This annual report of the child advocacy organization "Voices for Illinois Children" presents activity and financial information for 2001. The report opens with a letter from the President and Board chair, highlighting the organization's activities, which include: educating the public about early learning and brain development, changing…

This newsletter issue provides an overview of the book, "Critical Thinking about Critical Periods," which discusses the neural and behavioral sciences that undergird the notion of "windows of opportunity" in early brain development. The issue presents the book's table of contents; the major sections are: (1) "Critical…

Refuting the widely held belief that the child care crisis in America is irresolvableor that it can be resolved by simply relying on market forcesthis book presents an alternative vision for ensuring that American families with children will have access to high-quality, affordable child care, shifting the perception of the issue as primarily one…

This book investigates brain structures and functions of the brain's five major systems (emotional, social, cognitive, physical, and reflective), applying findings from neuro-biology to education. It translates neuroscience into an educational framework for lesson planning and teaching. This framework can serve as a mental model for an ongoing…

This paper describes a series of preliminary and a double blind study on crossed visual laterality and reading difficulties in children. Preliminary studies investigated handedness, eye preference, and ear preference in a total of 196 third and fifth grade students. About 42 percent of the tested students were identified with the Monahan/DeYoung…

Developing countries have accused developed countries of deliberately draining other countries of professionals. (Editor)

Examines rapid-tapping performance of 36 hyperkinetic and 36 control boys under conditions of free response, verbal urging, and penny rewards. Hyperkinetics were unable to adjust to changing incentive conditions. (Author/EK)

Results of an experiment in which two speech sounds were presented simultaneously to the two ears in normal and unilaterally brain-damaged subjects suggest a role for the nondominant cerebral hemisphere in processing and/or storage of competing speech stimuli. (KW)

Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the Saskatchewan Federation, Council of Exceptional Children (11th, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, October 24-25, 1968).