Research has identified associations between indicators of social disadvantage and the presence of child sleep problems. We examined the longitudinal development of infant sleep in families experiencing high (n = 58) or low (n = 64) levels of psychosocial adversity, and the contributions of neonatal self-regulatory capacities and maternal settling…

Supervision provides benefits for school counsellors and career counsellors such as support, an opportunity to gain new ideas and strategies, and personal and professional development. Despite this, studies have also shown that school counsellors perceive that the amount of time they participate in supervision is inadequate. In career counselling,…

Presents excerpts from several women's diaries, concluding that they are a means of gaining a hold on immediate objects and of staying alive. (DD)

Discusses the use of dialog journals (where students write down their thoughts and questions and give the journals to their teacher for response) to help college-level deaf students master the skills necessary to read advanced textbooks written in English. The journals enable a teacher to ascertain a student's weaknesses and strengths. (SED)

Among 22 children with severe waking problems, taking trimeprazine tartrate produced no permanent effect on sleep patterns and a follow-up of 14 children 6 months later showed persisting sleep problems in the majority. (Author/RH)

This article contains excerpts from a teacher's diary telling her experiences in team teaching. It relates how two teachers established a creative, warm classroom environment. The story ends tragically with the death of one of the teachers. (MR)

Reveals that survey respondents who agree to complete time-use diaries differ significantly in several characteristics from those respondents who are only willing to complete a questionnaire. (FL)

Provides a public television executive's diary account of this two-week trip with a delegation of American television chief executives to the People's Republic of China at the invitation of the country's Central Broadcasting Administration. (CMV)

Through a diary and photographs the authors (a gifted student and G/C/T editor) recount their trip to Bulgaria to participate in an International Year of the Child World Assembly for children gifted in the areas of art, music, and creative writing. They describe their experiences and impressions of the country and the friendliness of its people.…

Discussion of the use of computers for psychological treatment highlights a methodology that uses a hand-held computer program as an adjunct to cognitive-behavior therapy for panic disorder. Use of the computer for treatment assignments as well as for the patient's diary is described and a case example is included. (Author/LRW)

The personal diary is a tool in the creation of self. The study of recent published journals of later life yields knowledge of the human experience of aging. Service providers can use this information to develop empathy with aged clients and to encourage journal writing. (SK)

Describes a course diary that documents events in the course during the year and supplies a record of overall student performance and expectations. Explains the benefits and contents of a course diary, as well as what can be done throughout the year to make writing the course diary an easy task. (ASK)

An elementary principal describes the physically exhausting, but professionally fulfilling process of opening a new school in Valparaiso, Indiana. High points included hiring faculty and staff, organizing volunteer parents, videotaping opening day, selling sweatshirts, taking an all-school picture, holding a school dedication ceremony, and burying…

In order for teachers to understand more about learning (their own learning and that of their students), this article presents eight ideas for teacher professional development. These include doing regular classroom walkthroughs, inviting teachers to keep a journal about their daily work, and enlisting teachers to shadow students in order to gain…