Purpose: This article provides a tutorial for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) concerning approaches for improving the reading skills of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). SLPs are encouraged to modify their role to include a literacy focus, not only because of inclusion and standardized reading tests, but also because SLPs offer…

How do children conceptualise their own development? From their point of view, what serve as constraints for their movements in time and space? The theoretical framework of the experiment described here was a cultural historical first person developmental perspective. The concept of transition is here put in use to capture the children's…

The need for a discussion of school counselor preparation and supervision is supported by the guidelines established by both the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), 2009 and the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), 2005. The significance of this article is to provide a reflective…

Adolescence is a pivotal developmental stage for establishing patterns of behaviors that can last a lifetime. Adolescents' choices have a significant impact on future opportunities. Education can have tremendous influence on the overall success of an individual. For example, a quality education can affect employability, which indirectly influences…

Cross-sectional studies suggest that assets are associated with youth abstinence, but whether these relationships are constant across developmental age groups has not been shown. Data for this study were obtained from two independent datasets collected across a 2-year period using in-person, in-home interviews of youth (52% female; 44% Caucasian,…

In 4 studies, the authors examined how intuitions about the relative difficulties of the sciences develop. In Study 1, familiar everyday phenomena in physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, and economics were pretested in adults, so as to be equally difficult to explain. When participants in kindergarten, Grades 2, 4, 6, and 8, and college were…

Current literature about how children grieve and various implications for counseling are discussed. In reviewing the literature available concerning how children grieve, it is evident that the articles cover three distinct areas important for consideration. These include information that addresses children's developmental understanding of death…

The article refutes the assumption that levels of developmental spelling in children indicate that formal instruction in spelling must not be practiced at certain of these levels. Further indications of the weaknesses of using developmental stages in spelling as a guide for instruction in this subject are described. (Author/CL)

Two experiments examined changes in the search of infants aged six, seven, and eight months. Experiment 1 found that the majority of infants displayed transitional search before intentional search. Experiment 2 showed that the infants' awareness of a hidden object develops gradually. (Author/RH)

Suggests that if adolescence is viewed more broadly as a period of growing into maturity, a brief examination of life-span development reveals that adolescences also occur in other life periods. These periods present challenges of personal adjustment and are necessary transitions toward self-actualization. (JAC)

Achenbach and Edelbrock Child Behavior Checklist factor scores were compared with ego stage through correlational and multiple regression analyses. Findings indicated significant negative correlations with the externalizing and internalizing factors and with a variety of behavioral subscales. A significant relationship was found between the total…

Discusses the themes and issues related to continuing education for young adults and the implications for future programing and practice. (JOW)

A review of the literature on the application of Piagetian theory to the understanding of mental retardation suggests that functioning of mentally retarded children parallels the developmental sequence proposed for the nonretarded child. The behavior of retarded individuals can be interpreted as typical of selected Piagetian stages. (Author/CL)

It is argued that it would be more fruitful for Kohlberg and others to avoid applying his developmentalist position to such problems as utilitarian/formalist supremacy or the search for a 'best' morality. Instead, emphasis could be placed on explicating the fundamental requirements of a nonrelativistic, nonegotistic morality. (Author/SJL)

What is the best way to produce adults who have certain characteristics? Educational goals can be broken down into behavioral components, and the most propitious developmental stage for the acquisition of each can be identified. (BD)