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Peer reviewedCassidy, Jack; Vukelich, Carol – Reading Teacher, 1978
Describes a parent workshop designed to teach parents how to teach survival reading skills by using menus, signs, and cereal boxes. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Functional Reading, Parent Participation, Parent Workshops
Blum, Hinda; And Others – 1982
The guidebook is intended to serve as a model for educators interested in facilitating workshops for parents of highly gifted children. An out growth of a federal project to identify, work with, and develop support and suggestions for highly gifted children, their teachers, and their parents, the guidebook begins with a discussion of its…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role
Peer reviewedWilhelms, Fred T. – Educational Leadership, 1979
Describes the use of television as a tool to start parents and kids talking to each other about sensitive, serious issues. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Workshops, Program Descriptions
Download full textSorrells, Susan; And Others – 1983
The guide presents a model for helping parents of handicapped children and professionals work together. The Project Bridge model calls for parents and professionals to act as a team in delivering a workshop for other parents and educators. Aspects of planning the workshop, including choice of location, publicity, and cost questions are reviewed.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Perez, Mary Ann – 1985
The goal of this practicum was to continue parent classroom participation from Head Start to kindergarten. Questionnaire data indicated that, while 27 percent of parents volunteer regularly in Head Start, only 8 percent volunteer regularly in kindergarten. To increase parent participation in kindergarten, Head Start parents and kindergarten…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Kindergarten, Motivation, Parent Participation
Duquette, Donna Marie; Boo, Katherine – 1986
This guide was written to complement the publication "Helping Youth Decide," a manual designed to help parents develop effective parent-child communication and help their children make responsible decisions during the adolescent years. The workshop guide is intended to assist people who work with families to provide additional information and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedArnold, Lois B.; Birne, Adriana M. – Science Teacher, 1995
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Workshops
Audiovisual Instruction, 1979
Presents a teacher's guide to the study of the television program, "Sooner or Later," which is a drama dealing with concerns of love and interpersonal relationships among adolescents. Related multimedia instructional materials available for parent participation in television workshops are described. (CMV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Commercial Television, Educational Television, Instructional Materials
Mendoza, Jeanne; And Others – 1983
The program is intended to increase skills in parents of young handicapped children. The coordinator's guide traces the background and development of the parent involvement materials, presents suggestions for workshop planning and actual implementation, and discusses training approaches for developing small group facilitation skills. The companion…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Family Relationship, Infants
Duwa, Susan M.; Luppino, Lori L. – 1984
Developed by the Florida Parent to Parent Support Program, two manuals provide materials for developing local parent-to-parent support groups for parents of children with a broad range of special needs, including those with sensory, physical, or learning disorders; developmental disabilities; emotional disturbances; and those at high risk for or…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Education, Parent Participation
Turnbull, Ann P.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1978
In light of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142), the article explores some training alternatives for both parents and professionals who are involved in the process of developing individualized education programs for handicapped children. (DLS)
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Handicapped Children, Individualized Programs, Parent Education
Peer reviewedFarmer, Marjorie N.; And Others – English Education, 1979
Suggests ways to enlist parents' support of language arts instruction, to provide parents with materials to develop their children's language skills, and to offer workshops for parents. (DD)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Language Arts
Howlett, Hoyt S. – 1983
A description of the Parent University program of the San Rafael (California) City Schools is presented. The Parent University is described as a 1-day event in which parents are offered a variety of seminars and workshops on topics in education and parenting. Materials included in this document are: (1) an overview of the second annual Parent…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Parent Education
Cooper, Harris M.; Gersten, Russell M. – 2002
This document was developed to assist parents, caregivers, and teachers in understanding the importance of homework and the role that parental involvement plays in assigning homework. The document is a teacher's guide containing talking points to be used in a presentation to parents, and includes transparencies. The presentation begins with a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Leaders Guides, Multimedia Materials
Peer reviewedSpiegel-McGill, Phyllis; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1990
This case study describes a model for transition from early intervention programs to special education preschool programs. The model focuses on educating and empowering parents to become long-term, independent, informed advocates for their children, via a program involving workshops and individual family transition assistance provided by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Advocacy, Disabilities, Early Intervention
