Emotional development from infancy to adolescence is traced and the effects of psychosocial issues on a child with a learning disability are considered for five of E. Erikson's seven proposed stages (trust, autonomy, initiative, industry, adolescence). The need for intervention and parent counseling at each state is emphasized. (CL)

Examines developmental trends in children's reactions to anger and affection occurring among others in the home. Children were studied for nine months when toddlers and for three months when between six and seven years of age. Data were provided by mothers trained in detailed reporting of discrete sequences of behavior. (RH)

Staff of a private school were asked to identify characteristics apparently interfering with academic progress of 321 bright elementary children who were underachievers in reading. Results suggested the need to avoid treating reading problems in isolation. Examples of successful treatment approaches are cited. (CL)

Literature about death can help children to understand and accept death; bibliographies are included for primary reading, intermediate reading, and adult to child reading. (DD)

Article describes the benefits of minidrama as an ancillary vehicle and compares it with its parent, the psychodrama. (Editor)

Since available research tends to support a positive relationship between self-concept and achievement, an important concern in education should be the social-emotional growth of the student, as well as his intellectual progress. (DM)

This article presents a rationale for centering formal academic training in the affective domain. (Editors)

Darwin's views on various psychological behaviors were significant. Basing his conclusions on empirical research, he wrote extensively on the phylogeny of behavior, emotional expression, sexual selection, instincts, evolution of morals, ontogeny of behavior, and genetics of behavior. (PS)

A project at the University of California at Berkeley, directed by Nadine Lambert, has been investigating stress in schools in an attempt to develop techniques for alerting teachers to stressful situations and to provide them with appropriate intervention techniques. (Author)

Author describes practical guidelines for teachers in handling the subject of death with young children. (Editor)

Describes a program that succeeded in involving sixth grade children with residents of two nursing homes. (RB)

The fact of death must not be hidden from children. Its treatment in literature must be done skillfully so that a healthy and honest impression is left on the child. (MF)

Using the MMPI Scale as a measure of emotional stability, drug users and nonusers were analyzed to indicate and predict the extent of emotional problems within the college population. Drug use was shown to be merely symptomatic of emotional problems. Presented at the First International Conference on Student Drug Surveys, Newark, N.J., 1971.…