This article is based on clinical experience and offers principles for "tailoring" differential intervention packages for treating girls in distress. Profiles of 10 types of girls are described and illustrated. Eight major features of intervention packages are discussed. Recommendations for matching intervention packages to the girls are…

Children appear at schoolhouse doors with many challenges that interfere with their ability to learn All too often, multiple psychological impediments to learning are concentrated in restricted segments of the population, thereby magnifying the risk experienced by the most vulnerable children. This article describes a community school initiative…

Explores current research on psychological reactions following induced and spontaneous abortions. Provides examples of studies wherein researchers have used a loss model to understand this experience. Explores possible reasons for the apparent inattention to grief reactions following this type of loss and offers an alternative approach to the loss…

A limited body of research on language deficits in children with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) exists. However, initial studies have found a direct relationship between language deficits and EBD. Reading, writing, and math deficits have been found to co-occur in children with EBD and language deficits. Additionally, antisocial behaviors…

Reviews literature concerning bibliotherapy and concludes that it can be of value to a child's overall emotional development and may help in breaking emotional barriers to learning. Discusses the role of the reading teacher in the bibliotherapeutic process. (FL)

Three major problems are discussed in relation to helping disturbed children: assessment practices, the nature of emotional disturbance, and the treatment of emotional problems. The need for objectively defining emotional problems and rationally designing programs to meet individual child needs is stressed. (Author)

Subintentional suicide is a classification that refers to ill-defined deaths and practices that lead toward death. Types of subintentional suicide among adolescents include drug abuse and risk taking when driving automobiles. (JN)

The critical analysis of 23 studies using respondent techniques for the reduction of excessive emotional reactions in school children focuses on research design, dependent variables, independent variables, component analysis, and demonstrations of generalization and maintenance. Results indicate widespread methodological flaws that limit the…

This paper reviews the research on loneliness as an emotional consequence of relationship difficulties in childhood and its particular relevance to children with language difficulties. Suggestions are made concerning intervention efforts to reduce loneliness for children with language problems. (Author/DB)

Examines self-reported distress levels for students seen at a university counseling center between 1986-1992 to determine if overall distress levels and the number of extremely distressed students had increased as suggested by much of the existing literature. Results indicate a small increase in the number of students with extreme distress, rather…

Study assesses what children experience when they are sexually abused and determines if these experiences correlate with emotional distress and findings identified during medical examinations for sexual abuse. Results reveal that more frequent abuse, more perpetrators, physical injury, and more severs sexual acts were variables significantly…

This article examines the impact of poverty on the quality of life in families of children with disabilities. A literature review found a variety of effects of poverty on the five dimensions of family, including health (e.g., hunger, limited health care access), productivity, physical environment, emotional well-being, and family interaction.…

Reports on an investigation of four prereferral intervention. Key findings include: teams frequently addressed behavior/ social-emotional issues; most interventions occurred outside classroom or school; and greater focus was on issues outside of school at the secondary level (e.g., community and drug problems). (Author/JDM)

This paper examines the thesis that family support is capable of influencing rehabilitation outcomes, and focuses on the functions of support in relationship to adaptation to chronic illness or disability and quality of independent living including work. The document reviews published empirical studies on family support in rehabilitation including…

This article reviews recent literature dealing with child sexual abuse and identifies the role health educators can play in combating this problem. (JD)