Extracts from a 1975 study undertaken by the organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on the state of education in Canada is presented. The extracts focus on the vocational technical field and call for a vigorous and creative rethinking in the practical and technical education of Canada's youth. (Author/EC)

A critical review of evaluation techniques regarding adult education discusses basic assumptions, evaluation literature and practices, alternative concepts, and remedies for present evaluation problems. (LH)

Fantasy activity has long been recognized as a normal psychological process that individuals use to deal with emotions, goals, and beliefs. This article explores the development of fantasy activity as a part of career development, reviews relevant research, and cites examples of the use and implementation of fantasy. (Author)

By taking an advocacy stance between the intrafamilial and extrafamilial systems, focusing on individual and family need levels, the family-focused approach to managing mental health/social deviancy problems offers the clinician a promising framework to broaden the scope of service delivery befitting a wider and growing knowledge base. (Author)

The major problem areas reported by stepparents and their partners fall into three main categories: problems concerned with the children, financial difficulties, and marital misunderstanding and alienation. (Author)

Demonstrates the utility to group process facilitators of the Steinzor Effect, which states that within leaderless groups seated in circles, speakers are most apt to get responses from persons seated opposite or nearly opposite them, and least likely to get responses from persons seated alongside or nearly alongside. (Author)

Examines the many benefits that may result when biofeedback experiences are included in a counselor-education program. Protocol is enumerated for the implementation of biofeedback in counselor education. Objectives and procedures for each of the three stages are presented for the reader's evaluation. (Author)

After recommending that they develop a firm self-concept and set of values, this article offers a number of suggestions for women seeking nontraditional careers. They include playing the power game, building significant male relationships, and seeking role models. (Author/BP)

The observed inability of individuals to respond appropriately to persons in trauma is described. Nine different categories of inappropriate responses are identified. A discussion is presented of the counselor's responsibility to model appropriate responses and to educate others to respond appropriately to the public. (Author)

Nurses in seven specialties offered their outlooks on death and dying. Questions are raised on the adequacy of nursing education in this realm, the feelings of capability of nurses of varying experience when working with dying patients, the desirability of employing heroic measures to sustain life and many other considerations. (Author)

Case managers, experienced senior members of the system, have assessment, disposition, and advocacy functions for each client as well as responsibility for policy decisions for the organization. Treatment and administrative considerations of such an approach are explicated, and problems raised by the model are explored.

Reviews seven previous articles on Personal Mastery Group Counseling and discusses their main advantages and disadvantages. The relationship of Personal Mastery Group Counseling to Rational-Emotive Therapy is also considered. (Author)

The author maintains that correctional workers are at a critical juncture in the use of classification strategies. Numerous guidelines are available for classification, but too often these are not applied. Several suggestions are made for effective classifications. (Author/HMV)

The institution of cheering has undergone a number of changes throughout the years. Cheerleading is one of the few purely American phenomena, both in its inception and in its development. We gave the cheerleaders birth, and we pioneered and nurtured their growth. In a word, they are ours. (Author)

The results of a nationwide survey of the use of subprofessionals by state vocational rehabilitation agencies reveal much discord regarding the use, nomenclature, and employment requirements for support personnel. It is proposed that a career-ladder system involving task-specific standardized work roles based on the Rehabilitation Job Task…