Analyzes cultural deprivation as a factor affecting children's acquisition, development and utilization of language. Finds that social class, home and environmental variables are among the most significant underlying dimensions of language patterns. Their influence on language is described as a series of conditioned responses reinforced in the…

Speech theraplay, a method of remediation for children with articulation disorders, is described. The approach is based on parent-child interactions that are postulated to activate articulation acquistion. The results of a six-week study indicated improvement in the articulation abilities of six children (3 to 4 years old) with this method.…

Attitudes of young adult males and their parents toward the father position were measured in a cross-generational study. Sons expected fathers to be more nurturing and recreational than parent groups. There was no difference in problem solving. Items measured what fathers should do, not what the subjects' fathers did. (Author/BEF)

The article suggests a Network of Educational Support Services Team (NEST) to provide adequate educational services for acoustically impaired children. (SBH)

Reviews advances in child behavior therapy by illustrating the range of problems treated and the techniques and accomplishments that have emerged. Discusses training of parents, teachers, peers, and children themselves in behavior change techniques, as well as general implications of therapeutic developments for enhancing child welfare. (GC)

Contends that Head Start, because of its wide spectrum of services, is a viable alternative educational program for serving handicapped preschoolers. (FL)

The changing attitudes towards parenting since the 1940s and their effects on teaching are briefly outlined. (JMF)

Parental involvement and participation in schools are encouraged because it benefits the parent, his/her child, and the school. Some suggestions for parental involvement are offered. (JMF)

Factor analysis of responses by 213 persons to Rabin's Child Study Inventory resulted in five reliable factors. These five, termed parental fatalism, parental nurturance, children's independence, parental instrumentalism, and children's happiness, are similar to Rabin's original four parental motives of altruism, fatalism, narcissism, and…

In this study involving 20 four- and five-year-old children, the boys were more motivated by intermittent reinforcement from their fathers, while girls were more motivated by fathers' continuous reinforcement. (RL)

A systematic parent training program was developed within the Portage Project Model, which provides weekly visits by home teachers to families with a preschool handicapped child. (SBH)

Reports on studies examining the extent to which mothers tailor their speech to a child's level of linguistic ability. Methodological implications for language acquisition research are discussed. (AM)

Discusses the expanding opportunities available to handicapped students and the changing role of educators and administrators as they strive to provide equal opportunity in all areas of vocational education. Suggested techniques for developing an individualized education program are given. (LRA)

Sweden's sex-role ideology and policy of counteracting sex-role learning through the schools are described. Correspondence between policy and practice is reported. Parents tended to affirm some non-sex-determined standards, while reinforcing sex-typed behavior more than cross-sex-typed behavior. Most teachers made efforts to counteract sex roles.…

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