Studied the role of social networks in parents' decisions to join Parents Anonymous (PA) a self-help group for parents with child abuse problems. Only 80 percent of respondents discussed PA with family and friends before joining and most were selective in telling those they thought would be supportive. (JAC)

Discusses the definition of a theoretical position on the termination of the intergenerational hierarchical boundary. Describes a therapeutic methodology for securing and completing a renegotiation of the power structures between the two generations. Implies that this therapeutic procedure has applicability to the resolution of behavioral…

The development of a voice synthesizer gives a microcomputer the ability to speak and thus to give a student drill in reading. A computer program is included. (MK)

An ecological study of the quantity and distribution of language among children in nursery schools is reported. Two different situations, one in which the presence of the adult is incidental and the other in which the adult assumes a teaching role, are analyzed for categories of verbalization by the children. (Author)

In a case concerning a Michigan public school and several students who spoke Black English, the court concluded that the school board had not taken appropriate action to overcome the language barrier which impeded the Black students' equal participation in the instructional program. (JN)

Studied child psychotherapy by analyzing therapists' verbal behaviors with two child clients. According to the research expectations, high levels of interrater reliabilities for the Carkhuff scales and relatively high agreement levels for Hill's system were found. Overall verbal response behavior of each therapist was summarized best through…

Graduate students (N=12) were followed through three years of training in a doctoral program in counseling psychology. Results indicate students increased their use of minimal encouragers, decreased use of questions, maintained acceptable levels of activity, anxiety and quality. No differences were found for student's experience level on program…

Emotional intimacy is the nature of the parent-child relationship, and any attempt to impersonalize it on the part of the parents is often met with resistance by the children. Sometimes the resistance becomes chaotic and the result is a mental illness. (Author)

Examines a grammar of conversation using three units of analysis: talk acts (statements, questions, agreements, and disagreements); turns at talk; and topic sequences. Rules covering the use of talk acts and definitions of units of analysis provide the basis for propositions about the location of categories of talk acts. (JMF)

Defines the concepts underlying the semiotics of written texts and emphasizes the distinction between literary production (discourse) and technical writing (message), the former stressing the poetic and expressive functions, the latter the referential function. Describes the language of "messages" as based on unambiguous terms that reflect the…

Using the Flanders model, compares verbal interaction patterns in 16 New York City classrooms to determine if these patterns vary according to the social class and racial composition of the student populations. (BE)

Presents a state-of-the-art of the reference interview with emphasis on evaluation. Article discusses the interview in terms of its components and which of them can be measured or evaluated. Components include performance of professionals v nonprofessionals, physical setting, verbal and nonverbal behavior, and user satisfaction. Implications are…

Telephone counselors responded to client statements which contained two messages. Results showed counselors' responses were either nonspecific or included both messages. Counselors responded to content rather than positioning of messages, thus providing no support for the recency hypothesis. (Author)

The two-phase study was designed to (1) create a means whereby preservice teachers could lengthen the time they allow for a student to respond after posing a question; and (2) to study the relationship of want-time as an independent variable and dialogue measure, as a dependent variable. (RE)

Results of a study of 21 biology teachers in England indicate that classroom behaviors result from a complex interplay of both verbal and nonverbal elements of communication. By manipulating certain nonverbal behaviors, it might be possible to control verbal and social interactions. (Author/KC)