Four cases of Native American children are used to illustrate the importance of considering emotional needs. Only when these needs are satisfied can the children achieve academically. A plea is made to practitioners to return to the inner dimensions of thinking and feeling. (CB)

Describes a technique which teachers can use to help students adjust to the problems of growing from childhood to adulthood. The technique consists of a three-stage process of bibliotherapy: identification, catharsis, and insight. (Author/DB)

A technique that allows teachers to create their own reality in the classroom is described. It calls for teachers to define their own psychological boundaries within the classroom and to deliberately make positive choices in their interactions with students. (LB)

Successful supervisors share a characteristic of "authenticity," rather than a particular pattern of behavior. From a background of Gestalt psychology, four steps are offered to help supervisors become aware of their own needs and feelings and recognize the "shoulds" that prevent real contact with others. (MLF)

Psychological and physical segregation are not conditions intrinsic to the aging process--they are created and propagated by society's response to it. Eradication or reduction of older adults' role loss, collective stereotyped treatment, and physical separation require the awareness and application of gerontological concepts in public library…

Piaget noted that young children cannot think in a logical fashion, objectively, or about hypothetical situations. These limitations of preoperational thinking render the young child dependent upon or bound by perceptions. Overreliance upon perceptions results in children's inability to distinguish fantasy from reality. Young children's…

Terminally ill children need rules, limits, and reasonable goals to work toward. Parents and teachers should maintain routines for these children as much as possible. (CL)

Outlines indicators and causes of stress; provides a checklist of elements of stress in environmental, organizational, and interpersonal classifications; and suggests techniques for effectively coping with identified areas of concern, which can lead to a positive, growth-producing situation. (JD)

A dark side of modernization parallels the numerous and obvious positive social impacts. Current social, political, economic, and ecological plights have been viewed as manifestations of a broader cultural crisis caused by adherence to a "reductionist" approach to reality. Reality, indeed, can only be understood in terms of process and…

College counselors can increase the likelihood of school success for learning-disabled students by developing long-term therapeutic relationships in which they help students maneuver through the system, acknowledging their limitations and celebrating their triumphs. Proper motivation is crucial to success. (Author/CB)

Responds to Sackney by stating that the purpose of "alternant leadership" is to avoid a permanent top-down approach to education. Proposes that leaders be accountable to those who elect them. Claims that psychological damage will not occur if all persons involved view the position as a rotating one. Related articles are EA 519 582 and…

Responds to Knoop and Wagner by citing higher education as an organization that has used "alternant leadership" without system change. States that alternant leadership could result in a psychological dislocation for many individuals, and proposes a performance contract that is renewed annually. Related articles are EA 519 582 and 584.…

Psychology teachers have been encouraged to teach psychology both as a scientific enterprise and as applications to personal and social problems. Classroom problems that arise, e.g., Should a psychology teacher provide psychological counseling to a needy student? are discussed. (RM)

Discusses information garnered by the Center for Early Adolescence (North Carolina) from parent surveys, visits to programs, and conversations with youth workers, program directors, and young people concerning successful after-school programing for young adolescents. Adolescent needs (diversity, self-exploration, participation, physical activity)…

Codependency and its effect on the professional lives of directors of early childhood programs is described. Characteristics of codependent administrators, the need for confrontation of codependent behaviors, and suggested sources of help for codependency are discussed. (LB)