THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF 16 ESSAYS BY SPECIALISTS ON PROBLEMS WHICH MAY MAKE A CHILD DIFFICULT. EACH AUTHOR DISCUSSES ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS, CHARACTERISTICS, AND HOW DIFFICULTIES MAY BE REDUCED. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE CONSIDERED--(1) "THE CREATIVE CHILD" BY E.P. TORRANCE, (2) "THE INATTENTIVE CHILD" BY I.W. SCHERER, (3) "THE CHILD WITH LANGUAGE PROBLEMS" BY N.R. WILLEY, (4) "THE POOR WRITER" BY EMMA PLATTOR, (5) "THE POOR READER" BY D.L. BARNES (6) "THE SHOW LEARNER" BY B.M. BRADLEY, (7) "THE PRECOCIOUS CHILD" BY S.J. CHAVEZ, (8) "THE AGGRESSIVE CHILD" BY C. FELLEMAN AND A. SHUMSKY, (9) "CHILDREN WITH DIFFICULTIES IN MUSICAL GROWTH" BY D.W. JONES, (10) "THE SEVERELY EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILD" BY J.L. BLOOM, (11) "THE AMATHEMATICAL CHILD" BY R.M. GOFF, (12) "THE PAMPERED CHILD" BY K.V. LOTTICH, (13) "THE LAZY CHILD" BY M.R. KARPAS, (14) "THE JUVENILE DELINQUENT" BY M.R. KARPAS, (15) "POOR MEMORY" BY C.J. BAER, AND (16) "FAMILY COUNSELING AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS" BY R.N. LOWE AND L.L. LOVELL. EACH ARTICLE INCLUDES A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. THIS DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED BY THE PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY, INC., 15 EAST 40TH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016, AND IS AVAILABLE FOR $7.50. (DF)