Discusses the special problems of adults who work with young children in preschools, day care centers, and other child care settings. Presents a model characterizing possible types of relationships between children and adults in these settings and discusses the programmatic implications of each type of relationship. (JMB)

This collection of four papers focuses on selected issues in early childhood education. The first paper "The Advisory Approach to Inservice Training" presents the highlights of a year's experience with the advisory (on-site consultant) approach to the inservice education of elementary school teachers. A major objective of this pilot study was to…