The article proposes a dynamic-developmental-interaction approach to individuals with learning disabilities (LD) which addresses the absence of certain fundamental ego skills. Emotional conomitants to LD (such as low frustration tolerance and overcompensation) are noted, and intervention techniques based on the dynamic-developmental interaction…

Presents recent studies of teachers and teaching, advocating a developmental view of teachers similar to the stages of growth that children experience as they reach maturity, and discusses the implications of these developmental stages for teaching. (HTH)

Individualized Education Programs (I.E.P.s), as specified by PL 94-142, attempt to guarantee that a person's past, present, and future needs are accounted for in their education. The author argues that persons responsible for I.E.P.s could profit from a developmental perspective. (MT)

The Damon hierarchy of development of children's sense of positive justice is examined for its usefulness in predicting fairness in behavior and reliability in age patterning of its stated levels of reasoning. The hierarchy's value as a developmental schedule for teacher guidance may be questionable. (Author)

The development of relationships among families of hearing impaired persons is traced through the cycles of the marriage, parent-child relationship, and child and peer interaction. Impact of environment (home vs. residential school), society, economic stability, and social organization and lifestyle is analyzed, and stages in personal development…

Examines types of Latin curricular offerings for "transescent" learners, i.e., 11- to 14-year-olds who, because of the enormous differences in their physical and cognitive development, require an environment where the child, not the program, is important and in which all areas are taught to reveal opportunities for futher study. (SED)

This article reconsiders a recent application of evaluative criteria, worked out on a level of metatheory by Lakatos, to Kohlberg's theory of moral development. It is argued that Phillips's and Nicolayev's effort was compromised by two significant category errors. A response to Lapsley's and Serlin's article is also offered. (JMK)

The Curricular Efficiency Index (CEI), a method for evaluating developmental gains of young handicapped children by comparing their progress with nonhandicapped peers in attaining developmental objectives of any commercially available developmental curriculum, was supported in a study involving 16 handicapped and 21 nonhandicapped preschoolers.…

Describes nine stages of a group therapist's development as he or she makes a career of conducting groups. Assumes that learning group therapy leadership is akin to learning a craft and that the how of group therapy leadership varies with the developmental phase of a particular group. (LLL)

An account of studies conducted by author and others concerning Piaget's view of object concept development in infants. (HS)

Developmental changes in memory organization based on synonym and antonym relationships were examined in three experiments. Subjects were 64 second graders and 64 sixth graders. Some inadequacies of a false recognition paradigm for developmental research are identified and some alternative analyses are proposed. (Author/JH)

To investigate developmental differences in time-sharing performance, 60 boys, 20 in each of three age groups (7-, 10-, and 13-year-olds) performed an auditory matching task and a tracking task alone and concurrently, the latter under two sets of instructions. (Author/JH)

This article presents a framework for using a variety of available supervision modalities, in relation to the Littrell's four stages of development of school counselors. Challenges in selecting and providing appropriate supervision to school counselors has been reported in the literature. Consistent with previous research, this review…

A facet of the construction of children's theory of mind is examined in a study with a two-fold purpose: to investigate whether story scenarios of typical social interaction could facilitate young children's recognition of others' false beliefs, and to study how children's concepts of moral judgment might be influenced by the recognition of a…

The primary aim of this book is to integrate findings on health and illness in adolescence. The book is geared towards those in the health psychology field as well as others concerned with the issues of adolescent health. It argues the value of following a developmental approach to the study of health or illness in general, and especially for…