The interview with Marian Wright Edelman concentrated on her interests in children's rights. She has selected several areas of interest such as the exclusion of children from school and labeling and treatment of children with special needs. (Editor/RK)

The author discusses several developmental constructs relating to cognitive-development theory and their implications for parents, teachers and counselors in their efforts to facilitate development. (RP)

Describes a Florida childrens theater group led by Dr. Moses Goldberg that specializes in improvisational theater with dialogue that motivates children into taking an active and imaginative part in the play. (Author/GB)

The author uses Piaget's theory of child development to create directives for the general development of logical thought in elementary education and for reading instruction in particular. (JA)

Article provided a description of the Artists in the School Program, analyzed its purposes and the way in which it has been evaluated and disseminated to the public. (Author/RK)

Discusses the characteristics of an educational environment which facilitates growth and development for teachers as well as children. Choice, flexibility, leadership identification, freely flowing information, and respect for one's work are necessary elements of this kind of environment. (DP)

In illustrating how instruction in child development can reach everyone, the author quotes from Forum 22 on the Rights of Children, the Forum's recommendations to the President, and recommendations from the White House Conference on Children. Resource materials for child development teachers are discussed. The importance of parenthood education is…

This article presents a challenge to behavioral scientists and mental health facilitators to rethink their acceptance of stereotyped and assigned sex roles. (Author)

Discusses the concept of bioplasmic forces--the foundation of human growth, regeneration of cells, and life energy--and the relationship between physical and mental development of the child, focusing on the theory that premature or forced learning may cause intellectual or academic retardation. (TO)

Newborn cardiac activity was analyzed in the context of the orienting response before and after a feeding, while sleeping and awake. Newborns tended to respond to stimuli with less variability when tested before feeding. The newborn's cardiac response to stimuli in different modalities is affected by arousal state and feeding condition. (ST)

Using a developmental model, this article uses a hierarchy to describe the developmental reinforcement process as it occurs in a child's life and discuss some educational consequences of a deficit in this development. (Author)

Presented are 211 abstracts of articles from journals and books on the subjects of Biology, including Infancy; Developmental and Comparative Psychology; Experimental Psychology including Learning Phenomena; Sociology and Social Psychology; Education, Educational Psychology, and Counseling; and Psyciatry, Clinical Psychology, and other Clinical…