This guide to mainstreaming visually handicapped preschoolers is one of a series of eight manuals on mainstreaming preschoolers developed by Project Head Start. The guide is addressed to parents, teachers and other professionals and paraprofessionals. Chapter I presents information on the meaning, benefits and implementation of mainstreaming. The…

This guide to mainstreaming preschoolers with hearing impairments is one of a series of eight manuals on mainstreaming preschoolers developed by Project Head Start. The guide is addressed to parents, teachers and other professionals and paraprofessionals. Chapter I presents information on the meaning, benefits and implementation of mainstreaming.…

This guide to mainstreaming preschoolers with learning disabilities is one of a series of eight manuals on mainstreaming preschoolers developed by Project Head Start. The guide is addressed to parents, teachers and other professionals and paraprofessionals. Chapter I presents information on the meaning, benefits and implementation of…

This overview describes the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP), a child-centered Head Start demonstration program which is designed to provide family support services for healthy family growth and development. Part I reviews the program's background objectives and key elements (required minimum services, additional services, assessment, use…

This document presents the full text of two United States Senate hearings before the Subcommittee on Child and Human Development of the Committee of Human Resources on the subject of child care and child development programs. The hearings were held to gather information and examine how best to shape future federal legislation involving child care…

This student guide for a program focusing on the concept of developmental tasks, and how to interpret children's behaviors in terms of these tasks, is designed around a magazine format to allow maximum flexibility to different groups using the materials. The guide is divided into seven sections: (1) an overview of the theme and contents; (2) a…

This longitudinal study investigated the relationship of stress arising from medical problems of newborns to parent-infant interaction through the infant's first year. Significant interactive differences between full term and premature infants were found in feeding situations during the neonatal period and in floor play at eight months. The sample…

This paper is a review of essays written by pupils in some Auckland schools dealing with their views of the urban environment and the recreational facilities available to them. Recommendations are made for overcoming the inadequacies and limitations pointed out by the students. References are made to the philosophies of several adult educators…

This study compared infants born to narcotic addicted mothers with infants born to nonaddicted mothers and described the potential of an intervention program. Infants of five addicted women were matched with infants of five nonaddicted women on the basis of age and socioeconomic class of the mothers and on the basis of gestational ages, birth…

Storytelling and folktales have a vital role in fostering children's understanding of the possibilities of language. In addition to bringing people together, the telling of stories and folktales provides listeners the opportunity to belong briefly to other cultures and other times, fosters young children's growth beyond their naturally egocentric…

Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) is predicated on a theory of causality. According to Ellis (1962), beliefs regarding an event, and not the event itself, cause emotional reactions. Mentally healthy persons practice this reational theory of causality. Neurotic persons accept an irrational theory of causality based on coincidental or correlational…

THE EFFECTS OF A PRESCHOOL INTERVENTION PROJECT ON OLDER BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS WERE INVESTIGATED. DURING THE INTERVENTION RESEARCH, CONCERN HAD BEEN EXPRESSED FOR POTENTIAL DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ACCRUING TO THE OLDER SIBLINGS THROUGH INVIDIOUS COMPARISONS WHICH MIGHT BE MADE BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND PARENTS. OLDER SIBLINGS…

This handbook is intended to serve as a reference guide for the family day care mother offering information and suggestions that may be useful in her daily work. Section one deals with the family day care provider on a personal level; how she communicates with parents and how she manages her business, including record keeping, taxes, and Social…

Cities encompass a variety of environments and children interact with these environments in different ways with different impacts resulting. Such factors as socioeconomic class, race, ethnicity, and recency of in-migration all affect the nature and extent of environmental impact on individuals. Inequalities in housing, economic and educational…

The Speech Communication Association's National Project on Speech Communication Competencies yielded a developmental perspective of functional communication, from which implications for lifelong learning can be derived. The project resulted in the following contributions: a definition of communication competence; a description of the child as a…