Enhancing Social Competence in Young Students: School-Based Approaches

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Hundert (psychiatry, McMaster University) combines theoretical and practical perspectives on developing a comprehensive service system of competence-enhancing interventions in the public schools to avert maladjustment in young children. He discusses developmental issues affecting childhood maladjustment, describes preschool, kindergarten, and other intervention programs, and considers assessment and implementation factors such as the effect of classroom setting variables and judging students' social competence. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)