This follow-up study aimed to determine whether a similar relationship between anxiety in the school situation and racial-socioeconomic status in upper elementary school children could be found in an expanded population. A population of 1201 fifth- and sixth-grade children from eight schools representing various combinations of urban-suburban,…

This guide provides basic information on the development, observation, and teaching of basic language, visual-perceptual-motor, and body awareness and control skills to disadvantaged children. It is presented in three sections devoted to specific analyses of how skills develop within each of three modalities, and how to observe and teach children…

Bilingual education projects utilizing various literary genres--fables, folk, and animal tales--as the stimuli for written and oral English activities have aided Mexican-American children in overcoming English language handicaps. During the three summers such an English program was undertaken with children from a Mexican-American disadvantaged…

During the summer of 1969, 16 youths from the Los Angeles County Probation Department's facilities participated in the Upward Bound program at the Claremont colleges together with 60 other students from surrounding communities. This program was established to provide the probation department with information useful in establishing similar joint…

This report sponsored by the Schools Council, Great Britain is that of a "Working Party" set up to consider the education of the socially disadvantaged in secondary schools. Contents include: background to educational deprivation; recognition of deprivation in schools; an account of practice in some schools; case histories; curriculum…

On the first of November, 1967 a Schools Council research and development project in Compensatory Education which will last for three-and-one-half years, was set up in the Department of Education of the University College of Swansea, Wales. The main aims of the project were: to provide screening techniques to enable children in need of…

Based on two years of training for teacher aides involved in a high school equivalency program (HEP) for disadvantaged youth, a manual was developed to equip nonprofessionals to conduct basic skills classes in similar settings. The training program used task analysis in setting up the basic skills classes, and a group dynamics approach in which…

These preliminary materials for teachers of Spanish-speaking or nonstandard English-speaking migrant children are prepared in answer to a need felt by the Michigan Migrant Primary Interdisciplinary Project for additional oral language material on the upper elementary level. The linguistic content of these materials, designed to provide tools for…

"Research results indicate that the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) has been effective in reaching seriously disadvantaged youth and in improving the community and work adjustments of these youths. At the same time, these achievements appear to fall far short of the full potential of the NYC Programs." Among the problems of program and…

Reported is the first phase of a project to evaluate the effectiveness of selected Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) programs. Effectiveness was judged by community and work adjustment of enrollees. Experimental and control groups were selected in four cities; samples were mainly Negroes, with more females than males. Findings from interviews with…

This study attempted to discover the effects of an instructional program to teach the English language related to mathematical symbolism to verbally and culturally disadvantaged kindergarten children from a lower socioeconomic area. Specially prepared teaching plans and materials were furnished for instructors who conducted experimental programs…

This document reports the planning, program, and evaluation of an institute designed to meet the needs of Denver teachers for (1) better communication with Negro and Spanish-speaking pupils and parents, (2) aid in the language development of pupils deficient in English vocabulary, and (3) understanding of Hispanic history and culture. Included are…

This government publication contains eight papers devoted to mental health and schools. Focus was on the conceptual basis for prevention of mental and emotional disorders in children and adults. Contributions deal with opportunities for school psychologists in this area, the ego process in learning, interventions that develop ego strength, and…

A total of 2,370 students from four different regions of the United States participated in a study to explore the educational and vocational perceptions and expectations of disadvantaged junior high school students. One school serving primarily disadvantaged students and one serving nondisadvantaged students from each of the four school districts…

Financial and human resources are required to find pedagogical solutions to problems caused by the academically disabling characteristics of disadvantaged children. Insufficient resources and inappropriate methodology may have been the cause for the failure of compensatory education. Individual behavior styles and the nature of the academic…