Intended for projects in the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) network, the directory presents information on applications of microcomputer technology. The first major section documents microcomputer use in HCEEP projects, noting instructional as well as administrative applications. Brief descriptions focus on major projects…

This report describes a 1979 study of the effectiveness of "merolicos"--Mexican medicine showmen--in disseminating health-related information to rural and urban populations with varying amounts of education. It is noted that five showmen were chosen and trained to disseminate a multi-part message on the nutrition of infants in six…

The catalog presents a compilation of 323 print and audiovisual materials developed throughout the country by 55 HCEEP (Handicapped Children's Early Education Program) projects. Product listings are arranged alphabetically by title and are cross referenced by contributor and subject area in the accompanying indexes. Each product entry includes…

The final report details the background and activities of the Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children, an interdisciplinary collaborative effort of two research-service organizations: the Infant Laboratory of Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey, and the Pediatrics Service of the Roosevelt Hospital in New York. An…

The fifth of seven modules designed for teachers, supervisors, and other professionals working with young (birth to age 3) handicapped children presents resources for program planning and curriculum selection. Program considerations and decisions are introduced, and distinctions between the terms "program" and "curriculum" are set forth. The bulk…

This investigation addresses problems of defining verbal imitation, and suggests solutions by analyzing verbal interactions between two children and their mothers. Children were between 18 and 35 months old, with a mean length of utterance between 1.4 and 4.2 morphemes. Analyses focus upon the uses these children made of maternal models; 10…

The paper presents developmental charts detailing the needs and patterns of very young visually impaired children. Five age levels are considered (0-6 months, 6-12 months, 1-.25 years, 2.5-4 years, and 4-5 years) within the context of auditory awareness, body image, development of meaningful language, tactual awareness and manipulative skills,…

The paper first reviews previous studies made of the causes of schizophrenia as seen by mental health professionals in Western countries and in the Third World. The study at hand focuses on infantile autism and how it is viewed by professionals in the United States and Europe. Questionnaires addressed issues, characteristics and etiology,…

The booklet presents papers from a December 1982 workshop on specific problems in caring for ventilator-dependent children (children with respiratory distress due to prematurity, low birth weight or developmental immaturity). Following excerpts from the keynote address by C. Everett Koop, the U.S. Surgeon General, model programs from Pennsylvania,…

The paper reviews mental retardation research activities of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) and the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (NINCDS). Research activities are cited to illustrate the scope of NICHHD's efforts in a variety of biomedial areas. Activities are…

A series of easy activities for parents or caregivers to use in guiding the developmental progress of children at the infant, toddler, and preschool levels. (Author)

Summarizes human and animal studies of the feedback system of in infant-mother-infant interactions. It is shown that mutual modifications of behaviors can be depicted as a system of continuous feedback in which both mother and infant contribute to developmental success or failure. (Author/CS)

In this concluding part, article raises questions related to the rationale for black fears as a basis for black control and questions the efficacy of a movement directed toward an overall population limiting strategy visited upon poor and black people in America and in the Third World. (Author/RJ)