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Schreiber, Meyer S., Ed. – 1983
Ten papers from a May, 1983 seminar on siblings of mentally retarded and developmentally disabled persons are presented. Participants include parents and siblings, and represent a variety of professions including social work, nursing, and psychology. The following papers are included: "Life with an Older Sister" (S. Miller and H. Kalish); "Raising…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Family Counseling, Family Environment
Download full textWisconsin Univ., Madison. Inst. for Research on Poverty. – 1995
Papers in this volume explore indicators of children's well-being in the following areas: cross-cutting issues; population, family, and neighborhood; and social development and problem behaviors. The first section includes: (1) "Potential and Problems in Developing Indicators on Child Well-Being from Administrative Data" (Robert M.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Development, Child Welfare
Van der Vynckt, Susan, Ed.; Sachs-Israel, Margarete, Ed. – 1991
This document contains papers presented at a seminar that examined the Home Economics curriculum at Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Kenya) in the context of Kenya's new educational system. The seminar studied themes of nutrition and health, child development and care, and rural development. Working groups prepared reports on each of these themes.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Design, Early Childhood Education, Family Environment
Kalliopuska, Mirja, Ed. – 1989
This publication reports the proceedings of the Fenno-Hungarian Conference on Recent Family Types, which was held in Lahti, Finland, in July, 1989. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the effect of changing social conditions on the family, family types, and home education in Hungary and Finland. A series of papers was presented. Topics…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Athletics, Child Development, Children
Peer reviewedPediatrics, 1993
This special supplement presents two background papers, three working papers, and key recommendations from a conference on culture and chronic illness in childhood. The meeting had as its goal the identification of the state of knowledge on the interface among culture, chronic illness, child development, and family functioning, for the purpose of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Chronic Illness, Cultural Differences
National Council of Jewish Women, New York, NY. Center for the Child. – 1992
This document reports the proceedings of a conference on early childhood and family research sponsored by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF). Presentations at the conference consisted of reports of research, literature reviews, descriptions of projects funded by ACYF, and commentaries on research and practice in Head Start.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Health, Early Intervention
Chiam, Heng Keng, Ed. – 1993
These proceedings report the results of 10 years of ongoing research by the Malaysian Child Development Project to develop and implement measures to study the cognitive, language, and socioemotional development of Malaysian preschool children. Part 1 of the report contains opening speeches delivered by conference organizers and dignitaries. Part 2…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Cognitive Development, Day Care Effects
Doxiadis, Spyros, Ed. – 1979
This book is the product of an international symposium on the child in the world of tomorrow which took place in Athens the first week of July 1978. Contributors come from more than 10 scientific disciplines, among them pediatricians, architects and town planners, sociologists, economists, teachers, and politicans. Participants came from all five…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Children, Cognitive Development
Ching, Leong Yin, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Attended by participants from 19 nations, this conference focused on six topics related to child and adolescent development. Major topics discussed included child development and related issues, curriculum and the adolescent, the adolescent and technological changes, and the preparation of youth for adulthood. Symposia focusing on child…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Adolescent Development, Behavior Patterns
