To assess relations between behaviors in a particular circumscribed caretaker-child interaction setting and child behavioral dispositions assessed by more extensive observation, caretaker-child interaction data was collected for 40 children across several days in a nursery school free-play setting. These data were related to child behavioral…

A review of the literature dealing with the effects of stimulative intervention on premature infants. (BRT)

After viewing "Sesame Street" inserts containing non-white children, white preschool children showed a strong preference for playing with nonwhites as opposed to whites. This attitude sharply contrasted with control group preferences. (BRT)

The paper focuses on two research instruments, the Kohn Social Competence Scale and the Kohn Symptom Checklist, designed to assess the behavior of children in a preschool setting as well as on two factor-analytically derived dimensions of social-emotional functioning which the instruments measure. (SBH)

Fifty states and the District of Columbia were contacted by questionnaire to survey preschool handicapped children teacher certification guidelines. (IM)

This article reports on experiences in the bilingual education, psychologically and pedagogically planned, of a child who died of brain cancer at age 5. Conclusions are drawn regarding order and method of language learning. (CHK)

The relation of amount of adult-directed activity to children's social, play, and task behaviors was examined for 141 children in 13 Head Start classes. (JMB)

The use of multidomain instruments for screening or diagnostic purposes with handicapped infants and preschoolers is reviewed. Purposes of assessment and criteria for instrument utility are presented. Five multidomain screening tools and three multidomain diagnostic instruments are reviewed with respect to their validity, reliability, and utility.…

A Louisiana school district, required to provide public preschool services to academically-gifted three- to five-year-olds, developed an effective and cost-efficient screening and identification procedure using a parent questionnaire, a preschool teacher questionnaire, and a standardized test instrument. (Author/CB)

To investigate affective and dispositional factors in the motivation of children's helping, 60 children ranging from preschool to sixth grade were observed in laboratory distress incidents. Results indicated that helping tended to be positively correlated with positive affect and negatively correlated with negative and neutral affect. (Author/RH)

It is shown how typical analyses of strategic behavior focus on the "problem of remembering" based on the experimenter's conceptualization of optimum task performance. A new definition of a strategy is suggested in which strategies are seen as attempts to solve the "problem of remembering" as understood by the person. (Author/LMO)

The impact of pretesting was studied in a prevention program for improving parenting skills of low income families with preschool children. Sixty-five families were assigned to four variations of pretests, posttests, and six month follow-up. Results showed that attrition was three times higher among subjects not pretested. (JAZ)

Phonological skills of 20 mentally retarded preschool children were compared with those of 10 communication handicapped, nonretarded children and 10 normally speaking nonretarded children. Retarded and communication handicapped children used a significantly greater total number of phonological processes more frequently, but all groups used the…