The acceptance of self-guidance as an educational goal requires a considerable reorientation of thinking with respect to the purpose of education, the content of the school curriculum, and the role of the teacher. (Author)

Paper presented at 18th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children, Chicago, Illinois, May 3-5, 1971. (CB)

Behavioral differences were found for both mongols and normal children (mental age below 2 years) between those who lived at home with their parents and those in institutions. (Author/WY)

Stressful problems of adolescence are related to the retarded and parent-educator collaboration suggested in trying a merit badge system to foster the learning of personal, social, and economic skills by retarded youth. (KW)

The effect of monetary incentives on dependent-independent and extroversion-introversion behavior of 24 retarded institutionalized adolescents was investigated. (Author)

This article's thesis is that social science education must be directed toward increasing the student's capacity for rational, empathic action toward self, toward others, and toward the environment. The author makes several suggestions for reaching this goal. (Author/JB)

This article is one chapter of a book entitled "West Virginia Youth in Crises", the proceedings of the West Virginia Youth Awareness Conference. It describes the problems in Applachia and suggests possible solutions through an interdisciplinary approach. (Editor/GR)

Part of a series of articles entitled "Environment and the Child.