Adults appear to have different perceptions of a child when rating a child on the Barber Scales of Self-Regard based on correlation coefficients between different sets of adults (parents and teachers). It is the purpose of this study to explore at greater depth the differences between mother and father as to the way they perceive their child. Do…

The Barber Scales of Self-Regard were constructed in such a way as to assess a child's level in a developmental sequence. On each of the seven scales, scale point one describes the least mature level and scale point five describes the most mature level. The scale points in between describe the levels leading to the maturation potentially possible…

The seven Barber Scale of Self-Regard for Preschool Children were developed to provide instruments for assessing levels of development for individual children. This article discusses the question of whether mothers can be objective in rating their own children. Data from the 1974 and 1975 field tests were analyzed to provide an answer. The total…

The Minnesota Personality Profile II used as a test of construct validity for the Barber Self-Regard Scales--Preschool. Before analysis of data, hypotheses were arrived at concerning predicted relationships between the two instruments. Fifty-two correlation coefficients were predicted as significant or nonsignificant statistically. Hypotheses were…

To assess beliefs related to materialistic values, a 45-item pair comparison questionnaire was administered individually to 120 middle and working class children in kindergarten, third and sixth grades. Item analysis revealed responses of older children were influenced by specific objects mentioned. In contrast, younger children responded more…

Classroom teachers are provided with ideas and procedures for teaching art in grades one through six. The activities encourage individuality, creativity, and aesthetic awareness in the child. For grades one through three, activity suggestions include two-dimensional painting, painting stuffed animals, and painting with sponges; paper tearing and…

Examines the IQs of 75 preschool children perceived to be "at risk" by parents, teachers, and diagnostic nursery staff. Full Scale, Verbal and Performance IQs were correlated with: (a) assessment of problem area (b) socioeconomic and familial variables (c) gross assessments of speech and motor development and (d) improvement in a special preschool…

Project HAPPE (Home Aide for Parents in Preschool Education) focuses on prevention as it relates to early childhood health and development and directs project efforts toward the development of materials on parenting skills. (SB)

The influence of parents on the origin and perpetuation of the developmental disorders of childhood has once again become a matter of controversy with important implications for social work education and practice. Reviewed here is recent research on two disorders--infantile autism and learning disabilities. (Author)

Suggests that effective programs of education for black children be founded upon accurate knowledge of the children's community of orientation. In order to create such programs, developers must be sensitive to the differences between the black community and other ethnic communities. (Author/AM)

This research on the development of moral thinking discusses the degree of moral readiness required for the comprehension of Biblical material by children. A review of the work of Dr. R. Goldman on the growth of children's religious concepts is provided. (Author/DB)

This study explores how mothers socialize their daughters in ways that are systematically different from how the socialize their sons, and whether these differences are related, in turn, to systematically different ways in which fathers socialize their sons and daughters. (Author/EB)

Investigated effects of text availability and variations in directions on children's and adults' ability to draw inferences from information implicit within a text. (AA)

A modified before-after, control-group evaluation design was employed to assess the impact of a demonstration program for 30 multiply handicapped retarded children (mean age 5.6 years). (Author/PHR)