Proceedings of the Conference on Ecological and Cultural Factors Related to Emotional Disturbances in Puerto Rican Children and Youth, Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, December 8-10, 1971.

The Conference on Ecological and Cultural Factors Related to Emotional Disturbance in Puerto Rican Children and Youth was the primary attempt to bring together a group of behavioral scientists, medical doctors, and educators, so that the scientific findings of the former--behavioral and medical scientists--may be used by the latter--educators--in the designing and implementation of a curriculum plan for the education of emotionally disturbed children in Puerto Rico. All participants at the Conference were Puerto Ricans actually engaged in dealing with emotionally disturbed children in Puerto Rico. Contents include the following papers: "Introduction," Roberto E. Moran; "Machismo versus Momism in Puerto Rico," Efrain Sanchez Hidalgo; "The Puerto Rican Child with Emotional Disturbances," Nectar R. de Torregrosa; "The Emotionally Disturbed Child in the Classroom," Alba N. Lebron de Ayala; "Experiences with Emotionally Disturbed Children at the Day Care Center, Psychiatric Hospital, Puerto Rican School of Medicine," Cira V. Romera de Uriarte; "The Puerto Rican Family: Psychological Approach," Antonio Martinez-Monfort; "Social Structure and Child Development," Raul A. Munoz; "The Impact of the Family on the Child's Emotional Development," Estelia Munoz de Lopez de Victoria; "The Puerto Rican Community: Sociological Approach," Juan J. Maunez; "The Impact of Some Factors of the Puerto Rican Community on the Development of Our Children," Guillermo Santiago; and, "Summary of Group Reports," Aida S. Candelas. (Author/JM)