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Group Endeavor in Nursery School Can Be Valuable Learning.
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Cartwright, Sally – Young Children, 1987
Presents anecdotes from nursery school daily records which illustrate significant learning experience through cooperative work and play. Suggests that children process and learn information by playing with that information. (NH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cooperation, Group Activities
Beyond Benevolence--The Mental Health Role of the Preschool Teacher
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Stein, Myron; And Others – Young Children, 1975
Urges the preschool teacher to assume the role of mental health counselor by working closely with parents. Suggests ways to deal with normal childrearing situations and with crises involving death, illness or surgery, and separation or divorce. Briefly discusses the nursery school's handling of children with psychological problems. (BRT)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Death, Hospitalized Children, Mental Health
Ethics Commission Member's Comment.
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Riley, Sue Spayth – Young Children, 1988
Presents a National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Ethics Commission member's comments and suggestions about how early childhood educators can best make sound decisions about the ethical dilemma of the welfare of the child and the confidentiality of its divorced parents. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Confidentiality
Ethics Case Studies: The Working Mother.
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Feeney, Stephanie; And Others – Young Children, 1987
Summarizes results of a survey on an ethical dilemma about whether a teacher should meet the needs of a working mother or those of her four-year-old son in terms of naptime. Educator Lilian Katz and philosopher Kenneth Kipnis comment on the dilemma. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childhood Needs, Conflict of Interest, Early Childhood Education
How Do I Help Jacob?
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Heitz, True – Young Children, 1989
Presents one teacher's experience with a student with minimal cerebral palsy in an open classroom from kindergarten to the third grade. Addresses questions that arose concerning ways to help a child with special needs in the classroom. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Classroom Environment, Kindergarten Children
Summary of Reader Responses.
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Feeney, Stephanie – Young Children, 1988
Presents a summary of readers' responses to a survey on recurring ethical dilemmas in early childhood education: the dilemma concerns divorced parents and what early childhood educators can do that is most beneficial to the child when the noncustodial parent (mother) requests confidential information about the child and its father. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Confidentiality
New Frontiers in Family Day Care: Integrating Children with ADHD.
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Baker, Amy C. – Young Children, 1993
Discusses how one preschool boy with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) learned to compensate for his disability and to change his behavior after being integrated into a family day care setting which facilitated parent-provider teamwork. (BB)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies
New Beginnings: Transitions for Difficult Children.
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Daniel, Jerlean – Young Children, 1995
Focuses on the transition of problem children from one child care center to another, when administrators determine that a program can no longer serve that child's needs. Describes four different cases to illustrate the range of behaviors associated with difficult children. Proposes strategies to accomplish successful transitions for these children…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes