Presented in the bibliography is information on approximately 60 commercially distributed instruction materials or programs appropriate for use with handicapped preschool children. Program summaries are grouped into the following categories: gross motor, fine motor, perception, reasoning, language, social, infants, and core (covering three or more…

The 81 tests described in this bibliography are designed to assess children's proficiency in those skill areas necessary for success in learning to read. Among the skills tested are visual perception, auditory discrimination, letter identification, vocabulary, and word recognition. Many of the tests measure a child's eligibility for kindergarten…

This manual provides basic information for caregivers of infants. Part One discusses the dependency of infants on adults; home-based, center-based and parent education programs; and provides samples of forms used in infant programs to record the developmental needs and progress of children. Part Two suggests skills and activities appropriate for…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 25 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: reading achievement as it relates to child dependency, the development of phonological coding, short-term memory and associative learning, variables available in…

Research pertinent to the adaptation of immigrant children is reviewed in a cross-cultural perspective. The report focuses on research that has yielded empirical data, although a number of other papers of basic importance have been included in the review. The first chapter discusses definitions and implications of various types of cross-cultural…