The first of two indexes of educational research and development projects in the United Kingdom is arranged alphabetically by institution conducting the work. Each entry gives the name of the project, the financing organization, the name of the project director, and notes on the status of the project (completed, feasibility study, or in progress).…

THIS PROJECT WAS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL PROGRAM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. A SECOND OBJECTIVE WAS TO TRANSLATE THE THEORETICAL RATIONALE INTO AN OPERATIONAL PROGRAM INVOLVING THE COLLABORATION OF A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL CENTERS INTO A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND…

The seven Barber Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children allow parents to rate their child's developmental level for seven components of self-image. This article addresses the question of variability of individual children across all seven components of self-regard. Complete sets of rated scales for 42 children are displayed. The 42 profiles…

This paper discusses the ethical and practical issues involved in the development and implementation of a preschool screening battery. A screening program is described and the resulting data presented in an attempt to illustrate the investment in time, money, and energy required. The ethical questions that arise because of the lack of…

The 17-month (1967-1968) study summarized in this report concerned experimental analysis of the verbal behavior of disadvantaged preschool children (an interracial group of 28, ranging in age from 30 months to 42 months). Research was conducted in the verbal behavior laboratory at the University of Rochester and in a remodeled private home in a…

A product of a May 1976 conference on Head Start's collaboration with other agencies, the guide presents information on providing services to preschool handicapped children and their families. The first section discusses the development of the Kentucky State Advisory Council to Head Start's Program for Exceptional Children. Reviewed in the second…

In a study of the effects of an anticipated reward on the interaction between rewarder and rewardee, the hypothesis was advanced that the offer of a reward heightens a child's sense of outerdirectedness and dependency upon the rewarding adult. Twenty-nine preschoolers who had demonstrated some intrinsic interest in puzzles were asked to assemble a…

This study attempts to demonstrate factors governing reciprocity of helping behavior in nursery school children. A time sampling method with a pre-set 10 category system was used to record the psychological and task helping behavior of 19 preschool children (mean age 5 1/2 years) over a 2-month period. Each child also completed a sociometric…

The Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI) measures the development of preschool-age children, using an inventory format to obtain mothers' observations. To demonstrate the validity of MCDI results, the authors compared them to the results of psychological evaluations, including data on intellectual functioning, fine motor skills, and…

The relation of imaginative play to psycholinguistic development was investigated in a sample of disadvantaged preschool children. The children were assigned to high and low play groups based on their level of play organization. The high play group engaged in more task-relevant speech during play than did the low play group. (Author)

The article discusses the effect of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142) on the education of preschool handicapped children. (DLS)

The article discusses programs for special needs preschoolers in the public schools, in the context of issues common to all young children. (Author)

Presents a critical appraisal of the American Federation of Teachers manual for the installation of day care in the public schools. Maintains that the difficulties of retraining elementary teachers for preschool programs, a crucial part of the AFT's proposals, are much greater than the AFT envisions. Also considers the variety of services…