Investigates the belief that caregivers' sensitive and contingent behavior is closely related to children's perceived control by analyzing the interactions between mothers and their 3 1/2- to 4 1/2-year-old children during a problem-solving task. (HOD)

Provides a short synopsis of nine research projects developed by school staff members throughout the country. They were selected by the Advisory Committee on Higher Education Relationships to compete for the Outstanding Research Presentation Award. (MD)

Investigation of the perception and production of English voiceless fricatives in normally developing monolingual 3- to 5-year-olds (N=12) partially supported the hypothesis that certain sound substitutions by older children are perceptually based substitutions, typified by poor discrimination, while others are phonetic substitutions--phonemic…

A conference on bonding and attachment attended by professionals and foster and adoptive parents was followed by a questionnaire survey of participants which was designed to measure effectiveness. A follow-up survey was conducted six months later. Professionals and parents benefited from combined training sessions. (BB)

Points out that infant day care research is still in its infancy, criticizes Jay Belsky's infant day care position conceptually and methodologically, and considers alternative models of influence that may account for the putative association of day care and maladjustment. (SKC)

Seventeen visually impaired children, aged 7-11 years, were compared with sighted children on a test of facial recognition and a test of expression identification. The visually impaired children were less able to recognize faces successfully but showed no disadvantage in discerning facial expressions such as happiness, anger, surprise, or fear.…

Offers an organizational perspective designed to illuminate processes of symbolic development in both normal and abnormal populations. Focuses on the symbolic system of Down Syndrome children. Data support the claim that the symbolic system of these children is intact. (RWB)

Presented observational and descriptive data on the attachment and sensitivity between mothers and teachers and children with severe disabilities. Attachment data from mothers and teachers were obtained for four children with severe disabilities. (Author/RWB)

Nine women imprisoned for fatal child maltreatment were interviewed concerning their perceptions of interactions with their children, pregnancy and childbirth, mother-child separations and reunions, child development, rejection, children's behavior, and prior child abuse. Interpretation of their children as developmentally abnormal and…

Children's reactions to divorce are explored by examining the following types of variables: (1) outcome variables such as adjustment to home and school; (2) contextual variables such as socioeconomic status; and (3) psychosocial factors such as attitudes. Most children were found to be well adjusted, especially when they were still involved with…

Two issues in early childhood special education personnel development (personnel shortages and state certification policies) are examined via a literature review and a survey. Both competency and experiential based certification policies are studied. Recommendations are made for developing appropriate certification/competency requirements and…

The subspecialty of "developmental school psychology" has emerged to identify and treat special needs children of preschool age. This article examines the rationale, tentative definition, attributes and competencies, and role functions for the developing profession. Issues and trends in training and practice are also discussed.…

The article focuses on giftedness in preschool-age children, including: the importance of early identification of giftedness, identification methods, techniques for providing a nurturing environment in the home, needs of parents of gifted children, and school programs for serving the gifted. A bibliography of relevant books and periodicals is…

Provides a theoretical framework for thinking, from a developmental perspective, about the role of television as a "dominant activity" of American childhood. (PD)

Defends the authors' conclusions in this "Educational Leadership" issue that the High/Scope preschool program produced teenagers with half the delinquency rate of those experiencing teacher-directed instruction. Counters Russell Gersten and W. White's claims of research bias, defending the study's use of appropriate blind data…