Nash et al. respond to Briere and Elliott's (this issue) comments regarding their study (this issue) on effects of controlling for family environment when studying sexual abuse sequelae. Cites limitations of Briere and Elliott's survey study database. Agrees with Briere and Elliott in call for longitudinal, multimethod designs for examining…

Critiques research by Rodgers, et al. (June 2000) on the impact of family size on intelligence, explaining that it applied very simple analytic techniques to a very complex question, leading to unwarranted conclusions about family size and intelligence. Loss of cases, omission of an important ability test, and failure to apply multivariate…

This article uses Maslo's (1943) need hierarchy as an ordering framework to identify key attributes of the concept of home. Home attributes are ranked according to relative contribution to meeting individual needs, thereby presenting residential service providers with a guide to developing genuine homes for people with disabilities. (Contains…

Two articles comprise this publication. In "Beyond the Story-Book Ending: Literature for Young Children About Parental Estrangement and Loss," Megan Matt analyzes over 30 books for young children on the topics of abandonment, estrangement, divorce, and foster care. She observes that this loss might appear as an event within the story or…

Application of the ecological model to children with behavioral problems focuses on the degree to which behavior matches the demands, expectations, or levels of tolerance of individuals in the environment. Such individuals as well as the child may need to change their behaviors. (DB)

This article argues that the promotion of cognitive development in children is a heavily value-laden enterprise and that educators need to understand this so they can value and nurture an appropriate diversity of competencies in children. Nine claims about values and cognitive development are considered. (MT)

Examines how the application of certain learning principles in the young child's home can foster successful learning in the schools. Demonstrates how these principles can be better implemented in the schools so that reading problems can be prevented or corrected. (FL)

Primary prevention, as applied to the children of psychotics, should be directed against the transmission of psychosis to the next generation of adults and toward the relief of psychopathology in the children. It should be remembered that genetic and environmental factors interact in the etiology of mental illness. (Author/CMG)

Describes a child's gradual discovery and awareness of the meaning of print and her beginning reading experiences. (HTH)

Identifies the destructive effects of a negative attitude towards the handling of warranted separations of children from their families, and affirms that separation remains a necessary and sometimes beneficial therapeutic option. (CM)

Describes the many and varied literacy projects in which the author and his family are involved. Discusses how, reaching far beyond print media, they xperiment with other forms of literacy that enrich each of them personally, socially, and politically. (RS)

Focuses on theoretical and practical difficulties in constructing and evaluating a measure of the home environment of a diversity of families. Describes limitations of theory to guide developmental indicator selection and ways to deal with these limitations. Discusses rationale for selecting criteria for judging test validity and use of cause…

An awareness of television's potentially harmful influence on young children's ways of thinking and behaving may lead parents to reconsider their acceptance of television as an inevitable part of their children's lives. Such an awareness may change their focus from what their children are watching to why and how much they are watching, and what…

Interbehavioral psychology represents an important innovation for clinical psychology in general, and for behavior modification in particular. Most theories of deviance acknowledge the role of a person's past history in the determination of behavior. Unfortunately, this history is often transformed into the supposed effects of current and…

The ecological approach to working with young children with behavior problems is described. A hypothetical case study is offered to demonstrate the shortcomings of nonecological approaches and the benefits of a broader outlook when intervening with children with behavior problems. (DB)