The monograph considers the role of teachers in child abuse prevention and reporting from the perspective of a New Zealand educator. A 1985 study of the author is summarized in which a training program resulted in commitment by 80% of teachers involved to identify and report child abuse and by 60% of teachers to further educate themselves in child…

This review of the literature on disabilities considers: (1) their effect on individuals, families, and society; (2) their causes; and (3) their prevention. Individual subsections address such aspects as defining disabilities; causes of disabilities at various stages of the life cycle; emotional, social, legal, and practical aspects of effects of…

This curriculum focuses on providing students in grades 7 through 9 with information on the prevention of disabilities. Introductory material describes the curriculum's development; its overall goals; and its four elements (awareness, knowledge, application of knowledge, and life-style and behavior patterns). The introduction also provides…