Argues that psychologists and personality theorists, who claim that values depend upon needs, have mistakenly reversed the order of dependence. Suggests needs do not determine values, but rather values determine needs. (RC)

Terminally ill children need rules, limits, and reasonable goals to work toward. Parents and teachers should maintain routines for these children as much as possible. (CL)

The residency is examined from the standpoint of adult developmental theory, and significant developmental tasks facing residents are described. Recommendations for management of common developmental conflicts occurring in residency are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Twenty-eight professionals working with the mentally retarded participated in a one-day seminar on "Social, Emotional and Sexual Needs of the Handicapped," and completed a questionnaire dealing with sexuality and mentally retarded persons. In general, the respondents expressed surprisingly liberal views before the seminar. When the questionnaire…

Reviewing the literature on mid-life, the author concludes that many changes occur during middle age, but a mid-life crisis is not universal or age specific. (SK)

Grade inflation, which distorts the measurement process and reduces student effort, is caused, in part, by teachers' concern for students' emotional needs. Communication of classroom expectations and grading procedures, frequent evaluation, and utilization of standardized testing data can help reduce grade inflation. (Author/WD)

Profiles of four learning disabled (LD) adults are presented and academic as well as counseling and emotional support intervention approaches are described. Problems for LD adults include cost of tutorial services and the inadequacy of career and vocational training services geared for them. (CL)

Outlines indicators and causes of stress; provides a checklist of elements of stress in environmental, organizational, and interpersonal classifications; and suggests techniques for effectively coping with identified areas of concern, which can lead to a positive, growth-producing situation. (JD)

Describes the development of a cooperative relationship between natural and boarding home parents of handicapped children. (RN)

Defines emotional abuse as a chronic attitude or act on the part of a parent or a caretaker that is detrimental to, or prevents the development of, a positive self-image in the child. Presents several illustrative cases. (RH)

A "people watching" tour through a school depicts mature, professional, responsible people doing immature, unprofessional, irresponsible things. When priorities of institutions and individuals do not mesh, a staff may become frustrated. Types of people and ways to serve their individual needs are examined in the context of building a…

Rehabilitation center clients completed life outlook and acceptance of disability measures. Low accepters reported same number and type of goals as did high accepters. Future research might contrast these groups on subjective probabilities that life goals can be attained, locus of control, and realism of goals. (Author)

The article describes some of the self-concept needs of gifted Black students and presents a model for helping Black secondary students develop positive self-concepts. (CL)

The authors answer questions from parents and teachers of gifted children. (CL)

Explores the possibility that well-being of older persons may be related to membership only in certain types of associations. Among 16 types of voluntary associations in one analysis and 17 types in another, membership in church-affiliated groups alone emerges as a significant, but weak predictor of life satisfaction. (Author)