This document consists of a compilation of three separate 4-page brochures by the same authors: (1) understanding babies and toddlers; (2) understanding three to six-year olds; (3) disciplining preschoolers. The first brochure covers bonding and attachment, infant temperament, patterns of growth, and the characteristics of children during the…

These workshop exercises are designed to review the more effective techniques parents can use to comfortably discipline their children. Seven basic principles of discipline are discussed briefly. The principles are: (1) tell children what they can do instead of what they can not do, (2) protect and preserve children's feelings that they are…

This kit, the third publication in a five-part series on the educational "ministry," offers elements designed for Catholic school faculty, parents, and students. The kit contains an article on the nature of discipleship; a booklet with prayer services, scripture references, liturgies, and sacramental preparation; three prayer cards; three posters;…

The manual is designed to provide basic information on disabilities to future respite providers. The first chapter examines the nature and characteristics of handicaps in general as well as specific types, such as cerebral palsy, deafness, mental retardation, and behavioral disabilities. The chapter also introduces changing social notions…

An outline is presented of a contingency plan for developing sound classroom management practices. The plan revolves around a conceptual model of the different maturity levels of each individual staff member in relation to their classroom management skills. In the model, a group of peer observers monitors the progress of those staff members whose…

Ths use of Canter's (1976) Assertive Discipline program as a schoolwide response to classroom problems is gaining nationwide support. The program is designed to provide educators with the competence and confidence necessary to assert their influence and deal effectively with discipline problems. The purpose of this article is to discuss the…

The Alcohol Education Discipline Program (AEDP) is a program offered as a service to the Office of Student Life at Central Michigan University. Students are required to attend the program's five 50-minute sessions as a condition of disciplinary probation for alcohol-related infractions of the Student Code of Conduct. This paper reports reactions…

This precis focuses on research into the problem of school discipline. The school culture, or the atmosphere and tone of everything that happens in the school, is seen as having a significant influence on student behavior. Several examples of improving the culture of schools are given. Strategies for correcting misconduct are suggested, with…

An inventory of academic degree programs in South Carolina is intended as an aid to institutional and to statewide planning for postsecondary education. In Part I, programs are listed by category (50 subject areas), using the National Center for Education Statistics' Classification of Instructional Programs. The following degree programs are…

Assignment of teachers to teach subjects for which they have not had academic preparation is a topic of considerable concern presently. This paper: (1) reviews present Colorado provisions regarding teacher subject eligibility and assignment; (2) reports available data as to the extent of teaching without academic preparation; (3) identifies…

Creating a positive school climate and developing a fair and consistently enforced discipline system are fundamental steps in making school campuses safe places in which to learn and work. This book is designed to assist in the strategic planning of effective school safety by helping a school to analyze where one is, where one should go, and how…

This paper describes stepfamily life; much of its content is derived from responses of 29 Australian couples who attended a six-session educational program on living in a stepfamily and who completed pre- and post-tests on marital adjustment and self-esteem plus a weekly problem rating scale. While the major part of the study was concerned with…

Should an educational evaluator be trained as a content specialist, an evaluation specialist, or some combination of the two? A content specialist has demonstratable expertise in the field of study being evaluated, but not training in evaluation methods; the evaluation specialist has expertise in evaluation methods but may know little about the…

Cognitive science has recently emerged as a new interdisciplinary field incorporating parts of psychology, computer science, philosophy, neuroscience, and linguistics. Its goal is to bring the theoretical and methodological resources of the contributing disciplines to bear on an integrated investigation of thought, meaning, language, perception,…

A description is given of the Classroom Management Decision Point Series, a training tool that provides an opportunity for teachers to practice making decisions concerning incidents in elementary and secondary classrooms. This tool may be used in workshop groups or placed in a media center for students to complete the decision making response…