Specific plays, novels, and stories are suggested for high school, college, and adult education as examples of insights teachers and students can derive from a wide variety of creative literature, whether specifically focused on issues of death and bereavement or only briefly revealing psychosocial causes and effects in this area. (Author)

Art teachers are not just artists, but a part of the social structure of the school. If they are to bring about change within the school, their preservice training must teach them to understand this structure. (CK)

Reported are some methodological and substantive findings on the Early Developmental Adversity Program, a prospective longitudinal study of the contribution of biological and social factors to later learning problems in elementary school. (KW)

Swedish preschool programs evidence respect for the ability of the child and a sense that every aspect of daily life has its learning as well as esthetic value. (NH)

Describes program of testing kindergarten children to discover, as early as possible, potential impediments to learning. Parent conferences foster home interest for children who need special help. (CJ)

Reports progress in the development of the Needsort, a research tool, for the assessment of the three developmentally earliest, within Maslow's framework, conative needs (physiological, safety, belongingness). Discusses item analyses, item selection methods, reliability studies, and validation studies across a broad range of populations. (Author)

Examines the connections between children's writing and their earlier developed form of graphic symbolism--drawing--and explores research on early writing development. Considers the range of contexts for drawing and writing presented in the classroom. (HTH)