In northwest New South Wales (Australia), the Ngali Dhiirrali Project uses a "can-do" approach to talent development among gifted Aboriginal students, featuring identification of a wide range of student talents, provision of school support and enrichment programs (particularly outdoor "culture camps") by in-school mentors…

Reviewed theoretical claims of identity status model and empirical studies on identity development in adolescence/young adulthood. Found support for assumption of a progressive direction in identity development. Examined data from longitudinal study of identity development and psychological well-being in Dutch adolescents; found that stability of…

A study of 115 Hispanic and 119 Anglo fifth-grade students and 12 teachers investigated teachers' nomination rates of Hispanic and Anglo students to gifted-and-talented programs. Results indicated that ethnicity was a factor in teachers' nomination rate and that differences in rates were more pronounced between Hispanic and Anglo females.…

This article presents a framework to guide special education services for English language learners. Policies and procedures that can minimize disproportionate representation are suggested, as are recommendations for appropriate referral, assessment, and instructional practices. Multidisciplinary teams are discussed and placement options for…

This article presents further analyses of a pilot study that examined the effectiveness of a computerized language screening instrument for 60 multicultural children (ages 7-8). Results suggest that because of its computerization and language learnability features, this innovative instrument may be an effective alternative to current screening…

This article describes stereotypes of gifted children that generate negative attitudes. It clarifies how stereotypes have been used to exclude children from programming and how equity issues are often ignored in identification. The exploration of these issues resulted in the development of a "gifted game", created as a project by undergraduate…

The influence of ethnic identity development on adolescents' achievement, self-concept, and behaviors has been reviewed extensively in the literature. However, the role that school counselors play in enhancing middle school students' ethnic identity development has received little attention. This article reviews the definition of ethnic identity…

In Taiwan, hearing people generally think deaf individuals can only do jobs requiring minimal communication. The present study was planned to help change hearing people's attitudes toward deaf people's job competence. Multimedia stories of deaf celebrities, e.g., physicians, lawyers, university presidents, professors, senior government officials,…

Deaf Education Teacher Preparation Programs must prepare teachers to staff an increasing number of oral programs. A survey was conducted to determine which competencies administrators of deaf education programs rate as important for teachers in oral programs and to compare ratings of these competencies by oral school administrators to ratings made…

In this concluding article for an issue on serving students at-risk in Canada, emergent service themes are discussed, including the growing emphasis on prevention, a focus on lifelong learning, the development of children and youth centered service support and delivery models, and the movement toward agency and family collaboration. (Contains…

Discusses Wichita (Kansas) School District's constructed policy to "create an equal footing" for girls of all races, ethnicities, and social class to become cheerleaders. Finds the policies were not successful. Highlights importance of peer-group affiliation in adolescent girls' lives and how this marker of identity intersected with a…

Considers how qualitative research has enhanced knowledge of four topics in the sociology of education: (1) educational inequality, (2) socialization, (3) identity formation, and (4) school organization and educational policy. Argues that qualitative studies have introduced new voices, perspectives, and themes into traditional understanding. (CAJ)

The article explores the complexities of educational scale-making. "Educational scales" are defined as the spatial and temporal orders generated as pupils and teachers move and are moved through educational systems; scales are "envelopes of spacetime" into which certain schoolbased identities (and not others) can be folded.…

This article looks into how masculinities are constructed in a mother tongue fifth grade reading classroom in Rio de Janeiro by focusing on the stories pupils tell one another in this context. The article follows a socio-constructionist view of discourse and social identities, such that stories are taken as resources used in the construction of…

Background: Hans Asperger drew attention to individuals who show the core symptoms of autism in the presence of high verbal intelligence. Methods: A review of the literature explores current issues concerning the diagnosis and nature of Asperger syndrome. Results: The behavioural and neurophysiological evidence to date suggests that Asperger…