Ten speech-language pathology students judged five-second audiovisually recorded speech intervals as stuttered or nonstuttered in group and single-subject experiments. Results showed that judgment accuracy tended to increase after training, both for speakers used during the training process and unfamiliar speakers. Slight increases in interjudge…

This article describes types of depressive disorders typically found in school-age populations, identifies formal and informal ways to diagnose depression, and discusses successful school-based interventions including cognitive-behavioral and psychoeducational strategies. It also considers the school's role in crisis intervention plans and…

Examined the relationships among racial self-designation, racial identity, attitudes, self-esteem, and demographic variables in a sample of 232 African Americans. Findings show 41% preferred black and 30% preferred African American. Gender, income, and educational level were each significantly correlated with racial identity attitudes. Racial…

In Britain, the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs (1994) places new implementation and management responsibility on special needs coordinators. Interview data from several coordinators suggest that the code brings benefits (enhanced status and more effective provision for students) and drawbacks…

This pilot study followed up 18 students identified as potentially gifted in 1992 using the Nebraska Project's teacher observation protocol. Results indicated a continued use of traditional identification practices in school districts and the presence of underachieving behaviors in students identified as potentially gifted in 1992 but not…

This article discusses hallmarks that can help educators identify gifted potential in young children, especially those from culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. These hallmarks include: agency (the self in control of its environment), prospectivity (purposeful behavior seeking to accomplish goals) and affordance,…

Notes that during adolescence, girls become withdrawn and suffer from lapses of self-confidence, however, girls authoring Web pages devoted to girl power use the Web as a place where they confidently assert themselves and actively shaped their identity. Identifies girl-power sites, explores their potential strengths for girls as authors and…

This article profiles Leta Stetter Hollingworth, the founder of gifted education. It discusses her childhood, the New York Public School 165 experiment, the Speyer School experiment, and her overriding belief that since all human beings were not created intellectually equal, all children should not be equated in the same way. (Contains…

Based on emerging theoretical work on White racial identity, argues that a central problem of multicultural education involves challenging the universalization of Whiteness. Proposes a theoretical framework to advance a multicultural perspective in which the exploration and deconstruction of Whiteness is key. (Contains 58 references.) (Author/GCP)

The first in seven sets of guidelines based on the consensus of experts in the treatment of psychiatric and behavioral problems in mental retardation (MR) focuses on diagnosis and assessment. It includes the definition and levels of mental retardation, difficulties in diagnosing psychiatric and behavioral problems in the presence of MR, assessment…

Discusses paradigms underlying current approaches to multicultural education, introducing a typology of philosophical assumptions that has been used to classify approaches to multiculturalism in the field of psychology; discussing racial identity theory as an important psychological component of a race-based perspective for understanding race and…

Discusses recent feminist theory, in particular feminist theory related to "cyborg" identity and examines some media representations of a woman-of-color superintendent. Suggests that the cyborg image offers alternative ways to consider the issue of diversity and educational leadership, including the superintendency. (Author/SLD)

Discusses the recent recognition of gifted students in the Portuguese educational system. The needs of gifted children, the legislative basis for providing services, and recommended actions are described, including criteria to identify the children with high capabilities, early identification, integration in regular schools, and specific…

Compares two models of forgiveness: (1) negotiated forgiveness; and (2) unilateral forgiveness. Explores the differences between these two models. Examines the implications for the relationship between justice and forgiveness using the example of truth and reconciliation according to each model. Includes references. (CMK)

This article discusses the importance of using a family-centered approach in early childhood intervention and practices that integrate child assessment within the context of the family. Strategies for developing an integrated approach within the different components of the assessment process are described. Principles for assessments with family…