Little research has examined the relationships between parents' perceptions of their adolescent children, the adolescents' self-perceptions and the congruence of those perceptions to adolescent behavior problems. Two parent families (N=64) with an adolescent member completed a Behavior Adjustment Scale. Based on these scores 42 families were…

This paper describes the operations of a community-based, racially-mixed, day-long, day care center, its social environment and the staff's response to one very young, disruptive black boy. Data for the study were collected over a 3-year period of participant observation among approximately 25 children ranging in age from 2 through 5 from low…

This guide presents a program for group counseling with foster parents who have had preservice training and an orientation to agency procedures. The program consists of six group sessions, each with its own objectives, thematic content, and methods. Counseling methods include group discussion, guided fantasy, and role playing. Thematically, the…

The purpose of this study was to identify the educational needs and concerns of Pilipino/Pilipino-American students so that recommendations for a more effective education for these students could be made. Students from one Los Angeles, California junior high school were chosen as the target population. Information was gathered from the students…

The diagnostic labeling of exceptional children was investigated in two experiments. In the first experiment videotapes of simulated parent/diagnostician label and no-label sessions were viewed by different groups of college students who then reported their perceptions of the child on a questionnaire. Results indicated that label subjects felt…

The relationship between delinquency and school climate is defined as the aggregate-belief-value characteristics of the people who make up the school. This relationship was investigated to determine if an aggregate measure of student attitudes about school, as measured bu the Quality of School Life Scale (QSL), can be used as a measure of the…

A peer tutoring program was implemented in a nongraded innercity school in an effort to decrease discipline problems--specifically fighting--and to increase the reading comprehension of both tutors and tutees. The target group consisted of 25 intermediate and junior high school students who tutored 25 intermediate and primary school students. The…

An art therapist addresses the issue of art therapy within the public school system. She describes her involvement within a cooperative special education program in which she provides direct individual and group therapy as well as consultation to regular class teachers. She reviews methods, materials, and approaches she has used in working with…

INVESTIGATED HERE WERE THE UNDERLYING DIMENSIONS OF DISCRETE, OVERT PROBLEM BEHAVIORS REPORTED BY TEACHERS, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THOSE DIMENSIONS OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR ARE RELATED TO OTHER INDICES OF ADAPTATION TO SCHOOL AMONG ANGLO, NEGRO, AND MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN. SELF-REPORT, TEACHER AND PEER NOMINATIONS, AND OBJECTIVE TEST DATA WERE…

A study was conducted (1) to determine whether or not length of school experience affects teachers' ability to deal with difficult classroom situations in ways which are constructive rather than punitive and (2) to analyze the effects of an experimental course designed to help them translate psychological principles into appropriate response…

This report provides the status of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's activities on behalf of runaway youth and their families as of March 31, 1976. The report is divided into four major sections including background information, discussion of projects supported by the various offices and agencies of the Department, preliminary…

A variety of causes have been suggested for hyperactivity: anoxia and other adverse birth conditions, genetic factors, delayed maturation, maternal smoking and drinking during pregnancy, interaction of temperament and environment, lead poisoning, radiation stress, allergy and food additives, and deprivation of required stimulation. Treatments…

The 12 journal articles and documents annotated in this bibliography cover different aspects of classroom discipline and management. The sources cover topics such as the use of behavioral extinction and contingency management in classroom discipline, the student teacher relationship, discipline in big city schools, faculty training to improve…

How does a psychotic mother affect the emotional development of her child? Studies have found that mental illness in the family and intra-family conflict are important concomitants of neurosis, but most studies have failed to link the child's experiences with a mentally ill mother clearly with later development of a similar mental illness. Our own…

The program of this pilot project, run from July 7 to August 15, 1968, included the following: testing participant children before and after the project, in both their native language and English; classifying each child into groups for remedial speech and English as a second language; testing of existing materials available from sources…