Data indicate that for girls, affective dispositional factors (empathy, depressive affectivity, aggression, and self-concept) are intimately linked to cognitive development and academic achievement. (PCB)

A teacher of children with multiple disabilities reviews an adaptation of the "Conflict Cycle" designed to help children understand their conflicts through concrete manipulation of cards involving visual, auditory, and tactile modalities. (CL)

The ENCOUNTER program features a nine-week guidance program to help gifted adolescents through group guidance activities and special affective domain units incorporated into the curriculum. A sample weekly plan on self exploration and identity is outlined. (CL)

The training of counselors is skewed heavily to the development of inferential skills. This article suggests that counselor educators give more training attention to intuition and presents some preliminary guidelines for providing that training. (Author)

Three films recommended for class use are reviewed. Five other films are noted briefly. The films deal with affective issues such as handling rejection, being bullied, and being self-conscious. (MT)

This paper considers meanings used for the terms "affect,""emotion," and "mood" and suggests that feeling states should be defined in terms of duration, subjectivity/objectivity, the role of cognition, and the phenomenological level. A study of patients' facial expression and vocal acoustics is described to offer empirical support for the…

The effects of mental training on skill acquisition and performance is currently emphasized in the study of sport psychology and motor learning. This article provides the teacher and coach with general guidelines for understanding and incorporating negative thought stopping training into athletic programs. (MT)

Presented are several stress reduction techniques that can be learned by students so that they can take an active part in controlling their responses to stressors that they face. Helping children cope with stress will help them in learning situations and daily life. (RH)

Assists counselor educators, supervisors, and practicing counselors to determine conditions under which high technology alone, high touch alone (based on empathic interpersonal skills), or the purposeful combination of the two may be the preferred mode of treatment. Stresses the need for counselor education programs. (LLL)

A program designed to combine academic instruction with the emotions was implemented in a resource room for elementary learning and/or behavior problem children. Activities focused on the senses and included contributing to a class poem and writing individual poems about emotions. (CL)

A simulation is offered as an example of how it can improve dialogue, encourage valuing, and stimulate student participation in real world experiences. (Author/KM)

The paper addresses issues in the education of mildly handicapped black adolescents. Among ways recommended to meet the needs of this population are promoting affective education, developing a positive self concept, fostering the student's motivation, teaching social behavior through role playing and videotapes, developing students' ability to…

A unit plan for providing support to nondisabled siblings of disabled children features such activities as guest speakers, lectures, discussion groups, and role playing. The program helps siblings to understand the disabilities and develop positive feelings toward their disabled sibling. (CB)

Describes an emotional control card useful in enhancing the application of rational-emotive imagery in counseling. (Author/BL)