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Catterall, Calvin D. – Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 1982
The process by which the International School Psychology Committee (ISP) formulated its Declaration of the Psychological Rights of the Child is described. ISP issued a tentative declaration and solicited comment world wide to help draw up a final declaration (included in the text), define variables, and work toward implementation. (Author/PP)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Childhood Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Dignity
Hart, Stuart N. – Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 1982
An historical perspective on the development of interest in children's psychological rights is presented. Changing concepts of childhood, children's rights movements, and declarations of children's rights, as proposed by the United Nations, the 1970 White House Conference on Children, and the International School Psychology Committee, are…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Role, Childhood Needs, Civil Rights
Menolascino, Frank J.; McGee, John J. – Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 1982
The psychological rights of children with disabilities are discussed in this article. The emergence of a worldwide movement for full citizenship for the disabled is traced, and the physical and social integration of disabled citizens into the mainstream of family and community life is described. (PP)
Descriptors: Children, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
McGee, John J.; Menolascino, Frank J. – Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 1981
The first element in defining the life goals of mentally retarded persons is the establishment of nurturing environments. These environments consist of an array of community-based residential, educational, and vocational alternatives. The disabled person should receive full recognition as a developmental being. (JN)
Descriptors: Aspiration, Human Dignity, Humanization, Mainstreaming