This article describes an approach whereby physical educators can become dynamic members of the interdisciplinary team helping to develop programs for developmentally disabled children. (RC)

This investigation studied the effect of maternal region of birth and education on the psychomotor development of 512 two-year old children born in Jerusalem. (Author)

A wide variety of teaching methods for improving instruction in mathematics, science and the social studies was discussed. As well, suggestions for improving students' motor control were presented. (RK)

Explains how teachers can initiate mapping experiences with young children by providing motor experiences inside and outside the classroom. Experiences should be followed by work with three-dimensional models, then with two-dimensional paper, and finally with lines. (Author)

An interaction analysis observation instrument, with categories found in the definition of "executive competence" by Wenar and related to R. White's effectance motivation, was used to observe 37 toddlers with their mothers. (SB)

Every teacher knows the value of "make-its"--those recycled discardables turned into learning aids. Here are pages of them. Browse through, find the ones that fit or can be altered, and make a wealth of learning aids. (Author)

The relationship between reflection-impulsivity as assessed by Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures test, and ratings of four personality variables (impulsivity, academic achievement motivation, test anxiety, and extra-version was examined in 68 fifth-grade children. (BRT)

Examination of the influence of peer tutors on the academic learning time (ALT) of three moderately/severely mentally-retarded handicapped students in adapted physical education indicated that the presence of peer tutors had a positive effect on the ALT. (Author/CB)

Examines 24 mother/impaired infant dyads to study the quality of interaction using the Ainsworth-Wittig attachment paradigm. Measures of general development and degree of child impairment significantly differentiated "classifiability" of attachment in the Ainsworth scheme. Infants rated higher on a social responsiveness measure were more…

A psychiatrist describes causative factors (e.g., difficult childbirth, cerebral hypoxemy), behaviors (e.g., motor instability, irritability, enuresis), and abilities (e.g., extrasensory perception, telepathy) that he has associated with giftedness but that are not widely recognized. He also advocates the use of ambidextrous training and Losanov…

The subject of this case report is a two-year, seven-month-old girl with de Lange syndrome, normal intelligence, and age-appropriate language skills. She demonstrated initial delays in gross motor skills and in receptive and expressive language but responded well to intensive speech and language intervention, as well as to physical therapy.…

Sixteen pupils, aged four to six, with various disabilities requiring intervention services in motor skills acquisition, participated in a follow-up study. The study found that gross motor gains resulting from intensive intervention failed to continue once the intervention was withdrawn. Fine motor skills were not affected by the gross motor…

Motor skills were compared in two samples of children born biologically at risk: 19 children who had transient neurologic signs in infancy but were considered "normal" at two years, and 42 children who appeared neurologically normal throughout early childhood. At 4:6 years, the groups differed only on the measure of pencil prehension.…