This announcement of a new profession -- Child Development Associate -- was made at the Annual Conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Minneapolis, Minn., November 6, 1971, by the Chief of the Office of Child Development and the Children's Bureau. (RY)

In this month's Centennial Essay, Harvard's renowned child analyst and author tells how he learned to listen and to learn from the children he met in his professional role. (MLF)

The Knowledge of Infant Development Scale was created to assess the effectiveness of preservice and inservice training programs upon their participants. (Author/CB)

A child care worker presents her views on what and what not to do in caring for children in institutions. The role of the worker is discussed, along with certain characteristic traits. (EK)

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO EVALUATE THE OBJECTIVES AND PRE-OPERATIONAL TRAINING OF A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CHILD BEHAVIOR CONSULTANTS (CBCS) FOR SCHOOLS. THE EVALUATION IS BASED ON QUESTIONNAIRE DATA, CASE STUDIES, AND INTERVIEWS WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. WHETHER THERE WERE ACTUAL PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STUDENTS WHO WERE…

To find a method of providing effective services to promote successful school experiences for all children and to prevent mental health disturbances in children, this project demonstrated the operation and tested the influence of sustained child behavior consultation with school people to increase their probable positive impact. The report reviews…

This article traces Piaget's theory of child development from its philosophic foundations in Kantian organization and then describes in sequence Piaget's four stages. (A follow-up article on Piaget and educational practice will appear in a later issue.) (JA)

This paper is based on the experience of working alongside new practitioners with the role of learning mentor as they engage in a national training programme. It considers the issues raised by evaluation at a range of times within and beyond the training. The main factors that emerge from the data focus on the role of inspiration, creativity,…

Research supported by National Institute of Child Health. (DS)

Describes work and theories of Swiss educator, Jean Piaget. (DS)

Describe use by a psychological consultant to the schools (a) to collect observational data in order to complete referral information and formal test data, (b) to facilitate multiple consultation and (c) to provide models for test administration for teachers or paraprofessionals. (Author)

Two Japanese universities are undertaking a research program in child language by studying children's verbal and nonverbal development, sponsoring lectures on child language and holding an annual symposium on related subjects. (CK)

Author offers a series of arguments for extending publicly-supported day care and makes explicit the position on which performance competencies for a new educational role--the Child Development Associate--is based. (Author/CB)