Developed a short form of the Multiscore Depression Inventory which met item selection criteria and retained 9 of the original 10 subscales. The total scale correlated highly with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Depression Adjective Checklist. (LLL)

Tested the effectiveness of the Stanford Binet Intelligence Test and the Bayley Scales of Infant Development in assessing the development of 30 preschool children. Demonstrated that encountering children ages 18-23 months whose performance is not scorable by standard methods for either test is a relatively frequent occurrence. (JAC)

This publication provides arts specialists and gifted coordinators with procedures for identifying students who are gifted in dance. All personnel who are developing district identification procedures and trained individuals who will be involved in the screening and identification of gifted children in the area of dance should read this handbook.…

The current intervention trend for many of the mental health and behavioral problems faced by today's youth is an integrative approach that involves the community, families, and schools. Clinical assessment for serious mental health and behavioral problems can be an important component in the development of school-based screening programs. The…

The author describes his experience with color-defective vision, and suggests that children be given a color-vision test at vision screening time in school to detect color-defective vision in children and thus minimize frustrating color-learning experiences. (MC)

Describes an all-volunteer preschool screening program to identify problems of speech and motor control.'' (Author)

Study is an attempt to evaluate what effect detailed, well-defined instructions have upon responses to a personality inventory and attitudes toward the test situation. (Authors)

Study concludes that, as general tools capable of screening out children with adjustment or learning problems from peers with no problems, three of the scoring systems considered are equally efficient when applied to Human Figure Drawings done by children of elementary school age. (Author)