Grounding their efforts on results of previous research, investigators have sought to improve peer relationships of unpopular children through direct instruction in social skills. Generally, such interventions have been effective in promoting specific outcomes. For example, skill-training programs improve children's ability to form colleague…

Two studies traced the social relationships from childhood to adulthood of family-attached and agemate-attached Japanese students. Study 1 aimed to clarify differences between the two types in their reports about social events and relationships in early childhood, elementary school, junior high, high school, and after. A total of 84 female college…

A survey of research findings on environmental and person variables provides clues as to what is required in a high quality infant-toddler program. One of the most important components of such a program is a loving, responsive caregiver. Research has shown that there are specific adult qualities that nurture the roots of intellectual competence,…

Teaching social routines to behavior-disordered children is addressed, with an emphasis on determining and maintaining the critical effect of a behavior and on providing contextual instruction. Assessment of behavioral problems in functional terms is discussed and procedures for assessing social functions and social skills are analyzed. The…

Project INTERACT, a Job Training and Partnership Act state funded project, is designed to facilitate school-to-work transition for mildly to moderately handicapped adolescents. The program provides school-based instruction in social behaviors associated with successful job performances. Following instruction, the students are provided with…

Described are the principles and procedures of Project ADVANCE (Alternate Design for Vocational and Necessary Cognitive Education), a behavior modification program for severely emotionally disturbed children (14 to 20 years old). Among program components are contingency management contracts, a highly structured token economy, the educational team…

Article considered the value of the teaching of teachers from the times of ancient Greece to the present. (RK)

In an effort to bring together some general findings on empathy in children, the author attempts to answer these questions: (1)what is empathy? (2)under what conditions is empathy likely to occur? (3)what types of judgements appear to be involved in an empathic response? Presented at American Psychological Association, New Orleans 1974. (Author)

Research supported by Public Health Service Fellowship 1-F1-MH-30, 101-01A1 (MTLH), and based on a PhD dissertation (University of California, Berkeley, 1967)

Earlier version of paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (Boston, Massachusetts, May 1968).

There is a lack of consensus in our society about the educational mission of our schools because society itself is in a period of transition about its own values, and this uncertainty translates to what it wants its schools to do. Also researchers in education have avoided topics that might help to inform public debate on educational matters,…

The attributes of couples planning to marry can affect their future relationship satisfaction. To study this phenomenon, a social exchange model was applied to a sample of couples planning to marry to assess the predictive validity of a measure of positive exchange. The longitudinal design of the two-and-a-half year investigation provided direct…

Part of a 10 booklet series on talented and gifted education, the booklet discusses the parenting of gifted and talented children. Some myths and realities about giftedness are examined, along with differences and similarities between gifted and other children. The nurturance and broadening of children who are gifted intellectually, in the visual…