The position paper of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) examines issues in identification and intervention with regard to preschool learning disabled children. Identification issues cluster around at-risk indicators, the importance of systematic observations, and the use of screening instruments and procedures such as…

To defend against the instability and dishonesty of his family life, the child of an alcoholic parent may adopt the role of the hero--a highly conforming, highly achieving "good child" who seeks to redeem his family and himself through his accomplishments. Children of alcoholics adhere to their childhood roles as adults and may even…

The manual describes the SKI*HI Model, a comprehensive approach to identification and home intervention treatment of hearing impaired children and their families. The model features home programing in four basic areas: the home hearing aid program (nine lessons which facilitate the proper fit and acceptance of amplification by the child), home…

This article examines the literature and the experience of the MindMatters Plus demonstration schools in regard to improving student and staff mental health literacy. The aim of the MindMatters Plus initiative is to build the capacity of secondary schools to increase their support of students with high mental health needs. This is achieved in…

In this article I explain how the process of individualisation has led to the prioritisation of the self over aspects of community and place. The theories of risk society (Beck, 1992; Beck & Beck-Gernsheim, 2002) and neoliberalism (Bourdieu, 1998; Forsey & Lockhart, 2004) are used to explain this process. These theories have three…

Awareness of how perceived roles shape how people see themselves and how others see them prompted Cheryl McLean to question how her new label of "teaching assistant" helped or hurt the teaching and learning process. As a teaching assistant, she moved into the dual role of teacher and student. She believes that the labels she adopts…

The Learning Problem Indication Index an instrument intended to help identify the preschool child with potential learning problems, was evaluated with 432 children (ages 4 to 19 years) from varying backgrounds referred to the Pupil Appraisal Center at North Texas State University. (DB)

Fifty-eight kindergarten and primary grade teachers (from both a suburban, middle socioeconomic status (SES), Anglo community and an urban, low SES, black community) were individually interviewed in order to determine their perceptions of children's behavior indicative of educational high risk. (LC)

The article discusses the literature dealing with Chicano poverty and the Chicano population in comparison to Whites and Blacks in the Southwest. It also identifies the Chicano poor, their population, and what is happening to them. (NQ)

Criticized are conventional special education approaches which are said to diagnose, label, and exclude handicapped children from educational services; and described is the diagnostic prescriptive teacher model developed at George Washington University in Washington,D.C. (DB)

Provided are papers resulting from an Invisible College on Child Abuse and Neglect conducted by the Council for Exceptional Children which focused on what schools can and should be doing in the treatment of child abuse and neglect. Entries are included with the following titles and authors: "The Sensitive Teacher" by D. Howell; "The Abuse of…

This paper presents a study of empathy in 6- to 9-year-olds. Although empathy is primarily defined as the response of one individual to the emotional state of another, definitions and assessment can be further differentiated depending on the empathizer's response and on the source of the empathizer's knowledge of the other person. Is the…

There are Hispanics who reject their ethnicity. This process may be obvious or it may be subtle. The rationale for this behavior is that by rejecting "Hispanidad" and adapting linguistic styles, dressing habits, and other behavior patterns they become Americans, the more acceptable mainstream group. An Hispanic person does not need to stop being…

The volume presents information on the identification of gifted and talented children, ranging from very broad screening and selection sequences to specific procedures and instruments for locating talent in a variety of areas. Initial sections provide excerpts from Connecticut State Department of Education publications on identification of gifted…