Eighteen first grade children (10 boys and eight girls, IQ's 91 to 128) who evidenced a developmental deficit on the Sapir Developmental Scale were placed in one of two groups. Twelve children in an experimental group compromised a self contained class and were given deficit centered training. The six in the control group were placed with 12…

The third Fenno-Hungarian Conference on Developmental Psychology covered four main concepts: the historical roots and development of social competence through three generations, parent-child interaction, parenthood, and the development of socio-cognitive competence through childhood and adolescence. A series of papers was presented addressing the…