The developing directional preferences in writing and drawing that were observed in subjects between four years of age and adulthood suggest that two semiindependent motor systems are involved in writing: one for rapid and nonfigurative tasks, the other--which occurs later--for precision and symbolic functions. (Author/GT)

Relates physical education of young children to development of the children's motor capacities and suggests how certain types of physical education can be used to stimulate physical and mental development. Most examples are taken from research undertaken in the U.S.S.R. (DB)

To assess risk status of newborns, data were collected on 776 newborns using a high risk register. Analysis of high risk characteristics revealed 261 primary risk incidents in the sample and 292 secondary risk factors. (Author/PHR)

The rationale of mainstreaming is discussed in light of the need for deemphasis on isolation and labeling, increased protection of human rights, individualization in all phases of education, increased attention to the development of the total child, and greater cost effeiciency in the delivery of services. (DLS)

An historical and descriptive account of the procedures and techniques used in a program applying social learning theory to the treatment of aggressive children is presented. (JMF)

The identification of methodological and conceptual shortcomings of the empirical research in parent-child interaction and the socialization process demonstrates that knowledge and understanding of child development in the family are limited at present and that the ability to generalize and apply research findings to practical problems is equally…

Considers how elementary social studies teachers view the early values development their students receive in the home. Discusses the influence of parents, the modeling process, discipline, parents as teachers, and proposes a cooperative parent teacher project for values education. (CK)

Observes that the norm for the onset of embarrassment and blushing is five years, although some children may show these signs of a social self one or two years earlier. (RL)

Constructs a model for understanding possible relationships between parents' personal social networks and their children's development. (JMB)

With enrollments declining, budgets shrinking, and teachers scrambling for jobs, schools are finding that one-, two-, three- and four-year-olds are a potential market that's been overlooked. (Author)

A week-by-week readiness program for preschool and early primary children. (Editor)

Describes an innovative national program, the Child Development Associate Program, designed to prepare a new category of child care worker--the Child Development Associate--and how this program is being implemented in Hawaii. (Editor/RK)

Two problems that illustrate the importance of timing in human behavior are discussed. The major problem relates to timing in motor skill performance and acquisition. The second problem concerns the child's adaptation to his social milieu. (Author/JH)