Describes techniques for minimizing resistance of preschool children in situations where compliance is necessary. Suggestions include being flexible when making transitions, giving verbal alerts about transitions, offering choices, giving children time to comply, acting positively, and using time out. (Author/RH)

Describes the design, implementation, and impact of the Mobile Training for Directors of Day Care Centers (MTDDC) Program, a program that was created to provide directors with information to improve their administrative and organizational skills. (Author/RH)

Analyzes the current state of early childhood education in terms of sociological criteria for a profession in order to point out differences between professions and early childhood education and to identify changes needed to upgrade the status of primary and preprimary education. (Author/RH)

Suggests guidelines for art activities that are based on four major developmental characteristics of toddlers: the acquisition of new motor skills, the development of psychological autonomy, the broadening of social relations, and the achievement of symbolic communication. (Author/RH)

Reviews recent research on mother-infant communication that takes into account both the infant's and parent's influences in interactions. Topics discussed include varieties of infant communications, cross-cultural research, the beginnings of communication patterns, assessment of communication effectiveness, and sequelae of differing mother-infant…

Discusses problems associated with the use of nuclear power as a source of energy. Sources of exposure to radiation, the effects of exposure to radiation on children's health, and safe alternatives to nuclear power that can be taught to children are among the topics addressed. (Author/RH)

Briefly reviews the literature on gifted education for young children, offers specific methods, and recommends guidelines for working with gifted children in the regular preschool setting. A sample social studies unit on animals and a sample science unit are included in the text. (Author/RH)

Describes a play observation system and offers guidelines for using a recently developed play observation inventory. Two basic sociodramatic play training procedures are described which teachers can use to enhance the quality of children's play. (Author/RH)

Reports an interview with two teachers who provide instruction in sign language to 3- to 6-year-old children attending the Otter Creek School in Vermont. Children at the school use sign language while singing and to converse at snack times. (Author/RH)

Briefly discusses issues related to the safety of infant seats in automobiles and the responsibility of television producers to present images that demonstrate the safe conveyance of children. (Author/RH)

Describes the National Day Care Home Study (NDCHS), a study of sponsored, regulated, and unregulated family day care homes in Philadelphia, San Antonio, and Los Angeles. Results of the study are discussed. (Author/RH)

Reports contents of the Children's Defense Fund's analysis of the effects on families of the Reagan administration's fiscal 1983 budget. (Author/RH)

Discusses the relationship between child development and early childhood education. Focuses specifically on the issue of socialization and current research on mediated learning experience. (Author/CM)

Reviews the Child Development Associate (CDA) program for training child care professionals, and suggests changes for both its immediate and long-range future. (Author/CM)

Describes various aspects of young children's playful use of language. The kind and characteristics, functions, and teaching implications of language play are discussed. (Author/CM)