A study examined the reliability and predictive validity of a number of measures designed for the vocational assessment of schizophrenic persons. Also examined in the longitudinal study were the relationships of these measures to each other and to employment status. Eighty-nine of the subjects who had participated in an earlier vocational…

THE PROJECT AIMED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM INTEGRATED WITH OTHER TREATMENT SERVICES AND IDENTIFY THE MAJOR FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY AND VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND MALADJUSTMENT. THE STUDY POPULATION INCLUDED (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 68 BOYS WHO RECEIVED THE FULL RANGE OF THE PROJECT IN-CARE AND…

THIS PAPER IS A REPORT OF AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE APPLICABILITY OF A 3-LEVEL THEORY OF LEARNING WHEN USED AS A FRAMEWORK FOR EMOTIONAL-SOCIAL LEARNING. SOCIALLY HOSTILE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WERE TO BE PLEASURABLY REINFORCED FOR DESIRABLE ACTIVITIES, HELPED TO SEE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PLEASURE AND THE ACTIVITIES, AND FINALLY TO SEE…

THE SCHOOL WAS CONFRONTED WITH THE NECESSITY OF TEACHING ABOUT PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION AS FACTS OF LIFE, AS CONDITIONS WHICH PREVENT THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF EVERY PERSON, AS PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD BE SOLVED, IF DEMOCRACY WAS TO FUNCTION. ONE OF THE APPROACHES TO A UNIT THAT STUDIED PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION CONSISTED OF THE DISCUSSION OF A…

THE STUDY FOCUSED ON THE BROAD PROBLEM OF ANALYZING THE PROCESSES OF ADJUSTMENT OF A SAMPLE OF STUDENTS TO THE NEW INTERRACIAL SITUATION AS IT DEVELOPED IN USUAL SCHOOL ROUTINES AND ACTIVITIES. THE SURVEY INCLUDED JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE PROCEDURE USED WAS A SERIES OF QUESTIONS ON THE INFORMANT'S OWN…

THE EFFECTS OF A PRESCHOOL INTERVENTION PROJECT ON OLDER BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS WERE INVESTIGATED. DURING THE INTERVENTION RESEARCH, CONCERN HAD BEEN EXPRESSED FOR POTENTIAL DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ACCRUING TO THE OLDER SIBLINGS THROUGH INVIDIOUS COMPARISONS WHICH MIGHT BE MADE BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND PARENTS. OLDER SIBLINGS…

A project evaluated a delivery system instituted during the 1978-79 school year at a New Berlin, Pennsylvania, area vocational-technical school. Replacing the three-year, two-week-about (alternate two-week periods) system previously in use, this twelfth-year program permitted students to enroll in a one-year, full-time program of instruction.…

This study compared the psychosocial adjustment and social behavior of children from divorced or separated single-parent families with that of children from two-parent families. The theory of attachment was adopted as the conceptual framework for the study because of similarities between the behavioral response of children to parental separation…

As both American and European studies suggest, large-city schools are increasingly responsible for the rising rate of delinquency and social maladjustment among youth. Too often urban schools encourage pupils to renounce their individual differences and submit to external controls and group pressures. Many pupils feel frustrated and agressive and…

In this seven year longitudinal study predictors of achievement for first graders were measured against actual school achievement of the same students in the seventh and eight grades. Three sets of variables were obtained in the first grade. Achievement history, family environment, and mental health were used as measures. Mental health was…

This study examined the effects of student supervision upon the social environment of York College male dormitory residents. All 132 male students living in a student run dormitory, and all 170 residents of a non-student adult supervised hall received the University Residence Environment Scale. Statistical analysis revealed that the respondents…

Helping students to recognize and understand their own attitudes and the attitudes and feelings of others, with special emphasis on how those feelings are communicated and dealt with is the purpose of the teacher's guide. Grade 7 students, in decoding each other's messages and discussing attitudes and feelings, discover the complexities of…

Presented is a curriculum guide and description of a program for educable mentally retarded elementary school children. Considered are such program aspects as philosophy and rationale, pupil selection and school-community relations. Goals, activities and suggested topics for experience units are listed for grades K-3, 4-6, and 7-8 in the following…

Progress toward the integration of the Tulsa Public Schools has not been without some inconvenience and much patient work, but progress has been made as demonstrated by the jump from one all-black and three all-white high schools in 1954 to ten integrated high schools in 1974. Pupil integration efforts prior to 1970 were limited to boundary…

Characteristics and attitudes of Alaska Native high school dropouts were studied in an attempt to answer questions relative to: (1) parental influence; (2) dropout dependency; (3) parental dependency and its effect upon dropout students; (4) dependency as a major reason for dropping out. Data were synthesized from several studies concerned with…