyzes the important…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed specifically for school career guidance personnel. The goal of this module is to teach participants how to overcome…

Designed to help improve the staff-to-student communication style in schools, this book shows practitioners how to go from adversarial approaches to caring and helping--without losing control of the situation. The book offers time-tested methods that counselors and therapists have used successfully for years, methods that can be modified for…