This paper presents the first analysis of the life course outcomes through late midlife (around age 55) for the participants of the iconic Perry Preschool Project, an experimental high-quality preschool program for disadvantaged African-American children in the 1960s. We discuss the design of the experiment, compromises in and adjustments to the…

Traditional approaches to education and youth work were transformed by two psychologists who came to the United States as Hitler rose to power. Practical theorist Kurt Lewin challenged mechanistic ideas of behavior by studying children in their natural "life space." Theory practitioner Fritz Redl applied life space concepts to work with…

Discusses goals of the Office of Child Development and describes some OCD experimental projects now in progress. (AJ)

This study compares the reading performance of adolescent and adult neoliterates in Burkina Faso who participated in one of three experimental educational programs with the reading performance of neoliterates who took part in a standard (control) educational program. The experimental programs involved training in phonological awareness, training…

Traditional psychotherapy, individual or group, never thoroughly resolves issues of perceived culpability, positive identification with other survivors, grief, or low self-esteem. To address this issue, a weekend retreat was designed that joins adult and adolescent women who were sexually abused as children. The tremendous success of this modality…

Describes a trial program involving 20 boys in a juvenile detention facility. Academic skills in math, English, and architecture, and vocational skills in carpentry and electrical contracting, were taught. Students also received art therapy. Test scores improved for these students, as did communication, social skills, self-confidence, and pride.…

Describes an experimental project to infuse performing arts into the curriculum of a North Yorkshire residential school for emotionally and behaviorally disturbed boys, 11-16. The project involved artists in applying the Royal Opera House model, in which children take responsibility for the creation of their own musical production. (SK)

THIS VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROVIDED 4 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED ADOLESCENTS WHO WERE ATTENDING SCHOOL AND LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF A REHABILITATION WORKSHOP, CONCOMITANT VOCATIONAL COUNSELING, AND GROUP VOCATIONAL ORIENTATION SERVICES. IN ADDITION, INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMING PRESENTED…

This document describes a cooperative tutorial program designed to break the cycle of educational disadvantagement in urban areas. The program involves three age groups (disadvantaged seventh graders, kindergarten students, and parents of both groups) in three coordinated subprograms: (1) a structured course in human growth and development and…

A READING PROGRAM WAS STUDIED AND TESTED FOR MENTALLY RETARDED ADOLESCENTS WHO READ SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW EXPECTANCY. THIS REPORT REFLECTS AN ORIGINAL ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM ONLY FOR THOSE EDUCABLES WHO HAVE NOT LEARNED TO READ. THIS PLAN WAS DISCONTINUED WHEN PRELIMINARY SCREENING REVEALED ONLY A FEW NONREADERS AMONG THE…

This publication presents the reports of 10 schools which for two years have been involved in the Revitalization of Guidance Project. This project provided service and consultative assistance for guidance leadership teams from each of the 10 schools so that the schools could revitalize their guidance programs around a developmental…

This report appraises a 3-year project that sought to develop leadership teams in 10 schools so as to assist schools in revitalizing their guidance programs around a developmental approach. The focus was to create a guidance curriculum that was proactive rather than reactive and for the program to be installed in the school's regular curriculum.…

Discusses Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral education through the structure of the just community. Evaluates experimental programs designed to implement this theory. Indicates that these programs establish cultures conducive to the development of socio-moral reasoning and action. Suggests ways to use these programs in the traditional school…

The Model Secondary School for the Deaf is exploring research areas in which computer-assisted instruction (CAI) plays a major role. Research in the area of learning styles and strategies of deaf adolescents is being aided by CAI data gathering systems. Also under investigation is the use of CAI and visual thinking for deaf adolescents. Curriculum…

Examines the effects of a negative income tax on school-enrollment and labor-supply decisions of urban Black teenagers. Results support the contention that the negative income tax would enable more teenagers to complete high school and postpone entry into the labor force. Theoretical considerations and empirical results are analyzed. (MF)