Describes the group debriefing sessions at Gallaudet College, which provide a forum for cooperative education students to share experiences, to put them in perspective with other deaf students, and to receive peer support. Includes the debriefing questionnaire and recommendations for adoption by other colleges. (JOW)

The institutionalized retarded group was found to be more imitative on the first task. For all groups, peers as opposed to adults were found to be the more salient model on the second task than the other groups suggesting more compliant personalities in the institutionalized group. Author/SW)

Investigates whether disputes arising between 21-month-old children, meeting for the first time in a laboratory playroom, showed one or more of the following social hallmarks: (1) a patterned interactive structure, (2) explicitly communicative content, including conventional gestures and intelligible speech, and (3) antecedent and consequent…

Answers five questions related to the advisability of mainstreaming handicapped preschoolers. It is concluded that a strong rationale exists for integrating handicapped preschool children into regular programs and that research findings indicate that integration is beneficial to both handicapped and nonhandicapped. (Author/RH)

Two classes of first graders--one of handicapped children, the other of normal children--developed their own ways of learning about each other. (Author)

Deals with the relative influence of four groups of significant others on adolescents' drinking. Adolescents' friends exert a stronger, more pervasive influence on their drinking than any other group of significant others examined, while adults exert a relatively strong influence on the quantity of alcohol adolescents consume. (Author)

The option of the child-free life should be offered to every young person contemplating marriage or approaching childbearing age. (Authors)

Discusses the problem of glue sniffing, the term by which solvent abuse is most widely known, by children and teenagers. (CM)

While differences occur in drinking patterns of urban and rural teenagers, the influence of peers is strong for both groups. (JD)

Dealing with homesick campers can be challenging. Camper encouragement and counselor planning before camp starts is helpful. Upon arrival, don't dwell on the campers' homesickness. Help the camper connect--with older campers, a counselor, or a potential bunk-mate--and avoid free time. The first night is often the most difficult time; consult with…

Followed 500 juveniles adjudicated as delinquents into adult life. Subject's self-report of delinquent or criminal acts committed before first contact with Juvenile Probation Department bore no relationship to adult criminal conviction. Self-report of involvement in delinquent or criminal acts with friends, and frequency with which friends were…

Examined situations associated with excessive drinking among college students (n=78). Compared to light and moderate drinkers, heavy drinkers were more likely to report excessive drinking in situations involving social pressure to drink, pleasant times with others, pleasant emotions, and physical discomfort. (Author/NB)

Most school-based drug abuse prevention programs comprise five categories, stressing knowledge change, attitude change, knowledge and attitude change, peer relationships, or drug use alternatives. Peer programs seem most effective. Programs often fail because of unrealistic expectations, wasted energy, program weakness, lack of creativity, failure…

Children between 7 and 11 years of age with moderate learning difficulties were tested for conservation. Nonconservers were divided into experimental and control groups. Experimental group children performed conservation tasks with conserving children in their class. Posttests indicated that the increase in performance in conservation tasks was…

A survey of the factors that influence adolescents (n=246) to smoke found that family smoking behavior, peer pressure, and prior beliefs were more important in predicting smoking level than were advertising and antismoking information. (Author/JOW)