Argument for Interdisciplinarity in economic education: society, as a whole, needs education to know whether the “social products” are good. We may discuss about a lot of social needs or problems. Solving those means the development and implementation of educational programs. Therefore, a program of education, which includes, among other, the economic education, irrespective of its level, can b...

Broad evaluation of the financial consequences of social programs has been somewhat of an orphan stepchild of policy analysis, especially within states. A full benefitcost analysis is expensive and complex to implement, requiring that evaluators reach far beyond the immediate framework of the program to consider the effects of choices made across a wide programmatic and social spectrum. It take...

The Social Security Programs in the United States are complex and have evolved over a long span of years. However, it is possible to categorize much of this experience into two different eras in which Social Security functioned in a distinctive environment, and a third era that is now beginning. The middle third of this century was an "age of invention," in which the programs grew rapidly under...

A diagnosis of dementia profoundly impacts a person in terms of both the functional progression of the disease and the social stigma associated with the diagnosis. A growing body of research demonstrates the effectiveness of innovative programs such as the Alzheimer's Poetry Project, Meet Me at MoMA, and TimeSlips™ in counterbalancing social stigma by building a social and emotional framework f...

Social reciprocity deficits are a core feature of the autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This review summarizes the state of research in group-based social skills training programs for school-age children and adolescents with ASD. All published studies of group social skills interventions between 1985 and 2006 were reviewed, as well as dissertations examining group-based social skills interventio...

With this issue, the Social Security Bulletin commences its 45th year of publication. Writing in volume 1, numbers l-3 in the March 1938 issue, Social Security Board Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer-one of the chief technical architects of the Social Security Act-expressed his hope that the Bulletin would promote general understanding of the contribution of the Social Security programs in the United...