Research on television's influence on children's behaviors, both aggressive and prosocial, is discussed. (AM)

Reports findings from a longitudinal study of 200 children who are growing up in a variety of family styles. This interim report views the study project in its first and middle phases, covering the birth, infancy and entry into the preschool period of the study children. (BR)

The development of the sibling relationships among five preschool white blind children and sighted sibs was explored. (Author)

This background article provides a general discussion of the possibilities of teaching preschool children to read in one or more languages. If external stimulation can match the rapid inner development of young children, rapid and extensive learning can occur. (CHK)

Describes the Parent Child Development Center Programs and presents results of evaluation and follow up programs. (SB)

Families pass on a heritage of dysfunctional constructs and roles to the next generation. Children learn to apply certain inadequate constructs to themselves. By reconstructing childhood through visual imagery, clients can learn to apply different constructs to themselves so that they can unlearn their dysfunctional roles. (Author)

Shows a wide variety of task performance ability. Supports the hypothesis that the tasks require the use of the same or a unified set of cognitive processes. (RL)

Describes a comprehensive Early Childhood Services program recently introduced in the educational system of Canada's Alberta Province. The aims of this program are to foster child development, parent participation, and community involvement. Health and hygiene services are incorporated in the program along with social welfare and educational…

Concludes that children have a far broader range of intellectual interests than has generally been recognized. Bringing them into contact with fields of knowledge, methods of inquiry in these fields, and the processes of logical reasoning at a time when they have a natural receptivity which can have a fundamental impact on their intellectual…

Describes a storefront resource center where family day care mothers can meet and share ideas and experiences with other day care mothers, can receive training in child health and development, and can become familiar with and learn to use available community resources. (JMB)

In November 1974, the Department of Education in Alberta appointed a three member Task Force to study the competence of effective early childhood teachers. Discusses the qualifications necessary for being an effective early childhood teacher and guidelines formulated by the Task Force for evaluating teaching skills. (Author/RK)

To determine antecedent conditions which may contribute to specific learning disorders, the records of 432 children referred to the Pupil Appraisal Center were reviewed. (SBH)

The analysis of videotaped, naturally occurring, adult-child interaction led to the isolation of the clarification request as a consistent feature of adult interactive styles. The importance of these demands, their nature, how adults deal with them, and their effects on children's communicative development are discussed. (CHK)

Suggests a parallelism between children's mastery of mental language and their thinking about the world. Recounts a study in which children's mastery of verbs was measured and a relationship between reading skill and looking to the text to justify answers was established. (AEW)