One particular reading disability, and the focus of this study, is termed Specific Language Disability. Critchley, commenting on the need for tin agreed definition of SLD, suggests that it is a "difficulty in learning to read which is constitutional, . . .

The primary purpose of this study was to explore the adolescent girl's perceptions of her needs in a placement facility. When Konopka undertook a study of delinquent adolescent girls, she pointed out the scarcity of research on adolescent girls as opp . . .

The purpose of this study was to (1) survey the physicians in Kings County, California to determine their social values, their attitudes toward welfare recipients, and their demo-graphic characteristics| and (2) explore possible relationships between . . .

The Fresno County Work Furlough Program has been in existence in Fresno, California, since 1964, when the Fresno County Board of Supervisors authorized its establishment. Administered by the Probation Department, the program's basic function is to all . . .

This study is an exploration of the hesitancy to accept the unitary methods approach with a focus on the two key variables cited, practitioner identification and agency structure. As stated previously, the four researchers each selected a different ty . . .

The current study explores the potential relationship between mental health clinicians’ ability to accurately interpret non-verbal communication and their job satisfaction. It is important to be aware of any relationship between these two variables to . . .

The purpose of this study was to develop insights into problems of the poor, solutions to the problems, and possible programs which would lead to more effective delivery of social work services to the poor. Professional helpers and lay people alike re . . .

Foster youth are not graduating from college at the same level as youth who were not involved in the foster care system. There are laws and programs that assist former foster youth while they are in college by connecting them with resources in their c . . .

The views an individual harbors toward himself are of central importance to his emotional health and successful functioning. One who has developed and is able to maintain a reasonably high level of self-esteem has little need to assume an essentially . . .