The Wadsworths: A Portland Family

The article reviews the history of the Wadsworth family from the arrive of Peleg Wadsworth in Falmouth, Maine through the birth of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the son of Peleg’s daughter Zilpah and Stephen Longfello

Producing Local History: An Essay and Review

Review Essay regarding the following books: Hodgdon, Maine, 1832-1982: Sesquicentennial Album by Geraldine Tidd Scott; History of St. Albans, Maine compiled by Gladys M. Bigelow and Ruth M. Knowles

The Longfellows: Another Portland Family

The article traces the history of the family of Stephen and Zilpah Longfellow, parents of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, from 1813 until 1851

Understanding mainstreaming through the definitions of all participants : a qualitative case study.

This study examined the definitions of mainstreaming handicapped students into the regular classroom by a variety of people involved in the process and within a single setting. Each participant\u27s definition of mainstreaming was gathered through a qualitative research design, including both interviews and observations. The people involved in this case study included the handicapped student, his parents, one peer, the Regular Education Teacher, the Special Education Teacher, the Guidance Counselor, the Assistant to the Director of Pupil Personnel Services, the Director of Pupil Personnel Services, the Assistant Principal, the Principal, and the Superintendent. The reporting of the data began with a description of each participant. The interview and observation materials are presented first with regard to how the participants defined the terms handicapped and mainstreaming. Results then move on to a presentation of the themes which were identified in the data. These themes included the topics of respect, support, and communication. These themes were noted both in the interviews and the observations. The assertions of these themes are then presented. They include empowerment, proactive education for the learner, and conflict management. After a secondary analysis of the data, the critical components of an effective mainstreaming program were identified. Also integral to the findings of this study was the value of the whole, interpreted as important in two ways. One was the value of educating the whole child. All professional staff stressed the importance of nurturing the child\u27s emotional growth as well as academic needs. The second valuable whole refers to the overall successful combination of roles that each participant represents and how all participants work well together within the group to represent the process. A positive tone prevailed throughout this case study. In comparison to the literature review, this study documented what IS important and what DOES work. Research has documented what is lacking. This study provides insightful information upon which others can reflect when analyzing personal experiences and attempting to program plan an effective mainstreaming program of one\u27s own

Book Reviews

Reviews of the following books: Dawn Over the Kennebec by Mary R. Calvert; An Honest Woodsman: The Life and Opinions of Dave Priest-Maine Trapper, Guide, and Game Warden by William S. Warner; An Old New England Farm by William Thomson and Kenneth Maclver

Book Reviews

Reviews of the following books: Mill Girls and Strangers: Single Women\u27s Independent Migration in England, Scotland and the United States, 1850-1881 by Wendy M. Gordon; Hauling by Hand: The Life and Times of a Maine Island by Dean Lawrence Lunt; Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine by Bruce J. Bourque with contributions by Steven L. Cox and Ruth H. Whitehead; Alnobak: A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County by Nancy Coffin Lecompt

Maternal Smoking and the Timing of WIC Enrollment

We investigate the association between the timing of enrollment in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and smoking among prenatal WIC participants. We use WIC data from eight states participating in the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS). Women who enroll in WIC in the first trimester of pregnancy are 2.7 percentage points more likely to be smoking at intake than women who enroll in the third trimester. Among participants who smoked before pregnancy and at prenatal WIC enrollment, those who enrolled in the first trimester are 4.5 percentage points more likely to quit smoking 3 months before delivery and 3.4 percentage points more likely to quit by postpartum registration, compared with women who do not enroll in WIC until the third trimester. Overall, early WIC enrollment is associated with higher quit rates, although changes are modest when compared to the results from smoking cessation interventions for pregnant women.