A progress report on an experiment begun in 1968, originally entitled "Experimental Variation of Head Start Curricula: A Comparison of Current Approaches," is given. Children were taught by one of four methods in Head Start at age of four years. In Kindergarten and first-grade years most had either Follow Through or Regular programs.…

A bibliography which provides the reader with a brief overview of new and/or innovative programs and developments in the area of childhood development, education, and treatment is presented. Programs have been referenced in alphabetical order according to the sponsoring institution. Over 300 annotated entries are given. (CK)

The organizing and administering of day care services are the focus of this handbook. The three parts of the handbook are: (1) Organizing Day Care Services (Starting a Day Care Program, The Board of Directors, and The Staff); (2) Components of Day Care Services (Purpose, Objectives and Evaluation of Day Care Programs; Health and Medical Program;…

THIS STUDY HAD TWO MAJOR OBJECTIVES--(1) TO STUDY CHANGE IN SELF-CONTROL AS A FUNCTION OF CHRONOLOGICAL AGE, AND (2) TO INVESTIGATE CERTAIN MAJOR VARIABLES PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED AS MAJOR CORRELATES OF THIS DEVELOPMENT--NAMELY SEX, PARENTAL ATTITUDES, AND TYPES OF SETTING. IT WAS STATISTICALLY CONCLUDED THAT THE MAJOR VARIABLES CONCERNED, SUCH AS…

A father, who is also a TV producer, launched an in-depth study of parenting, examining whether "parenting" really is a natural instinct. (MM)

The "Everyone Needs a Parent" curriculum provides a new way of getting in touch with parenting by helping people to regain old skills and develop new ones. (MM)

The article discusses the special techniques required for deaf-blind children. (DLS)

From a sample of 40 children's books on death, the concept of death was classified and elucidated, utilizing relevant literature in philosophy, psychology, and sociology. Death was viewed most often as temporary; it was also treated as an inevitable event. (Author)

Asserting that the majority of child abuse research has excluded the victim, other than as an incident, this article recommends that the problem of child abuse could be better understood if the variables related to the abused child could be adequately and empirically derived. (JC)

The Suzuki Method was created by 79-year-old Shinichi Suzuki. Here it is described and its originator evaluated. (RK)

The theoretical model presented in this paper emphasized the importance of the social structure as an organization of functionally interdependent relationships. (SB)

Lists symptoms of developmental difficulties and agencies that offer public services to exceptional children. (SB)

Acoustic studies of speech development are surveyed and the data is discussed with respect to the anatomical and neuromuscular maturation of the speech mechanism. (Author/SBH)

Research on the development of perceptuomotor coordination in sighted children, specifically, the ability to (1) reach to objects, (2) explore objects once they have been attained, and (3) use actions to transform spatial relationships, is reviewed for implications for development of perceptuomotor skills in visually impaired children. (Author/DB)