Independent study can be a way for the sympathetic classroom teacher to meet the needs of the student who is either gifted and unchallenged or academically capable but underachieving because of boredom or rebellion. Discusses the independent study program at Las Cruces High School, New Mexico, and the advantages and disadvantages of independent…

This paper focuses on two aspects of the management of early adolescent school phobia: working out an attendance contract with the student and with the school, and the role of the school in facilitating a student's early return to school. (Author/RK)

The symptoms of school phobia were found to be student withdrawal, unwillingness of the student to leave the mother, being either the oldest child of the family or the last one left at home, and having an impulsive, violent, sadistic philandering father. Five adolescents are examined in detail and a proposal is made that adolescence is a time…

Hypothesized that schools may not want to take back students who had once dropped out of school. Investigated schools' response to dropouts trying to return. Results indicated that schools were more likely to accept the child who is represented by the parent, and that schools reacted more favorably to the parent. (Author/ABB)

Article discussed the makeup of a residential school and its students as well as the student school interaction. (RK)

A transition to middle school is effectively accomplished when it is understood that it is a unique and distinct educational institution appropriate for youngsters who are at the onset of adolescence, i.e., having objectives different from high school, elementary, or even junior high school. (Author/RK)

Case studies can help cast light on how schools face the problems of discipline and low achievement, neither of which is created or can be the sole responsibility of the schools. An attempt is made to report on the experience and performance of a public senior high school in the area of discipline. (Author)

Investigates whether differences exist between the self-esteem of the adolescent with learning disabilities and normally achieving adolescents, the dimensions of self concept in which these differences occur, and the relationship between self concept and the number of years in the special classroom for the adolescent with learning disabilities.…

The staff of Adams High School (a private educational facility in New York City for adolescents with learning disabilities) describes its population as "students with a learning disability". Discusses the school's educational program, the principles upon which it is based, and the contributions of the school psychologist, the teaching…

The school and its emphasis upon evaluation in conjunction with youth culture interests is examined from a critical perspective. Points out, in particular, the discrepancy between the intent of current educational institutional goals and an emerging youth culture system. (Author/RK)

The notion of a psychosocial ecosystem was presented. Highlights the importance of the social setting for the study of individual psychological functioning and personality development. Notes environmental variables which influence adolescent adjustment. (Editor/RK)

Article examines the extent to which disenchantment with, and detachment from formal aspects of high school status are associated with marihuana use. (Author)

Focuses on the personal and social adjustment of youth, along with parental involvement and concern for career goals and upward mobility. (Author/RK)

The author describes aspects of the size and organizational structure of high schools which reduce human contact and have a negative influence on the sense of community, the development of relationships, and the formation of personal identity. (Author/SJL)

Surveyed 1,596 adolescents to determine what sort of secondary schools they would like. The majority were happy with the status quo but expected schools to be less authoritarian concerning rules. Students wanted more say in what they learned and better student-teacher relationships. No strong desire for deschooling was indicated. (JAC)