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Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

Florida International University

1996

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

A Comprehensive Assessment Of Self-Report Experiences Of Adoptive Parents Of Special Needs Children In Florida, Arlene Kaplan Brown Jun 1996

A Comprehensive Assessment Of Self-Report Experiences Of Adoptive Parents Of Special Needs Children In Florida, Arlene Kaplan Brown

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Adoption of special needs children is now seen as a life long event whereby the adoptive child and family have unique needs. The need for postplacement resources throughout the life cycle of the adoption process is evident. This exploratory-descriptive research employed a random stratified cross-sectional design. The purpose of the study was to describe, identify, examine, and assess the relative ainfluence of identified empirically and conceptually relevant variables of self-report experiences of adoptive parents of special needs children. Primary areas of exploration included: (1) adoptive children and families' characteristics, (2) postplacement service needs, utilization and satisfaction, and (3) adoptive parents' …


Tourism: Who Needs It?, Joan S. Remington, Marcel R. Escoffier Jan 1996

Tourism: Who Needs It?, Joan S. Remington, Marcel R. Escoffier

Hospitality Review

Is tourism economically beneficial? If so, who benefits? How much of the money generated through tourism can be channeled into other projects so desperately needed by the community without harming the local tour market? Will tourism continue to grow forever, or is there an end in sight? The authors discuss how tourism will change in approaching the next century: and how people will change if tourism is to remain such an important economic facto


A New Vision: U.S Travel And Tourism Industry, Greg Farmer Jan 1996

A New Vision: U.S Travel And Tourism Industry, Greg Farmer

Hospitality Review

Greg Farmer, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, envisions a new proactive role for travel and tourism in the U.S. He has written this article especially for the FIU Hospitality Review.