Interviews with 75 teenagers and young adults were performed to investigate how young people with dyslexia experienced school in terms of well-being, educational achievement, self-esteem, peer relations and belief in their future. Results from earlier studies suggest that secondary emotional problems are common. The first six grades in school were…

The paper examines the uniqueness of gifted children and the problems facing them and their families as a result of the giftedness. Annotations from the literature are preceded by selected quotations from gifted children designed to reflect the research and expert opinions which follow. The first section considers the complex nature of giftedness…

This bibliography was compiled in response to information needs of persons directly involved with emotionally disturbed children from birth through kindergarten. Teachers, social workers, psychologists, administrators and parents are alerted to articles, books, and films published between 1960-1970. All materials located on preschool programs for…

Focusing on six case studies, this article discusses the effects of incestuous relationships, both outright and fantasized, on college women, and points out the role of psychotherapeutic treatment. (DS)

The article describes a program in which developmentally oriented mutual aid groups proved successful in promoting ego strength and growth in depressed adolescent girls in foster care. (Author/DLS)

Goals and procedures of 10 group counseling sessions are discussed, touching on aspects of children's feelings toward the parents and the separation/divorce. (Author/CL)

The article presents an instructional model for teaching frustration management without sacrificing traditional academic content. An illustration is offered of an adaptation of a language arts objective to promote acceptance of and coping with frustration. (CL)

Adolescents (n=161) who had unwanted sexual experiences with a single perpetrator were compared with 97 adolescents who had unwanted sexual experiences with more than one perpetrator. Results suggest that sexual revictimization by multiple perpetrators is not uncommon and that these children and adolescents have more difficulties with…

A teacher of middle-school students with learning disabilities summarizes interviews with two learning-disabled young men in which they remember the humiliation suffered because of their disability and the difference a knowledgeable and understanding teacher can make. (DB)

Results of this longitudinal study (7 years) suggested that the stress attributed to a specific child (including a child with an intellectual disability) by parents (N=93) may be an indicator of more general family stress. Although the strength of parental worry decreased, the pattern of worries did not change over time. (Contains references.)…

This article discusses the effects of the terrorist attacks on children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders. These children may be adversely affected in a number of ways including inattentiveness, increased restlessness, crying, sleeplessness, use of profanity, and even inappropriate laughter. Several suggestions are offered to…

One in five youth in the United States is a child of an immigrant and children of immigrants are the most rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population under age 18. Consequently, there is a great need to better understand the psychosocial impact of immigration on children's mental health and adjustment. It is striking, however, that research on…

This study examined the efficacy of Albert Ellis' Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) in fostering emotional adjustment among Nigerian adolescents. Fifty senior secondary school students were randomly selected and divided equally into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was treated with REBT twice a week for six weeks.…

Paper adapted from an address before the women's groups of the National Funeral Directors Association annual meeting on October 24, 1967, in Atlantic City, N.J.

This paper discusses a case study of therapeutic intervention with a 2-year-old boy. The child's major presenting symptom is intractable insomnia caused by nightmares, but his problems are linked to general patterns resulting from early paternal loss. The report analyzes the first 30 sessions of treatment. Discussion focuses on the unusual…