This policy paper, prepared for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and focused on institutional strategies for prevention of juvenile delinquency, begins with a definition of delinquency prevention and a framework which classifies delinquency theories according to the individual, social institutions, or social interaction.…

To increase traditional school readiness skills and experiences of success among young children at risk of failing at school, an extensive four-week residential group program was developed by staff at Ramapo Anchorage Camp. A major purpose of this present study was to assess the short term effectiveness of the camp's Mild Month Program on three…

A Clovis, New Mexico, project designed to develop over five years a model English-Spanish bilingual program for limited English proficiency students from nursery school through grade 6 did not fully meet its objectives during the 1979-80 school year, the project's fifth and final year. One hundred forty students enrolled in grades 3-6 in two…

This paper describes a counseling model for providing comprehensive counseling and student services to adults. This proactive counseling model emphasizes the need for counselors and teachers to reach out to meet the needs of adult students. Specific counseling suggestions are presented in each of five areas: (1) intake-orientation, (2) placement…

The paper reviews research on the early identification of delinquent-prone children and considers the role of prediction in developing effective delinqency prevention programs. Among issues addressed are definitions of delinquency, theories on causation, and the role of prediction in criminology. Pros and cons of prediction are examined. Among…

The paper examines the self-concepts of males and females in relation to academic achievement and describes a current educational intervention project at the junior high school level. A major portion of the paper reviews literature on sex differences for the variables of sex-role and achievement orientation. The literature reveals significant…

Presented is the final report of a Title III research project to determine the education status of 58 elementary school children with mild hearing loss and to devise a management package that could be utilized by a regular classroom teacher. Sections address the following project components: goals (including comparison of three treatment…

This paper reviews current literature pertaining to the effects of divorce on children and makes suggestions regarding general ways in which parents and other adults may assist children in coping with divorce. The population of children towards which this study is directed includes preschool through latency age children. All inferences made in…

This article presents 5-year longitudinal data on parent involvement in the Parent Education Follow Through Program in ten communities in nine states. The data are categorized in terms of the six major ways in which parents can become involved in the program: (1) teachers of their own children, (2) paid paraprofessionals, (3) decision makers and…

This report describes in detail the health services of three Philadelphia programs which have mandated such services (Original Follow Through, Get Set Day Care, and Prekindergarten Head Start). It also highlights the services provided in the other eight early childhood programs in the Philadelphia school district (Child Care, Durham Child…

This essay discusses methodological and ethical problems in the implementation and evaluation of home-based intervention programs for young children and their families. Part I notes the difficulties in (1) selecting an appropriate research design to evaluate a program (e.g., preventing sample bias), (2) specifying precisely the intervention method…

A bulletin consists of two articles on the language development of disadvantaged children. The opposing positions of language teachers on the "correct" approach to teaching standard English are outlined in one of the articles. On one side are those who favor creativity and freedom of expression while on the other side are the "purists" who are…

This Cooperative Language Development Project had two objectives: (1) to provide a modified language program for culturally disadvantaged first graders and (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of the program in terms of academic, intellectual, and linguistic growth. In a 2-year intervention program experimental versions of the Peabody Language…

Peer tutoring programs represent an innovative approach for optimally utilizing resources existing within classrooms. While most tutoring programs are aimed at helping tutees or tutors with academic difficulties, this study involved all children in two classrooms in a peer tutoring project. A multiple baseline design indicated that prompting was…

This book is a collection of papers on curriculum development in early childhood education. In Chapter 1, Bruner examines what is known about the effects of poverty on child development in Western culture, considers whether modern developmental theories aid in understanding the impact of culture (and specifically) poverty on children's growth, and…