Studies gifted fifth and sixth grade students to determine whether their scores differ on measures of verbal productivity after placement in three different programs. No significant differences were reported. (HMV)

Describes an intensive mental health program in a public elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y. Discusses events and circumstances which hampered "the perfect set-up." (Author/HMV)

This paper deals with several of the commonly stated ethical issues in behavior modification: (1) the dichotomy between symptoms and underlying causes; (2) symptom substitution; (3 certain behavior modification techniques such as electric shock, physical restraint, and deprivation; (4) the counselor-client relationship; and (5) principles of…

This article examines the need for and feasibility of including children's feelings as school work, sets forth some expectations that arise from such work, and describes ongoing work with children at a public elementary school and the problems encountered. (Author)

In response to the increasing emphasis on career education, the author calls for programs to train "vocational school psychologists." The contributions of such psychologists to the school program would be in the areas of assessment and consultation. (RP)

The author discusses a program aimed at preventing mental illness in children. This program, Developing Understanding of Self and Others (DUSO), emphasizes learning through active participation on the part of the child, parent, and teacher. (RP)

The author discusses the interactive influence of training program, training institution, public schools, and community on training goals for school psychologists. (RP)

The authors present three questionnaires designed to get feedback on the effectiveness of a school psychologist in three related areas: written communication; verbal commmunication; and the way they are received by the students they serve. (RP)

This study attempts to determine whether several types of reading disabilities might be discernible in the Diagnostic Reading Profiles of Learning Disabled (LD) Pupils. A secondary purpose is to evaluate the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test in relation to the assessment of the reading difficulties of LD students. (Author)

This study assesses 78 emotionally disturbed children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and the revised edition of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) to demonstrate the relationship between the two tests and determine which revised ITPA subtest scores best predict the children's WISC Full Scale, Verbal and…

Investigates differences in the performance of Spanish-speaking children on alternate forms of the Oral Vocabulary Subtest of the Inter-American Test of General Abilities (Manuel, 1967) in Spanish and English that may be attributed to the factors of practice effect, language level, and chance errors of measurement. (Author)

This study attempts to determine the extent of agreement on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking scores among independent scorers with no training other than individual study of the scoring guides, and a scorer trained by Torrance. (Author)

This study was concerned with the prediction of academic achievement at the elementary level; measures of achievement, intelligence, sex, and social behavior were used as predictors. (Author)

The authors report on two studies showing that the Slosson Intelligence Test yields higher scores than the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test for both nursery school and third-grade children, indicating that care should be taken when the SIT is used for intellectual screening. (Author)

This study assesses the effects that tutoring has on the reading abilities of the tutors themselves. No positive effects were found. (RP)