Discussion of the special education ideas of Lev S. Vygotsky focuses on the application of Vygotsky's cultural-historical activity theory to special education; Vygotsky's views on the nature of handicapping conditions in children; the principles of psychoeducational evaluation of children with disabilities; the issues of compensation,…

Family services and intervention for persons with mental illness is crucial in mental health services. In this paper, the writer attempts to describe family intervention and services for persons with mental illness in the People's Republic of China. Family intervention and services like home-based care, guardianship network, family counseling, and…

This issue of Policy Insights draws on findings from WICHE's report Accelerated Learning Options: Moving the Needle on Access and Success, to lay out some of the important policy issues that decision makers might consider when adopting new state policy related to accelerated learning or modifying policies already in existence. The publication…

This article presents an innovative multiple family psychoeducational group for the prevention of disordered eating among adolescent females. An overview of the concerns facing adolescents today is presented, including sociocultural norms, body dissatisfaction associated with pubertal changes, teasing regarding weight and shape, and family…

Alternative high school students have typically had a history of acting out behaviors in the classroom. To address this behavior, the effects of two psychoeducational groups (anger control and goal setting) on state and trait anger, anger expression, and on self-efficacy beliefs of these students were evaluated. The 57 participants were given pre-…

In the early 1970s, American educators commenced experiments on Suggestopedia. Educational psychologists enlarged upon the relaxation and visualizations contained in the Bulgarian method and provided a solid, statistical basis to Suggestopedic research. Part I of this paper discusses the contribution of Donald Schuster, and his development of…

This document discusses the culture and lifestyle appropriate social skills intervention curriculum or CLASSIC, a 15-session social skills training program that is designed to be administered in a small group format to children and adolescents. The first chapter addresses the role of CLASSIC in the history of social skills training for children…

As consciousness becomes a more viable field of investigation and research, more attempts are being made to examine states of consciousness and their effects on certain abilities. A meta-analysis was used to examine the state of relaxation and its effects on learning, performance, and academic achievement. A search of PsychINFO, the data base of…

A project set up to combine the treatment skills of a voluntary agency and the educational expertise of grade school teachers resulted in improved adjustment by acting-out, underachieving children. The demonstration sheds light on the essentials for away-from-school programs of this kind. (SDH)

Math anxiety, or mathophobia, is an irrational fear of mathematics which interferes with the manipulation of numbers. In mild forms it may be only an annoyance, but severe forms may result in total avoidance of numerical operations, with accompanying fears and stress. Three methods for dealing with math anxiety have been developed by various…

Described is an integrated psycho-educational program center (IPEC) designed to develop an administrative construct for an integrated educational program to provide maximum possible neuropsychoeducational services in the regular classroom for all children identified as exceptional and to provide strategies for developing skills among regular class…

Sixteen Caucasian, fourth-grade, low ability math students participated in an experimental classroom intervention designed to improve their self-concepts. After pretesting with the How I See Myself Scale (HISMS), students each day for 8 weeks began class with a self-enhancing activity. Specific classroom exericses aimed at increasing children's…

Several concepts detailed in Gestalt psychology/therapy appear to have a close relationship with many concepts being applied in bilingual education. The primary contribution of Gestalt psychology to learning theory in the U.S. is an emphasis on perception and reintegration of relationships within an organized whole. To the teacher this means that…

The long term effects of a preschool intervention program for an experimental group of high-risk, black, low income children were assessed and compared to a high-risk placebo control group and low-risk "normal" controls. Seventy first grade children were involved in this 2-year follow-up study. Of these children, 42 were involved in the…