Paper presented at 18th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children, Chicago, Illinois, May 3-5, 1971. (CB)

Behavioral differences were found for both mongols and normal children (mental age below 2 years) between those who lived at home with their parents and those in institutions. (Author/WY)

Stressful problems of adolescence are related to the retarded and parent-educator collaboration suggested in trying a merit badge system to foster the learning of personal, social, and economic skills by retarded youth. (KW)

The effect of monetary incentives on dependent-independent and extroversion-introversion behavior of 24 retarded institutionalized adolescents was investigated. (Author)

This article's thesis is that social science education must be directed toward increasing the student's capacity for rational, empathic action toward self, toward others, and toward the environment. The author makes several suggestions for reaching this goal. (Author/JB)

This article is one chapter of a book entitled "West Virginia Youth in Crises", the proceedings of the West Virginia Youth Awareness Conference. It describes the problems in Applachia and suggests possible solutions through an interdisciplinary approach. (Editor/GR)

Part of a series of articles entitled "Environment and the Child.

Describes a study conducted during the summer of 1982 in order to examine the personal, social, and general intellectual growth perceived by older students participating in Elderhostel programs. Discusses 12 growth themes that emerged after a theme analysis was conducted on the data. Results of the study indicated support for liberal education for…

L. Kholberg's model of moral development and the social learning theory both provide methods of perceiving the relationship between cognitive and moral development, and both are useful in application to the intellectually gifted child. Educating gifted children toward high levels of moral behavior is a particularly important concern. (Author/SEW)

Describes interactional elements of the power of situations and presents a perspective on the instrumental use of friendships. Suggested methods for micropolitical counteraction include information illumination, independent thinking, stress innoculation, dilution of oppressive demeanor, and mental distancing. (JAC)