天价学区房是资源不均的现实标本

据中国之声《新闻纵横》报道，在北京市西城区的文昌胡同深处，一间小小的、不起眼的、甚至杂草丛生，可以说有点破败的房子，刚刚卖出了相当于20公斤黄金的价格。这处仅仅11.4平米的房产，卖出了530万元人民币的天价，每平米房价达到46万元人民币。卖出如此高价的原因，就因为它是北京最著名的小学之一实验二小的学区房。46万的单价，也创造了北京最贵学区房的记录。     

奥地利:发达的特色职业教育

奥地利是一个仅有八百万人口的小国家,处于欧洲的中心;也是当今世界最富裕的国家之一,人们的生活质量名列世界第四,其经济的发展得益于优质的职业教育.奥地利驻华大使艾琳娜女士曾介绍说,在奥地利有一种独特的制度,那就是在义务教育结束以后,你可能并不一定去上大学,而是去一个特殊的学校,这个特殊的学校能够帮助你学习某一种特殊的技能.     

桃花运还是桃花劫？

时代在变。开放的社会.快节奏的工作.数字化的生存.工作与生存环境的改变.使人们更多了彼此接近的机会。寻求理解与渴望渲泄,盼望着能交上桃花好运便也成了一些人藏匿在心底的美梦。当情感在婚姻与道德的夹缝中游离的时候.有的人在频繁的交友,联谊、网络和娱乐等等各种机会和场合还真的就和那“桃花女神”不期而遇美梦成真了。可人们期待的桃花运到底是什么?不乏有交了桃花好运的——一位出租车司机朋友曾非常得意地告诉过我.他说一天晚上他将一位女士拉到了目的地.可是那女士就是不下车.说是要请他吃饭。司机有点手足无措,可那女士坚持要请并说只要他肯答应.她会给司机一定的报酬.以赔偿司机的时间损失。司机何乐而不为?吃饭过程中2人海阔天空聊得很融洽.原来那女士的丈夫去国外工作已半年多了.女士寂寞难耐.看着司机英     

地球十大地貌奇观

相比人造的七大奇迹的巧夺天工,自然界锻造出的地貌美景显得更加大气磅礴。从我国的赤水丹霞地貌到美国的波纹岩,再到至今形成机理仍然是迷的撒哈拉之眼,无不让我们感叹自然造物主的鬼斧神工。     

倾情倾力打造主流住宅——从星河城的出色品质看玺萌品牌的社会责任

前言 顾虑-- "商品房"一词,是近十年国家逐步取消单位分房制度的过程中悄然兴起的.而"开发商"也曾一度被认为"不是暴发户,就是和上面的人有点关系".因为只有这样,才能拿到地. 作为一项大手笔的、甚至是倾注购房者未来一辈子辛勤劳动的投资,商品房的品质、价格以及同样作为商品的房子的售后服务是否如广告宣传般理想等一系列问题,长久以来一直备受关注.     

一线城市社区商业五大趋势

社区商业作为商业的一个组成部分,在中国长期以来一直处于一个少人关心的地位,一直是以自发性的零散商业形式为主进行发展,属于比较落后的商业形式.但实际上其对城市商业的发展和结构的优化起着重要的作用.在市场竞争中,尽管比起超市、百货、购物中心等商业形态有诸多的劣势,但也有其核心的竞争力--便利性和多样性.这样的核心竞争力决定了其商业功能的亲和力.     

香邑山寻宝派对绕山三日的回味

九月的最后一个周末,秋高气爽,阳光怡人,距今已有800多年历史的香山公园今天迎来了一批特殊的客人,安家传媒机构联合香邑山项目在西贵香山宝地举办了游香山寻宝藏活动. 平日里坐在办公室日理万机的地产界精英们也放下繁忙的工作齐聚即将翠红处处的香山,参加安家·香邑山今天举办的寻宝活动.香山饭店是今天活动的始发点,体贴的健康体测,刺激的寻宝,舒心的缆车赏景,诱人的自助餐会,还有丰厚的奖品,一切都从这里开始.     

珍·古道尔：不同寻常的人生

1960年的夏天,26岁的珍·古道尔(Jane Goodall)与母亲一起到达东非坦噶尼喀湖岸,研究当地的黑猩猩种群。尽管对于一位女性来说,到非洲森林里的野生动物世界去冒险是骇人听闻的,但这次旅行对珍·古道尔却有着不同寻常的意义——为了实现孩提时代的梦想。珍在坦桑尼亚获得的成绩超出了任何人的想象。     

领袖子女在苏联不寻常的经历

一部电影《红樱桃》,让人们了解到上世纪三四十年代,一批中国共产党领导人的孩子在前苏联国际儿童院度过的一段鲜为人知的不寻常的经历。他们中有毛泽东的孩子毛岸英、毛岸青;刘少奇的孩子刘允斌、刘爱琴;朱德的孩子朱敏;林伯渠、张闻天的孩子;烈士向警予的孩子蔡博、蔡妮;罗亦农之子罗西北等。如今,这群当年一同前往苏联的中国孩子中,只剩下了三名幸存者。     

文化的“抛离”与“回归”——文化在北京城市发展中地位的转变

现代化的进程,是一个不断探索的进程.在城市现代化过程中,支撑城市发展的各种要素随着城市社会经济实践的变化,其功能和地位亦相应调整.从1949年至今的60多年中,北京的城市状貌发生了翻天覆地的变化,而基于政治和经济等不同方面的发展需要,文化在城市发展中充当的角色、展示的形式、发挥的作用也发生着相应变化.在北京实现现代化的进程中,文化的命运大致经历了一个由中心向边缘“抛离”的过程,但在当前又呈现出“回归”中心的趋势.     

Predictors of treatment satisfaction among older adults with anxiety in a primary care psychology program

Increasing numbers of patients are treated in integrated primary care mental health programs. The current study examined predictors of satisfaction with treatment in patients from a randomized clinical trial of late-life generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in primary care. Higher treatment satisfaction was associated with receiving CBT rather than enhanced usual care. Treatment credibility, treatment expectancies, social support, and improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms predicted higher treatment satisfaction in the total sample. In the CBT group, only credibility and adherence with treatment predicted satisfaction. This suggests that older patients receiving CBT who believe more strongly in the treatment rationale and follow the therapist's recommendations more closely are likely to report satisfaction at the end of treatment. In addition, this study found that adherence mediated the relationship between treatment credibility and treatment satisfaction. In other words, patients’ perceptions that the treatment made sense for them led to greater treatment adherence which then increased their satisfaction with treatment.     

Outpatient cocaine abuse treatment: predictors of success

In 1990 more than 238,000 patients in the United States entered treatment, with cocaine as their primary diagnosis. This represented 36 percent of the treatment admissions for substance abuse. This research project uses data from the U.S. Army's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program to analyze which treatment and demographic variables have an effect on cocaine treatment outcomes. The sample included 3602 soldiers entered into treatment between 1983 and 1992 for cocaine abuse. The logistical regression results suggested the following treatment variables had an effect on outcomes: the type of treatment provided, the length of time in treatment, the number of different types of drugs being abused prior to treatment, and the length of time since the patient had abused cocaine prior to entering treatment. Race of the patient had an impact on treatment outcomes, but gender, educational level, age, rank of the soldier, marital status, and length of time in the military did not have an impact on treatment outcomes.     

Predictors of substance abuse treatment outcomes in Tennessee

In planning and implementing programs to treat substance abuse, it is important to understand which factors influence post-treatment abstinence.This article identifies and analyzes several variables important in predicting the likelihood of abstinence among substance abuse clients. The data used in this study was collected from 1,350 clients treated for alcohol or drug abuse in residential, halfway house, or outpatient facilities in Tennessee. We analyzed 22 variables as possible treatment outcome predictors by using two statistical procedures: stepwise logistic regression analysis and Quick, Unbiased, Efficient, Statistical Tree (QUEST) analysis, a tree-structured classification algorithm analysis. We found one pretreatment, five in-treatment, and three post-treatment variables to be significant predictors of treatment outcome: previous treatment history, perceived helpfulness of the treatment, simultaneous treatment for mental health, number of days in treatment,completion of treatment, special skills training during treatment, obtaining healthcare services for major physical health problem after treatment, living with someone using alcohol or drugs post treatment, and arrest record since treatment.     

Treatment provider awareness of the possible impact of the internet on the treatment of sex offenders: an alert to a problem

This study evaluated treatment providers' perceptions of the impact of the Internet on the treatment of sex offenders. This study surveyed all of the agencies in South Carolina that provide treatment services for sex offenders. Analysis indicated that (a) most treatment providers were unaware of the potential negative impact of the Internet on their treatment efforts with clients, (b) most treatment providers had no policy restricting their clients' Internet use, (c) the overwhelming majority of treatment providers felt that they were poorly equipped to deal with this issue, and (d) almost all of the treatment providers felt that probation and parole would be of little assistance in helping them monitor their clients' use of the Internet. Implications of the findings for improving treatment services for sex offenders were explored and discussed.     

Alcohol Use and Prior Substance Abuse Treatment in Relation to Gambling Problem Severity and Gambling Treatment Outcome

Recent research has made it clear that problematic gambling is often accompanied by problematic alcohol use. Unfortunately, little is known about the nature of this association, especially as it relates to gambling treatment outcome. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of current alcohol use level and previous substance abuse treatment on the symptoms of a large cohort of pathological gamblers as well as on their response to treatment for pathological gambling. The sample included 464 men and 301 women recruited at six gambling treatment programs in Minnesota. Gambling treatment patients were assessed on a number of gambling problem severity and related clinical variables using the Gambling Treatment Outcome Monitoring System (GAMTOMS). Patients with frequent alcohol use had greater gambling involvement at baseline than infrequent alcohol users. Patients with a previous history of substance abuse treatment had more severe psychosocial problems, ostensibly resulting from their gambling behavior, than patients without past substance abuse treatment. A MANOVA with repeated measures showed that neither pretreatment alcohol use, nor past substance abuse treatment exerted significant effects on gambling treatment outcome. While the level of pretreatment alcohol use and a history of substance abuse treatment are markers for greater gambling problem severity, treatment outcome for pathological gambling was not adversely impacted by these variables.     

Family Involvement in the Residential Treatment of Children: A Systemic Perspective

When children are placed in residential treatment, a number of underlying messages are often conveyed: the child is the problem, the child's parents are the problem, and the treatment centre has the answers. Consequently children may feel rejected and parents may feel blamed. These views reflect lineal perspectives which have not been adequately addressed in the literature on residential treatment. The aim of residential treatment is to change the child's behaviour in ways which parents are unable to achieve at home. This paper proposes that the child who is placed in residential care may be caught between the parents and the treatment setting: if the child positively responds to treatment, parents could easily feel inadequate or incompetent, a dynamic which is obviously counter productive to successful treatment. The paper argues from Milan and other systemic views, that family and treatment systems be taken into consideration in planning treatment strategies.     

Significant Others and Gambling Treatment Outcomes

Aims This study investigates the effect of significant others on treatment outcomes among treated pathological gamblers. Design This is a cohort study of individuals who received gambling treatment. Setting Oregon Problem Gambling Services (OPGS) for gamblers and their family members. Participants 4,410 adult gamblers who were discharged from treatment between August, 2001 and April, 2007. Measurements OPGS enrollment forms provided gambler gender, age, ethnicity, education level, employment status, gambling-related debt, and whether the gambler had a significant other at the time of enrollment. Termination forms provided information on the type of discharge (successful/unsuccessful) and treatment length (in days). Participation of the gambler’s significant other in the family treatment program was identified. Findings Results showed that age, ethnicity, gambling debt, and having a significant other are associated with the odds of successful treatment. Education level moderates the effect of having a significant other on treatment success. Age, ethnicity, education, employment, and having a significant other participate in treatment significantly impacted gamblers’ length in treatment. Conclusions These findings indicate that there may be a benefit to integrating significant others in gambling treatment methods. Significant others may act as social supports for gamblers seeking treatment, and involving loved ones in gambling treatment models may positively affect gambler treatment outcomes.     

Planned treatment and outcomes in residential youth care: Evidence from Sweden

A recurring theme in evaluations of Swedish residential youth care is that treatment is often unplanned. Using a data set of teenagers placed in youth care in 1991 (N = 357), we show that planned treatment — in the sense of a known expected duration of treatment — is strongly positively associated with treatment outcomes. In the short term, teenagers with planned treatment are 32% less likely to experience a treatment breakdown and 25% less likely to be reassigned to other forms of residential care after completed treatment. In the long term, teenagers with planned treatment are 21% less likely to engage in criminal behavior and 40% less likely to be hospitalized for mental health problems. The results are robust to controlling for a rich set of potentially confounding factors: Even though observable pre-treatment teenager characteristics explain about one fifth of the variation in criminal behavior 5-10 years after treatment, they have almost no predictive power for whether treatment is planned or unplanned.     

Predictors of Treatment Outcome Among Asian Pathological Gamblers (PGs): Clinical,Behavioural, Demographic,and Treatment Process Factors

Research on predictors of treatment outcome among pathological gamblers (PGs) is inconclusive and dominated by studies from Western countries. Using a prospective longitudinal design, the current study examined demographic, clinical, behavioural and treatment programme predictors of gambling frequency at 3, 6 and 12-months, among PGs treated at an addiction clinic in Singapore. Measures included the Hospital anxiety and depression scale, gambling symptom assessment scale (GSAS), personal well-being index (PWI), treatment perception questionnaire and gambling readiness to change scale. Treatment response in relation to changes in symptom severity, personal wellbeing and abstinence were also assessed. Abstinence rates were 38.6, 46.0 and 44.4 % at 3, 6 and 12-months respectively. Significant reductions in gambling frequency, GSAS, and improvement in PWI were reported between baseline and subsequent outcome assessments, with the greatest change occurring in the initial three months. No demographic, clinical, behavioural or treatment programme variable consistently predicted outcome at all three assessments, though treatment satisfaction was the most frequent significant predictor. However, being unemployed, having larger than average debts, poor treatment satisfaction and attending fewer sessions at the later stages of treatment were associated with significantly poorer outcomes, up to 1-year after initiating treatment. These findings show promise for the effectiveness of a CBT-based treatment approach for the treatment of predominantly Chinese PGs. Clinical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed. Taken together, the findings suggest early treatment satisfaction is paramount in improving short-term outcomes, with baseline gambling behaviour and treatment intensity playing a more significant role in the longer term.     

Self psychologyand cognitive treatment: An integration

Although self psychology and cognitive treatment appear, on the surface, to represent diametrically-opposed models of treatment, they can be integrated in clinical social work treatment. A theoretical framework for this integration is presented. Adapting self psychology treatment through the use of cognitive techniques may allow clinicians to help clients with narcissistic disorders within the framework of shorter-term, less-intensive treatment which is increasingly required by programs and reimbursement sources.