The purpose of the study was to establish developmental norms for maternal-rated problem behaviors within a disadvantaged group of preschool children. The data are discussed in terms of their utility in assisting the school psychologist to select appropriate intervention strategies for the preschool child. (Author)

Reviews the prognosis for abused children in terms of death, re-injury, permanent physical damage, growth failure, intellectual retardation, and personality and behavior problems. Discusses problems of collecting data and inadequacies of intervention treatments. (JB)

Definitional problems surrounding the terms "hyperactivity" and "learning disabilities" cannot be fully resolved unless dimensions of behavior (intercorrelated core characteristics) can be independently identified that correspond in some way with these terms. This research utilizes a broad item pool supposedly related to learning disabilities and…

The analyses of 33 families with boys (5 to 12 years old) having severe conduct problems focused on a means by which classes of events may be derived from sequential data. (Author/SBH)

Discusses problems associated with teenage pregnancies. Included is consideration of trends and the impact of this trends in the United States. (SL)

After nearly 30 years of marriage, a 51-year-old man castrated himself to fulfill a long-standing fantasy of being a girl. It led the patient to elect low-dose maintenance on androgen to permit some degree of continued marital sex. The rehabilitative program as a transvestite man has continued for three years. (Author)

The Eysenck Junior P.I. questionnaire was administered to groups of institutionalized and non-institutionalized delinquents and to non-delinquents. Items were analyzed to determine their effectiveness in predicting group membership. Comments by H.J. Eysenck are also presented. (Author/BP)

Available from: Teacher Education and Special Education, The Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. The article focuses on the preparation of regular teachers to deal with mildly learning disabled and behavior problem children. (CL)

This paper reports the results of a field study on five proximal social psychological variables derived from Farber's theory of suicide: Hope in the Future Time Perspective; Demands for Interpersonal Giving; the Availability of Succorance; Demands for the Exercising of Competence; and the degree of Toleration of Suicide. (Author)

The contributions of several core variables to the white suicide rates in 24 Florida counties were examined. A prediction equation including age, crime rate, insanity, and alcoholism was found that accounted for 79 percent of the variation in the suicide rates across counties. (Author)

A research checklist was submitted to 2664 regular classroom teachers in kindergarten through grade 12 in 13 Florida school districts to determine their individual perceptions of the behavioral status of their students. (IM)

The relationship between type of educational institution and the prescription of medication to elementary school children with behavioral problems was examined via questionnaire data obtained from school psychologists, administrators, and mental health personnel in rural New York, and this data was then compared against urban data compiled by…

Effects of three intervention procedures were compared in increasing academic achievement and level of appropriate behavior for children with relatively low rates of appropriate behavior. A significant experimental/control group difference, favoring experimentals, was found for reading and math achievement and level of appropriate behavior.…

Project Merge is an undergraduate, preservice education program at Bowling Green University providing training and experience leading to dual or triple certification in elementary education plus educable mental retardation and/or learning disabilities behavior disorders. (MB)

Studied the effects of a peer helper program for elementary school students. While attitudes and self-concepts of fifth-graders trained as facilitators did not change significantly, peer facilitators were effective in helping second and third graders improve their classroom behaviors and school attitudes. (ABB)