THIS WAS A PILOT PROJECT DESIGNED TO DEVELOP A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE "LIFE CAREER GAME" DEVELOPED FOR HIGH SCHOOL USE AND EXPLORE ITS POTENTIAL USE AT THE SIXTH-GRADE LEVEL. THE PROJECT WAS DIVIDED INTO A DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE AND A RESEARCH PHASE. IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE THE "LIFE CAREER GAME" DEVELOPED BY MRS. SARANE…

AN APPRAISAL WAS MADE OF THE CLOTHING INSTRUCTION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM RESOURCE MATERIALS DEVELOPED FOR USE BY SECONDARY HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS. PROCEDURES INCLUDED (1) A TEACHER SURVEY OF THE USES MADE OF RESOURCES AND (2) A PUPIL SURVEY WITH SPECIALLY PREPARED TEST INSTRUMENTS TO DETERMINE IF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CLASSROOMS, GRADES…

Children discover many things about themselves, about the world around them, and about words and language, before they go to school. This booklet was prepared to guide parents in helping their children make such discoveries in preparation for the demands of learning in school. Activities are suggested for developing children's self-confidence,…

Presented are diagnostic checklists and prescriptive suggestions for parents, teachers and other professionals working with learning disabled children. The checklists present hierarchically arranged behaviors in physiological, visual, auditory, and motor aspects of development. Also provided are suggestions for the parents in remediating the…

The Barber Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children were developed as assessment devices for parents. The scales enable parents to get a picture of where their child is developmentally in total self-concept. The purpose of this article is to look at the problem of parents' objectivity/subjectivity. Can parents rate their own child without…

The seven Barber Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children were developed to provide instruments for assessing levels of development for individual children. Because of the developmental nature of the scales, test-retest reliability and split-half reliability are without meaning. The only reliability estimate deemed appropriate is interjudge…

The "enrichment" and the "instruction" orientations are compared with respect to views on readiness, expectations for children, the "whole child" concept, and the concept of teacher role. (Author/MLF)

Current educational trends and recent legislation have mandated that all children be educated, regardless of their exceptionality. In this article, the author, consultant in special education for the state of Idaho, discussed some of the current issues, questions, and concerns relating to exceptionality. (Author/RK)

The longitudinal development of 12 Down's syndrome infants involved in a home-based early intervention program was studied and compared with previously established norms for Down's syndrome and normal children. (DLS)

Illustrates that guidance counselors from grade schools have negative attitudes about the advertising practices aimed at children. Presents additional evidence that guidance counselors are unaware of the changes being made in advertising aimed at children, such as limiting commercial time during children's television shows. (RL)

Reports on children's mastery of one type of sentence structure which is derivationally complex and which has been shown to be psychologically complex as well, given the criteria of both comprehension and acceptability to the native speaker. (HOD)

American Medical Association, 535 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610. The developmental, psychological, and educational sequelae of chronic otitis media (a middle ear disease) occurring during the first 3 years of life were investigated in a group of children (ages 6-11 years) with educational difficulties. (Author/DLS)

Argues that quality day care should be provided in a variety of forms to meet families' diverse needs. (CM)

The relation between museums and schools must be a two-way street, and if the necessary approaches to bring this about are not being made, it may be time to increase the incentives for such efforts. (Editor)