Examines rapid-tapping performance of 36 hyperkinetic and 36 control boys under conditions of free response, verbal urging, and penny rewards. Hyperkinetics were unable to adjust to changing incentive conditions. (Author/EK)

The level of knowledge about childhood emotional disturbance is adequate to the task of early prevention and rehabilitation, but the challenge is to stimulate the essential community cooperation. (ML)

It is concluded that a child's separation from his family constitutes a potential cause of short-term distress but separation is of little direct importance as a cause of long-term disorder. (Author)

Two social workers and a pediatrician working as a team helped parents who brought their children to a medical center to perceive the parent-child relationship as a causative factor in developmental difficulties. (Author/AJ)

The study found that 41 per cent of the elementary school students studied were identified as having learning and/or behavior disorders, although previous testing yielded normal results. The authors questioned the ability of the educational system to accommodate the range of student differences. (Author/CB)

Practical suggestions to help teachers plan field trips that will be helpful experiences for school children who are more vulnerable, fearful, confused and destructive than most of their peers. (NH)

It was concluded that the assumption of diminished problem solving capacity in suicidal adolescents is correct. (Author)

Partial ascription of blame for deviant behavior must be placed on the classroom teacher and parent who reinforce negative behavior by reacting to it. Severe criticism, threats, and cajoles reinforce antisocial behavior whereas praise reduces it. (Author/CG)

Demands for a lounge for homosexual students at Columbia spotlights a troublesome issue that soon may be surfacing on many other campuses. (Editor)

An alternative to homogeneous grouping, involving direct assessment of academic productivity and pre-training for group work, is illustrated by two experiments which used contingency management techniques to develop and maintain high rates of academic productivity in a group of two boys with school adjustment problems and in a larger group. (KW)

Results of intensive interviews with close friends or relatives of the decedent indicated that at least 60