The demand for preventive and easily implemented interventions to address the needs of children with significant behavioral challenges in general education settings is well-documented. First Step to Success is an evidenced-based program to address challenging behavior in preschool and elementary-school settings with a 20-year history of successful…

Much has been written about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' academic performance and mental health, with overwhelming coverage of "learning loss" and "learning recovery." Now that this is a post-pandemic recovery, it is critical to reflect and think transformatively about what schools need to do differently, in…

Opines that the retrospectives of authors' childhoods provide unique insights into the connections between childhood literacy experiences and adult literacy experiences. Cites the examples of Eudora Welty, Madeleine L'Engle, and Jack London and contrasts aspects of their childhoods with aspects of contemporary childhoods. (PA)

Identifies three basic principles of child development that educators, parents, and concerned citizens should promote. (BJD)

Author suggests ways to devote our energies to making this society more liveable for young and old. (Editor/PG)

Describes one principals' efforts to provide counseling services to children without further pressuring the school budget. Instead of referring students to municipal or county counseling services, he negotiated weekly counselor visits from the county mental health department to students at school. (MLH)

Shows how children's perceptions and abilities are being underrated and replaced by adult's own observations, fears, attitudes, and desires. It raises questions about adult fears for their children's safety in juxtaposition to the reality of the child's experience. (GR)

Foster children's most common problems are falling behind academically, failing to do homework, disrupting class, failing courses, being picked on, cheating and lying, fearing school, and engaging in truancy. Teachers and other school staff members can help by developing reasonable expectations, becoming advocates, involving foster families, and…

Shares a story about a young girl who gains confidence through encouragement from and interaction with a special teacher. (MG)

Today, fewer city blocks preserve the confidence of lifestyle and urban geography that sustain traditional games and outdoor play. Large groups of children choosing sides and organizing Red Rover games are no longer commonplace. Teachers must encourage free play; urban planners must build cities that are safe play havens. (MLH)

This bulletin, which focuses on the role of physical education in the development of children, contains 12 articles. The topics of the articles include a) movement, b) characteristics and examples of good physical education programs, c) safety education, and d) the learning environment. The booklet also includes a selected bibliography on…

Children must face the reality of death and learn to cope with grief. Suggestions for helping children deal with death and grief are given. (DF)

Review of the literature on issues concerning playground design and children's needs. (MP)

Suicide is not just a high school problem. When a 10-year-old student was found dead at home, district administrators decided not to overdramatize the event. While appropriate communications were being made, district guidance counselors, assisted by 7 child-study team members, worked with students and staff to put the tragedy into perspective.…

Responding to David Elkind's article in the May 1988 issue of "Principal," this article reexamines classroom rotation for elementary students, challenges Elkind's argument against this practice, and proposes rotation as a way to increase students' options through team teaching. Includes two references. (MLH)