This book provides a comprehensive clinical-developmental framework for understanding and treating behavior problems in early childhood. Examining the developmental tasks and transitions that young children face in cognitive, social, and family contexts, the book helps readers distinguish between typical, age-appropriate behaviors and those that…

This document discusses how in September 2001, 60 college presidents and 40 senior federal officials met in Ottawa, Canada to discuss different ways to improve Canada's educational system. The meeting was planned in order to strengthen Canada's ability to compete with other nations in the global market. The following are the three main goals of…

One finding is that the children in this study did not reach a level in the development of these concepts expected by Piaget of 9-year-olds. (Authors/CB)

Suggests that mandates to successful programs include knowledge of work world, and its broadly defined dimensions, social changes influencing workers, factors in career planning relationships between education and future plans, and acquisitions of more effective decision making skills. (Author/CJ)

Task performance experiments concerning properties of mathematical groups with 10 and 11 year-old children are discussed including transfer effects, effects of structural relations, individual differences, and memory (both short and long term). (JG)

The middle school originated out of an understanding for the need of a learning environment geared specifically to the needs of the early adolescent. The transition from concrete to formal operational thought and the affective and psychomotor developmental stages demonstrate the uniqueness of the early adolescent experience. (JN)

Discusses pregnancy from four perspectives: as a normative crisis period; as a developmental process including both the pregnant woman and the expectant father; as an experience affecting marital relationships, including the presence of family violence; and as a context for prevention and intervention. (RH)

Presents a model of intimacy developed by Marvin Rytting which can be used in working with adult clients and for self-understanding. The model looks at intimacy in expanded configurations of physical, mental and emotional modalities. The importance of sexuality gives the model its basic dichotomy. (Author/JAC)

Describes a workshop which addresses itself to the intersection of mid-life changes and faith development, designed for adults engaged in rethinking religious values and for religious leaders responsible for helping adults grow spiritually. (SK)

Two experiments examined the effects of blocking of word lists (grouped by semantic category membership or randomly ordered) on the dichotic listening performance of second-and fifth-grade children. (CM)

This article outlines some of the contributions of Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development in providing a developmental perspective on career behavior. A brief overview of Erikson's theory is presented and possible contributions of the theory towards enhancing understanding of career development are noted. (Author)

Compares the cognitive levels of groups of high school biology students, freshman physics students, and senior science students by testing them with two Piagetian tasks. Examines correlations between cognitive levels and other measures such as SAT scores. (MLH)

Used multiple baseline design with four 6-year-old Latino children to train in class inclusion through counting, feedback, and verbal reinforcers, and in English language skills (of benefit in their own right), over 5 months. Found that post-intervention gains in the two domains were significant and were stable over at least 4.5 months. (KB)

The paper notes A. Hore and W. Tryon's support of the developmental position that persons with and without mental retardation of similar mental age show similar cognitive patterns, but suggests that mental age is psychometrically invalid and Piagetian tasks are inappropriate to evaluate this position. An information processing approach is…