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Etiological Manifestations Of Specific Reading Disorders Suggested In The Clinical Assessment Data Of Children, Brett Thompson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Marketing Techniques Utilized By Community College Continuing Education Divisions In Michigan, John George Dezek

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Validation Of A Programmed Text: Behavioral Counseling For Alcohol-Related Problems, Suzanne Carol Leiphart

Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to validate a programmed text which was designed and written by the experimenter. Subjects in Group A, in Phase 1 of the experiment, were seven male and five female volunteers either working or enrolled as students in human service fields. Subjects in Group B, in Phase 2, were six females and four male graduate students enrolled in the Specialty Program in Alcohol and Drug Abuse treatment seminar at Western Michigan University. Group A completed the programmed text exercises in Behavioral Counseling for Alcohol-Related Problems, designed and written by the experimenter. The programmed text was …

The Affects Of Parent Death, Long Term Illness And Divorce On Children Running Away From Home, Robert J. Ackerman

Dissertations

There is considerable variation in the estimation of youth, ages 12-17, who run away from home in America. This study using national self-report data estimates the proportion of youth who run away between the ages of 12-17 and the extent to which the loss of a parent contributes to running away by youth. Different types of parent role loss are examined as well as the effects of which parent is absent on running away.

Information on running away is assessed in a National Center for Health Statistics survey of approximately 6,768 youth ages 12-17. The proportion of youth who reported …

Western News, March 27, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Character needed to meet crisis; Milliken says, How Western will help the census count noses, BBC film by Bank to be shown Friday, 'Hotel Paradiso' to close theatre season April 9-12; 13 in Shaw Theatre outing, February phonathon hits all-time high, Holistic counseling conference Saturday

Western News, March 20, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Milliken to keynote 'Crisis' symposioum Tuesday, Fitness; Health Awareness Week to start Monday, Mission statement goes to trustees Friday; text published here, Faculty-student research team discovers Barry County artifacts, Protestant Reformation scholar Monday, Dahlberg named to panel on man and biosphere

Western News, March 13, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Session in Lansing ends on foreboding note, Announce locations for keynote addresses in minority student leadership conference, No irregularities found in search; report by affirmative action shows, Jog-a-thon April 12 to raise money for athletics, Partners in Progress seeks private support, Campaign looks to future of academic excellence, Some answers to questions you may have about the Partners in Progress campaign

Aspects Of The Sociology Of Psychiatry, Hans S. Falck

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

There can be little doubt that for the social scientist interested in the case of psychiatry there is much to learn. Not only is psychiatry a specialty in medicine, with a variety of subspecialities, is also enjoys links to other professions such as clinical psychology, psychiatric nursing and psychiatric social work. While in some sense this provides psychiatry the opportunity to be the renaissance man in medicine -- a situation which might elicit envy from others less universal and catholic -- it also causes it great difficulties and troubles. Nooone seems to know where psychiatry begins and ends; it suffers …

Day Care: A Spectrum Of Issues And Policy Options, William Roth

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Currently, debates about the merits of one form or another of day care frequently miss some significant issues and hence some of the important policy options may be ruled out or in for the wrong reasons. Here, child day care is layed on a spectrum one end of which offers maximum market freedom in the form of income redistribution, a negative income tax, children's allowance, or other transfer assistance, to be spent on the market if so desired for day care services, and on the other end of the spectrum a system of comprehensive child day care centers. In between …

Procedures For The Maintenance And Generalization Of Achieved Behavioral Change, John S. Wodarski

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Procedures for the maintenance and generalization of achieved behavioral change in anti-social adolescents are reviewed. A review of follow-up studies which provides the rationale for the incorporation of such procedures in practice is initially elaborated. Specific items discussed are possible avenues to the maintenance and generalization of behavior: social networks, peers, and parents; training socially relevant behaviors; changing the conditions of training; gradually removing or fading the contingencies; delayed reinforcement; and self control procedures. Throughout the manuscript relevant case illustrations are reviewed.

Work Ethic And Work Incentives: Values And Income Maintenance Reform, Beverly G. Toomey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although the American belief system surrounding the concept of work has been analyzed and challenged by social scientists seeking solutions to the problem of poverty, the strength of the work ethic philosophy is still evident in public resistance to welfare reform which would support adequate income maintenance and government efforts at job creation. This paper discusses the relationship between the work ethic philosophy, job creation programming and welfare reform. It reviews relevant theoretical and empirical literature and identifies some misconceptions which continue to hamper policy formulation and program development in welfare reform.

Employment, Theory And Practice In Qualitative Medical Sociology, Mary Jo Deegan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Applied qualitative medical sociology is almost an unheard of phenomenon. When it is done, however, It is usually accomplished by sociologists employed in academic institutions. Here we discuss the possibility of such a specialty, building upon the established literature and resources, as a potential area of employment and expanded sociology practice. Three "types" of approaches: symbolic interaction, phenomenology and Marxism are used to suggest the diversity and resources available in qualitative sociology.

The Occupational Prestige Of Social Work, Gerald L. Euster

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A survey of two hundred and fifty six social work educators pertaining to the prestige of social workers indicated that social workers were viewed as havinq less prestige than fourteen of the twenty-two occupations with whom they were compared. Factors both contributing to and lessening the prestige of social work were identified, as well as suggestions for enhancing social work's prestige.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 7, No. 2 (March 1980)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Table of Contents

• Work Ethic and Work Incentives: Values and Income Maintenance Reform - BEVERLY G. TOOMEY
• Game Preferences of Delinquent and Non-deliquent Boys - SHRAGA SEROK,
• ARTHUR BLUM
• The Power of Situations: An Approach to Understanding Powerlessness and Oppression - DENNIS SALEEBEY, MARY SKI HER
• Day Care: A Spectrum of Issues and Policy Options - WILLIAM ROTH
• Employment, Theory and Practice in Qualitative medical Sociology - MARY JO DEEGAN
• Aspects of the Sociology of Psychiatry - HANS S. FALCK
• The Deinstitutionalization of Juvenile Status Offenders: New Myths and Old Realities - C. AARON McNEECE
• Factors Associated with Police and …

The History And Promise Of Formal Survey Analysis For Social Work, Duncan Lindsey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Since its inception social work has struggled with determining the function and status of research in the professional enterprise. The emergence of professional social work was concurrent with the major developments in the methodology of empirical social research and statistical analysis. To understand the current position of research in social work requires tracing back the origins of empirical research with special attention to its connection with the emergence of the social work profession.

The efforts of the survey movement represent the first major attempt to introduce research methodology into the field of social work (Zimbalist, 1977; Young, 1949). In the …

Western News, February 21, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Groundbreaklng officially begins construction of Fine Arts Bldg., Search committee to recommend names of five VPAA candidates to Bernhard, Schedules published for spring break, Willis named acting director of new center, Author to speak next Thursday in 'Black Awareness Month', Alumni Relations plans for Homecoming

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting February 15, 1980, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Petitions and Communications
• Remarks by the President
• Academic Personnel Report
• Appointments - Non-Faculty
• Non-academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Procedure for Addressing the Board of Trustees
• Authority to Open Bank Account
• University Mission Statement
• Blind Rehabilitation and Mobility Report
• Governmental Relations Report
• Board Committees Reports

Western News, February 14, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Groundbreaking today for Fine Arts Building, Leakey degree; lecture Sunday, Harvard professor to speak next week as part of 'Black Awareness Month', Athletes given bum rap on grades; says Boyle, Nominate four for Senate offices, Zupko work in premier with Symphony Tuesday

Western News, February 7, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Mary Leakey to speak; get degree, Changes expected in TIAA-CREF plan, VPAA candidate visiting today, Demystifying Math workshops set to begin here on Feb. 12, Emeriti; students; alumni; faculty launch 1980 Phonathon, Zora Ellsworth Scholarship established, Gifts that improve the quality of education, Donors complete the Kanley dream

University Magazine Vol. 5 No. 4, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Research
• On Campus
• 1979 Annual Report of the WMU Foundation
• Donor Clubs
• 1979 Alumni Honor Roll
• Periscope On People
• Bronco Sports
• Alumni News
• Class Notes

Western News, January 31, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Academic VP search committee to name selections Feb. 25, Western fares well in governor's budget recommendations, Jacobs to begin Somalia trip, Policy on Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act published, Doctoral student devises method to halt speeding, Dance hosting two guests

Western News, January 24, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Parfet new trustees chairman; Kemp vice chair, Six candidates to visit in academic VP search, Trustees OK Faculty Senate constitution amendments, Remarks by President Bernhard to Board of Trustees last week, 'Burnout' research here among teachers of severely handicapped, Afghanistan lecture here Wednesday

Wmu Board Of Trustees Annual Meeting January 18, 1980, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of Agenda
• Minutes
• Petitions and Communications
• Remarks by the President
• Election of Officers
• Appointment of Board Committees for 1980
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Procedure for Addressing the Board of Trustees
• Proposed Amendment to Faculty Senate Constitution
• Policy re Authority to Sign Agreement
• Conveyance of Land to Northern Michigan University
• Authority on Demand Accounts
• Academic Computer Center
• Government Relations Report
• Board Committee Reports

Western News, January 17, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Enrollment's Up 2 Percent, Giving Fund Law Extended, Visiting Scholars Program Expanded, U. Film Series Begins Wednesday, Mrs. Mitchell's Funeral Services Friday, Death of Steel Industry Discussed, Gov. Milliken To Keynote Symposium Here on Campus, 'Bureaucratic Power' Talk Wednesday, UT Presents Albee Comedy, Irish Rovers Open Patron's Choice Series

Western News, January 10, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Open Office Hours Resume, APA Workshop Begins Wednesday, Scott To Assist Egyptians, Sexual Assault Seminar Topic, Grad College Awards Funds

Western News, January 3, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Fine Arts Building Approved, CLEP Changes Announced, Student Assessment Doubled, Rank Replaces Tom Mannix, Williams; Beecher Retire, Sorenson Coordinates Directed Teaching, Text' of President Bernhard's Remarks to Board of Trustees, Loew Designated U. Professor, Williams Heads Upward Bound, Vienna Choir Boys Coming, Archival Tools Course Topic

Honorary Degrees And Other Awards 1980, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Honorary Degrees for Commencement on April 19, 1980
• Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients for Commencement on August 15, 1980
• University Distinguished Service Award Recipients for Commencement on December 20, 1980

Thoughts On Books And Reading (A Guest Editorial), Richard D. Robinson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A letter from the guest editor.

The Role Of Reading Specialist In Developing Iep's (Individual Education Programs), Shirley B. Merlin, Sue F. Rogers

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Everywhere, supervisors, teachers and education specialists are busily engaged in inservice meetings and workshops in an effort to become familiar with writing, implementing and revising Individual Education Programs (IEP's) for children eligible or enrolled in a Special Education Program. The provision in The Education For All Handicapped Children Act, Public Law 94-142, requiring an IEP for each handicapped child has caused a great deal of activity and development in the field of Special Education.

Reading Horizons Vol. 20, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete Issue of Reading Horizons volume 20, issue 2.