To determine whether cooperative learning methods could be used to replace traditional methods, the simultaneous use of three student team learning methods with fourth and fifth grade students was evaluated. This involved students working in teams to master academic materials. Positive outcomes resulted from intensive use of these methods.…

Life studies of incarcerated children are presented, along with a discussion of possibilities for reform. The children discuss medical treatment, the lack of educational facilities, the changing nature of their relationships with their parents, the shame and fright of imprisonment, and the physical and psychological effects of being in jail.…

Mothers were interviewed periodically over the first six years of their same-sex twins' lives and were asked to contrast them on specific behaviors. Intrapair contrasts were moderately stable across age spans for as long as 18 through 36 months. Genotypic similarity was apparently associated with intrapair similarity in emotionality and…

Proposes that children are especially vulnerable to parental suicide who have not resolved earlier developmental issues of separation-individuation. Five children were studied intensively. Results indicate parental suicide influences children's ego development and character formation. This trauma is heightened when mourning difficulties for the…

The emotional development of learning disabled (LD) students is an important aspect of their education and LD teachers should consider this need in planning the relationship with their students. Communication between student and teacher is an especially important part of the emotional development process. (PHR)

The authors focus on the moral development of the early adolescent (ages 10 to 15). The ways in which early adolescents develop morally, social influences on such development, and the expression of morality behaviorally are discussed. (Editor/KC)

Because of the difficulties adolescents face, including the lack of self-confidence, the search for identity, and emotional mood swings, learner-centered material is much more effective than teacher-centered material in language instruction. Suggestions are given for materials in which teenagers can express their feelings. (PJM)

Presents an annotated bibliography of books which may provide bibliotherapy to primary grade students experiencing emotional or social conflict in coping with competition, divorce or change in family status, failure, peer group pressure, and alienation/rejection. (CMV)

Describes a group experience program developed as an alternative to the long-term hospitalization of physically handicapped children. The program emphasizes emotional growth through participation in meetings designed to counteract dependency. (CM)

The need for adults to try to understand the emotional motivations behind children's lies is discussed. It is suggested that lies handled in an understanding way may provide the basis for a character-enhancing experience. (HS)

Research on humans and monkeys is reviewed that supports the view that the medial temporal lobe, and, perhaps more specifically the amygdala, is the neural substrate underlying social deficits in autism. The relationship of early medial temporal lobe lesions to memory and socioemotional behavior is reviewed, as are the roles of the amygdala and…

A study of 24 cleric and 45 noncleric child molesters and 48 cleric and 40 noncleric control subjects found a positive association between reports of being sexually abused as a child and becoming an abuser. Differences between cleric and noncleric molesters suggest a different etiology of offending. (CR)

Proposes love as a curative factor in group psychotherapy. Transference within a group may originate with needs and desires for love. By unmasking transference, subsequent healing may arise from a process of mourning in which group members recognize how their projection of past love onto other group members and onto the psychotherapist is…

Stepping Stones is an award-winning British program to promote access to nonvocational courses for people with mental health problems. An adult education service and local colleges work together to support learners' emotional needs and overcome such barriers as financial problems, medication effects, and lack of staff training in working with this…

Argues that compassion trumps assessment and competition in the Catholic educator's classroom. Stresses that no strings can be attached to what the author refers to as teacherly love. Equates this compassion with the teachings of the Gospels. Describes teaching as a call to be an instrument of God's compassion. (Contains three references.) (NB)