Children of Alcoholics in the schools: Where are they? their representation in special education

The hypothesis that there is a greater frequency of children of alcoholics in special classes for Emotional/Behavioral Disordered (ED) and Learning Disabled (LD) children was explored. A random sample of students in ED, LD, and regular classes was selected and administered the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test. Parents completed the Friel Co-Dependency Assessment Inventory. An analysis of variance in CAST and FCAI scores did not reveal any significant differences among groups. Significant differences were noted in the relationship of marital status and chemical dependency in immediate family. Reported incidence of chemical dependency in the immediate family was identified as a concern warranting further exploration. Issues that may have affected the study such as sample size, respondent participation, and various roles exhibited in the family were considered. The possible impact alcoholism has on children and appropriate program intervention in the schools were discussed.     

Organizing for survival and social change: The case of streetwise

This study explores how members of StreetWise organize for survival and social change. Through the publication of a street journal by the same name, StreetWise provides employment opportunities for men and women without homes. Using feminist principles of organizing as a backdrop, we highlight the discursive moves that (1) reinforce StreetWise's standpoint as counter to the practices and structures of the dominant culture, and (2) provide alternative ways of thinking about issues of poverty and homelessness. We highlight tensions that emerge between the dialectic of survival and social change, and in so doing position StreetWise as an “alternative discourse community” that develops counterdiscourses amidst cultural and material constraints. We work toward locating how members negotiate organizational irrationalities through moral deliberation.     

Religious Communication

Ronald Eyre on the Long Search (Cleveland: Collins, 1979—$5.95, paper).

Virginia Stern Owens, The Total Image, or Selling Jesus in the Modern Age (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmanns, 1980—no price given, paper).

Daniel W. Holland, et al., Using Non-Broadcast Video in the Church (Valley Forge, Pa.: Judson Press, 1980—$5.95)

Media Development (London: World Association for Christian Communications—quarterly)

Committed Christians in Secular Communications (NSCS, 1982 South Shenandoah, Los Angeles Ca. 90034—$4.00)

Growing with Television: A Studx_of Biblica Values and the Television Experience (MARC, 475 Riverside Dr., New York, N.Y. 10115—write for details)

Gregor T. Goethals, The TV Ritual Worship at the Video Altar (Boston: Beacon Press, 1980—$11.95)

Gene Jaberg and Louis G. Wargo, Jr. The Video Pencil: Cable Communications for Church and Community (University Press of America, 4720 Boston Way Lanham, Md. 20801—$15.50/7.50)

Harold Osmeiri U.S. Religious Journalism and the Korean War (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America (ac dress above, 1980—$7.50, paper)     

“Go,little book ...”: Getting a book to readers

An author, editor, agent, marketing director, and bookseller describe in turn how one book—Facing the Music: Short Stories by Larry Brown—made the journey from a writer's brain to readers' brains. Larry Brown is the author of two novels,Dirty Work andJoe, and two short-story collections,Facing the Music andBig Bad Love. His next book,On Fire, is a nonfiction account of his experiences in the Oxford, Mississippi, Fire Department. Liz Darhansoff is a literary agent with Darhansoff and Verrill Literary Agency, New York. Richard Howorth is an Oxford bookseller who serves on theParis Review's Booksellers' Advisory Board, the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Board of Directors of the American Booksellers Association. He chairs the ABA's Publisher Relations Committee and in 1986 was awarded the Charles S. Haslam Award for excellence in bookselling. Shannon Ravenel is editorial director of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill and the editor of its annualNew Stories from, the South. From 1977 to 1990 she was series editor forBest American Short Stories, and she editedThe Best American Short Stories of the Eighties. Ina Stern is marketing director of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.