The notion of mediating the environment is examined and related to the unique developmental mode of young blind children. Emphasis is placed on the use of systematic conceptualization of development and mediation in relation to each other. Stages of mediation are identified, and three types of mediation are presented and illustrated. (Author/CL)

A school nurse recounts ways in which intervention and family efforts improved functioning in a child with cerebral palsy. (CL)

Research on the transformation of relations that nongifted children have with their parents and peers as they go through puberty is examined. Four research questions which compare gifted and nongifted adolescents are posed regarding similarities in development, time factors in development, process of separation and autonomy, and causes. (Author/CL)

The study investigated the relationship between symbolic play and language performance for 20 young hearing-impaired children. Results indicate a significant difference in symbolic play between 20 young hearing impaired children in two ordinal communication levels. Additionally, there was a strong positive relationship observed between the…

Results from two studies examining the validity of caregiver information on the developmental status of severely brain damaged young children confirmed the validity and diagnostic utility of the Kent Infant Development Scale. Mothers rated their children higher than did teachers on the scale. (Author/CL)

The paper reviews recent history of study of human emotions in psychology and traces factors that have been responsible for a remarkable increase of interest in emotions, especially as regulators of human behaviors. Research on social referencing is reviewed, showing importance of social referencing with infants as young as 8.5 months. Clinical…

A former child "prodigy" recounts her experiences at school to suggest that intellectual achievement is not always due to extraordinary analytic reasoning ability and that precocity may be nonrationl. J. Stanley responds by citing others' work on the topic and suggesting the construct may not survive strong scrutiny. (CL)

This paper explores the development of the "ecological human brain" in children, children's intellectual culture of "naturalist intelligence," and developmentally and culturally congruent curricula for young children. In early cognitive development, nature-given perception conducts thought. In contrast, for adults, intellectual…

This paper attempted to highlight the functional relevance the cognitive, maturational, and behavioral theories of child development might have for preschool educational programming. (Author/RK)

Described an art project using the photographic process of print development. (Author/RK)

A successful child development program initiated at a junior high school in University City, Missouri, near St. Louis, is a practical course combining course work and an elementary school laboratory experience. The course includes learning to read stories, creative paperwork, child-related community resources, interviewing experience, and…

The primary goal of the Denver-based program is utilizing the residual hearing of the so-called deaf child so that he may reach his true potential within the mainstream of the hearing world and without an interpreter. (Author/JA)

When drawings between groups allowed to play with toys and those not allowed were compared, no significant differences in form were found. (JA)

A review of research to provide a concise, evaluative review of teenage drinking. (JA)