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Murphy, Linda; Della Corte, Suzanne – Special Parent/Special Child, 1988
This newsletter issue's feature describes difficulties the special child faces in acquiring social skills, and ways in which families and teachers can help. It outlines the socialization process beginning in early infancy, with eating habits being one of the first ways an infant is socialized into his or her culture. In early childhood, the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavior Development, Child Development, Child Rearing
Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1994
This theme issue contains six articles on the development of infants and toddlers: (1) "Cross-Cultural Studies of Child Development: Implications for Clinicians" (J. Kevin Nugent); (2) "Therapeutic Work with African-American Families: Using Knowledge of the Culture" (Cheryl Polk); (3) "Psychotherapy in Specific Cultural…
Descriptors: Blacks, Book Reviews, Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies
Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1992
This newsletter issue presents five articles addressing intervention with infants and toddlers having pervasive developmental disabilities. The first article is by Stanley I. Greenspan and is titled "Reconsidering the Diagnosis and Treatment of Very Young Children with Autistic Spectrum or Pervasive Developmental Disorder." This article…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis
Families and Disability Newsletter, 1997
This theme issue presents a variety of articles and resources on the application of positive behavioral support (PBS) with children who exhibit behavior problems in home or school settings. The first article discusses the importance of understanding a challenging behavior's purpose, implementing behavior change strategies, and monitoring…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Child Rearing
Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Journal of Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families, 2003
"Zero to Three" is a single-focus bulletin of the National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families providing insight from multiple disciplines on the development of infants, toddlers, and their families. This issue focuses on the organization's 25 years of working with infants, toddlers, and families. The articles are as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development, Disabilities, Infants
Hiatt, Evelyn Levsky, Ed.; Covington, Jeanette, Ed. – Update on Gifted Education, 1991
This document is a "theme" issue of a quarterly serial publication. It focuses on identifying and serving gifted children from diverse populations. The first article, "Eliminating Four Barriers to the Identification of Gifted Minority Students" by Mary Frasier, notes that: (1) not every impoverished home is illiterate; (2) limited opportunities…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Bilingual Students, Curriculum Development
Bhaerman, Robert D. – 1979
Intended for the classroom teacher, this review of first generation career education research is based primarily on Edwin L. Herr's comprehensive review and synthesis, "Research in Career Education: The State of the Art" (ED 149 177). Herr's major findings have been summarized in a list of statements. For example, two of these statements…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities
Kesner, Rebecca J., Ed. – Streamlined Seminar, 2002
This document contains two articles concerned with doubly exceptional children and gifted education. In "The Doubly Exceptional Child: A Principal's Dilemma," (Carol J. Mills and Linda E. Brody), such children do not fit into the usual categories for sorting children because their gifts and disabilities often mask each other. Suggestions are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disabled
Deaf-Blind Perspectives, 1996
These three newsletter issues present feature articles and resources on individuals with deaf-blindness. The following articles are included: (1) "Current Status for Reauthorization of IDEA" (Joseph McNulty); (2) "Utah Enhances Services for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind" (Paddi Henderson and John Killoran); (3) "Families and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Adults, Athletics, Communication Skills
Mayo, Bud – The Practitioner, 1990
Principals can effectively confront the problem of student drug abuse by working with public and private resources, school and community leaders, law enforcement, and treatment and counseling professionals. The most effective school drug education programs include a well-orchestrated K-12 curriculum. The "Just Say No" approach provides students…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Agency Cooperation, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Gardner, John N. – Priorities, 2001
This issue examines the problems and issues that affect students in the first year of college and reviews current institutional efforts to enhance the learning and retention of first-year students. It also offers a set of suggestions for trustees who seek greater understanding and more active engagement in campus decisions related to the first…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Educational Environment, Governing Boards
Wetherby, Catherine, Ed. – NICHCY News Digest, 1988
Information is provided for parents of handicapped children, aged 0-2 years, on the uniqueness of each infant's learning processes and the valuable role that parents and others can play in helping their infants with special needs to make the most of their abilities. The digest examines parents' concerns during the infant's hospital stay and early…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Developmental Stages, Disabilities
John F. Kennedy Center: Research Progress, 1988
The report summarizes recent and ongoing research on processes involved in the development of antisocial behavior disorders in children and adolescents. Studies address both the applied problem of preventing aggressive behavior and the overall relation of cognition to social behavior. A social information processing model of social competence is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders
Chauliac, M.; Masse-Raimbault, A. M. – Children in the Tropics, 1985
Part of a program of publications concerning the status and advancement of women coordinated in four journals by the Group for Initiatives on Women and Development, this issue of "Children in the Tropics" focuses on mothers' health. Section I describes factors conditioning the health and nutritional status of women and girls. Discussion…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Rate, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Mitchell, Kevin, Ed. – ERIC Review, 2000
"The ERIC Review" announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This issue focuses on early intervention and its role in making higher education accessible to all students, especially those who are traditionally underrepresented or at risk. An introductory section contains one article,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, At Risk Persons, Early Intervention, Educational Development