Objective: To examine whether infant disorganized attachment predicts ADHD at school age. Method: A cohort of 53 children who had been identified as having significant levels of disorganized attachment in infancy is compared to a control group. Symptoms and signs of ADHD at age 7 are evaluated together with a range of relevant maternal variables.…

The purpose of this study was to construct a valid instrument that would accurately measure parental attitudes toward the motor development of young children. A Likert scaled attitude statement was developed with responses ranging from "very strongly agree" to "very strongly disagree." Parents were asked to reply to 20 statements on the subject. A…

Discusses a series of workshops run by The Early Childhood Resource Bank in London, Ontario, desgned to enable adults to live more joyously with children through an increased understanding of themselves, their children, social pressures, and lastly, through the development of real practical skills which in turn will make for freedom to develop…

Parents of 12- to 60-month-old handicapped (N=31) and nonhandicapped (N=33) children completed the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress. Responses revealed no significant differences between groups on overall levels of stress or for child's sex or relation to child. More stress was reported by single parents of handicapped and nonhandicapped…

Eighty Nigerian parents of deaf children were interviewed and given a questionnaire to determine how they perceived the way in which they were told of their children's hearing loss and counseled. Results are discussed in terms of initial concern and diagnosis, family reactions and education, professional support, and educational placement. (DB)

The article describes common parental reactions to involvement in an early intervention program. Issues discussed include the tendency to focus on the child's disability, involvement in decision making, communication with program staff, facing anger, and feelings associated with the child's transition to a new program. (JW)

The father of a profoundly hearing impaired 4-year-old describes his initial anger upon discovering his child's problem and ways in which he translated those feelings to action on his child's behalf. He describes a program of intensive speech therapy and parent training that has resulted in progress in speech. (CL)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of gender in young children's teasing and bullying behavior. Observations and interviews were conducted with children in K-3 public school classrooms in urban and suburban locales with racially, ethnically, and economically diverse student bodies. The observations documented the gender of…

Surveyed parents regarding satisfaction with early childhood services provided by either a child care center or an early education program in rural North Carolina. Found that the average level of satisfaction, based on a 5-point scale, was 4.64 for the child care group and 4.37 for the early education group. Satisfaction with care and education…

This article describes 21 parents' evaluation of a Web site intended to provide practical information about recommended practices such as activity-based or embedded instruction to families whose young children have disabilities or are at developmental risk. The parent group found the Web site, SPIES for Parents, to be helpful, useful, and…

Examined perspectives of Hong Kong parents, primary school teachers, and children regarding transition to primary schools either with an attached preschool or serving neighborhood preschools. Found that "settling in" difficulties were overcome after 1 or 2 months. Nearly all children preferred the primary school by the mid-October…

The study, with 47 mothers and their young children with handicaps, found that personal and family well-being, and to a lesser extent social support, were significantly related to child behavior characteristics, and that well-being and child behavior characteristics were significantly related to child progress. (Author/DB)

A parent of two young children who received cochlear implant surgery addresses common myths about this procedure including "deaf people don't support the use of cochlear implants,""if you choose cochlear implant surgery, you are choosing the hearing world,""hearing parents are not qualified to decide," and "the deaf child him/herself should…

Parents of 84 severely retarded children, ages 2-8, were interviewed over a 2-year period, and their thoughts and actions regarding out-of-home placement for their child were assessed. Results indicate linear trends in placement tendency. From initial consideration of placement, it may be one to two years until the act of placement is completed.…

Assessments of marital interaction during conflict resolution obtained when children were five-years-old predicted teachers' ratings of children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors when the children were eight-years-old. In particular, the "Mutually Hostile" marital interaction pattern correlated with later marital dissolution…