Presented are nine papers given at a New Zealand symposium on the prevention and treatment of delinquent/antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. Major theories such as the cultural deviance theory are noted in the introduction by D.R. Mitchell. J. E. Ritchie defines delinquency as law breaking, critiques delinquency research, and offers a…

This study of the adjustment and acculturation of Cuban refugees living in West New York, New Jersey investigates the hypotheses that: (1) The formation of a tightly knit community aids in the adjustment of first generation Cubans, although in the short run it may retard their acculturation, and (2) Adjustment and acculturation are easier for…

The purposes of the survey conducted of the special education classes in Scarborough, Ontario were to provide information describing academic achievement and personal and social adjustment of students in special classes, and to investigate parents' attitudes toward special class programs. Of the 789 students enrolled in 11 kinds of special…

A study was conducted during the 1964-65 school year to determine the kinds of social adaptation made by inner-city black children who were bused to two middle-class, predominantly white elementary schools and by white students new to the same schools. Two-way social adjustment ratings (from students and teachers) were obtained on about half of…

A correlational analysis was conducted between scores obtained on the Is of Identity Test (IOI) and the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons Scale (ATDP) by 105 graduate and undergraduate university students enrolled in an introductory special education course. The IOI is a 100 item scale designed to measure social adjustment, while the ATDP measures…

The annotated bibliography on Physically Handicapped--Social Emotional Adjustment/Personal Experiences contains approximately 85 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1960 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the…

It is shown that both moral judgment and interpersonal conceptions (two cognitive developmental domains) seem to be related to adequate social adjustment. Recent empirical studies have demonstrated success in raising children's level of reasoning in these areas. Direct applications of these recent findings to the mainstreaming problem are…

The article reviews the literature concerning the use of gestures as a part of the total system of communication, focusing on those gestural characteristics of the congenitally blind that distinguish them from sighted persons. (DLS)

Described is a perceptual motor therapy program which offers an interdisciplinary treatment and training approach to boys, ages 9 through 12 years, with perceptual-motor dysfunction and accompanying problems of academic difficulties and social and emotional adjustment. (SBH)

Laws committing dangerous sexual offenders indefinitely are legitimate only insofar as "dangerousness" can be predicted and treated. Yet most critical studies have concluded that not only has predictive accuracy not been demonstrated but also that such accuracy cannot be achieved. The authors argue that any conclusion at this time is premature.…

A synthesis of various theories of a new moral-ethical order arising out of the 1960's is presented. The ethics of the under-35 population is seen as one centering on: (1) ecological perspectives (people as part of a natural world) and (2) self-realization (education, work, and leisure for the purpose of developing selfhood). (MJB)

Attempted to develop comprehensive criteria to measure social adjustment of parolees who had participated in a work-training release program, using a small sample of women parolees. This program seemed rather successful in terms of return to prison, but data left a number of questions unanswered about measures of recidivism. (Author)

This study focuses on 31 juveniles charged with homicide or attempted homicide over an 18-month period in Alameda County, California, and the circumstances of their offenses. (Author)