Proposes that planning and prevention strategies are needed to adequately deal with mental health problems. Provides a rationale and examples that link emotional disorders with early and subsequent imprinting, conditions, and accumulating interactions. Offers several interventions for changing behavior. (ML)

Presents a historically based outline of six stages of human normative development. Elucidates this outline phenomenologically and derives a hierarchical scheme of normative behavior from which to develop programs of moral education. (SK)

What makes the surge in learning disabled (LD) children disturbing is that no one clearly understands what LD really means. LD is usually defined in terms of disability, deficiency, and disadvantage--rather than ability, asset, and advantage. Studies now reveal that LD children actually possess positive learning styles and abilities that were…

Explores how nonformal education contributes to the quality of life in Israel's Kibbutzim. The focus is on basic life functions that provide criteria for the successful development of individuals and communities. (CT)

Indicates that bibliotherapy can be combined with puppetry techniques to help children resolve developmental problems. Suggests that additional benefits may include appreciation for children's literature as well as increased knowledge of story structures, enhanced language fluency, and increased vocabulary. (Author/KS)

Student activities were overlooked in the recent national reports on education indicating the possibility that they are not considered significant. Provides a seven-step agenda for ensuring that such programs retain their position in the schools. (MD)

A developmental process consisting of four phases that emerged from graduate students' reports of their experiences in a course promoting self-direction is outlined and compared with research on similar processes in other groups. (MSE)

Evidence supported the use of one type of peer evaluation in small group activities, particularly when the instructor is unable to make sufficient observations for assigning grades. However, students should be provided with few evaluative categories and explicit directions for applying the categories. (RM)

Teachers must first become confident with their own writing before they can guide students toward being effective writers. Insight into understanding writing behavior and developing trust and control are offered. (DF)

When counselor educators carefully design a group-counseling course that focuses on personal growth, an increase in self awareness on the part of counselors-in-training can occur, in addition to the acquisition of new counseling skills. This article describes such a course. (Author/HMV)

The author identifies insights into the adolescent experience provided by a developmental-existential approach. She explains principles for applying the approach to the treatment of adolescent difficulties. (Author)

The importance of a candid evaluation of the departmental chairperson's own performance is discussed. Questions are provided as an aid in probing some of the critical concerns of a departmental staff. (HD)

Health educators should be aware of people as growth aspiring, with a basic nature of goodness, and that individuals need to experience those qualities within themselves which produce health and a zest for living. (JD)

Discusses the assumptions for educational reform in the light of the general goals of the socialist state, the place of educational planning in the system of integral planning, and the importance of demographic forecasts and the demand for qualified staff for educational planning. (Author/IRT)