Based on a paper presented at the Institute on "Advances in the Health Sciences Relating to Children and Youth, at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, November 23, 1968.

Based on part of a dissertation submitted December 1967 to the Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the PhD degree.

Portions of this paper were presented at the 1967 meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, New York.

A study was conducted to establish a baseline of facts concerning the extent, nature, and social functions of the drinking of alcoholic beverages as depicted on prime time network television programing. A content analysis was undertaken of a random sample of programs drawn from the three major networks over a period of 14 evenings. The primary…

The Behavior Observation Scale (BOS) was administered to 53 autistic children, 35 mentally retarded children matched for MA, and 33 normal children (all 2 to 5 years old) in an attempt to quantify autistic behavior. Ss were observed 3 days for 3 minutes through a one way mirror in a playroom setting where occurrence of 67 behaviors on the BOS was…

The study compared the motor activities and environmental interactions of 36 sighted, partially sighted, and blind children (7 to 13 years old) during unstructured play. Objectives were to assess motor proficiency level; to establish frequency and kind of gross motor, manipulative self stimulation, and social/play behaviors; and to assess use of…

The facilitator's guide is for a four session (8 hours) inservice training module on serving young handicapped children in the least restrictive environment by regular and special education teachers. The guide includes an introductory lecturette providing a rationale for early integrated education of the handicapped and examples of successful…

To investigate the development of symbolic play, 18 Japanese normal boys and girls were individually tested once every even-numbered month from when they were 12 to 24 months of age. Symbolic play was generally defined as behavior which represents actual or imagined experience by using objects, gesture or language alone or in combination. The…

The inservice participant's booklet presents information for regular class teachers on ways to manage atypical behaviors in the mainstreamed elementary class. Sections address the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): identification (atypical behavioral patterns and learning styles); causes of atypical behavior; academic intervention…