Children Today articles from November 1985

Children Today archives from November 1985

Separation and loss.
November 1, 1985... Separation and Loss Information for family members and child care providers, educators and professionals on children's emotional responses to separation from parents and ways to facilitate a child's transition from familiar to strange...

Nursery hazards.
November 1, 1985... Nursery Hazards Making parents and caretakers aware of potential hazards in the child's environment, and helping them prevent injuries to children resulting from misuse of nursery furniture and equipment or use of inferior nursery products...

New roles urged for professionals and parents of disabled children.
November 1, 1985... New Roles Urged for Professionals and Parents of Disabled Children "There is a certain animosity that is just there between parents and professionals that will always be there because you have these intervention programs, you can do this...

Films highlight sexual abuse, suicide.
November 1, 1985... Films Highlight Sexual Abuse, Suicide Topics ranging from teen sexual abuse and teen suicide to latchkey children and teaching young children how to cope with stress are highlighted in four films released by Walt Disney Educational Media...

Suicide risk factors.
November 1, 1985... Suicide Risk Factors A study of pre-teens in a psychiatric unit has associated suicidal behavior in childhood with several risk factors, including a family history of suicide and recent stressful events, such as parental divorce, illness...

Adoption, sexual abuse. (National American Indian Court Judges Association publications)
November 1, 1985... Adoption, Sexual Abuse As part of its Linkages project to disseminate information on topics considered vital to the welfare of American Indian Children, the National American Indian Court Judges Association has published two brochures,...

Housing and child maltreatment: is there a connection?
November 1, 1985... Housing and Child Maltreatment: Is There A Connection? Parke and Collmer's 1975 review of the child abuse literature posed the question, "Is there a relationship between type of housing and type of parental disciplinary tactics...

"Are sperm different colors?" (sexual education program for boys)
November 1, 1985... "Are Sperm Different Colors?' This question from a 10-year-old boy participating in a series of sexuality education programs at a local recreation center is humorous, perhaps, but ingenious, too, when you consider that people come in a...

Preschoolers benefit from interagency collaboration.
November 1, 1985... Preschoolers Benefit From Interagency Collaboration Weakley County, Tennessee might appear to be an unlikely spot for a pilot project on interagency collaboration and coordination to benefit preschool children and families. But the...

Facts about dyslexia.
November 1, 1985... Facts About Dyslexia Developmental dyslexia is a specific learning disability characterized by difficulty in learning to read. Some dyslexics also may have difficulty in learning to write, to spell and, sometimes, to speak or to work with...

What cherry tree? (lying in children)
November 1, 1985... WHAT CHERRY TREE? Guess what, Mom,' 5-year-old Johnny whoops as he bustles in from kindergarten. "Miss Fraser put two of my colorings up on the wall.' "Wow!' Mom says, and wow she means, the way he colors. The fact is, Miss...

Heart treasure chest.
November 1, 1985... Heart Treasure Chest Nearly half of all deaths nationally are caused by cardiovascular diseases. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), many of these deaths annually can be prevented through education.1 Moreover, research...

Theory and treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia: biomedical, sociocultural and psychological perspectives.
November 1, 1985... Theory and Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: Biomedical, Sociocultural and Psychological Perspectives Steven Wiley Emmett introduces this comprehensive work by suggesting that food is humankind's first and most widely abused...

The at-risk infant: psycho-socio-medical aspects.
November 1, 1985... The At-Risk Infant: Psycho/ Socio/Medical Aspects Everyone talks about the need for multidisciplinary and integrated approaches to understanding complex developmental problems, but attaining this is another matter. Editors Shaul Harel,...

Autistic children: a guide for parents and professionals. (2nd edition)
November 1, 1985... Autistic Children: A Guide for Parents and Professionals (2nd Edition) Autism is still an enigma. Despite wide interest in the subject, very little is known about its causes, its characteristics or its prevention and treatment....

Long-term foster care.
November 1, 1985... Long Term Foster Care This book reports on interesting, carefully conducted research which reviewed the cases of 200 children in long-term foster family care, a stratified sample of all such children in care in England. The children had...

Adoption: essays in policy, law and sociology.
November 1, 1985... Adoption: Essays in Social Policy, Law and Sociology This is an interesting and challenging collection of articles by authors from the United Kingdom and the United States on a variety of issues in adoption. The editor has divided the...