A teacher of children with multiple disabilities reviews an adaptation of the "Conflict Cycle" designed to help children understand their conflicts through concrete manipulation of cards involving visual, auditory, and tactile modalities. (CL)

The paper examines the relationship of setting events (i.e., environmental events) and behavior within the ecological approach to special education services to handicapped children. Classroom setting events may be intrapersonal (internal) and physical/social (external). Issues related to measurement of the effect of setting events or other…

Three examples of children (five to nine years old) with acting-out behaviors are cited to illustrate the author's contention that such behavior is indicative of specific developmental levels of social and emotional functioning. The need for intervention appropriate to the developmental level is asserted. (CL)

Books can be used to remediate social deficiencies in learning disabled children by providing an opportunity for identification with the characters. Questions can be directed to focus on social perceptual cues, situation-specific behavior, and appropriate affective responses. Ten books are recommended. (CL)

The article describes the "Competency Based Curriculum" for the affective domain which is designed to teach children basic social interaction skills necessary to develop and internalize self-controlling behaviors. Instructional activities and assessment tasks are considered for several types of the 11 objectives. (CL)

The article categorizes the information needed to develop comprehensive approaches to students with chronic disciplinary problems and discusses psychological measures that can provide the necessary information. The categories include: cognitive domain (attention; concentration; memory; and psycholinguistic, conceptual, sensory, and perceptual…