This article is a 20-year evaluation of the Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP) of Child and Family Services in Western Manitoba. Following Levenstein's (1979, 1988) approach, home visitors model parent-child interchanges using books and toys to enhance children's cognitive development through appropriate parenting behaviors. The evaluation provides…

Argues that a group home program to divert predelinquent youths from the juvenile criminal system requires a structured therapeutic setting, stress on solving family problems and community acceptance of the group homes. (MS)

Identifies components which are essential to developing and operating a treatment family care program. Describes a successful ongoing program, characteristics of treatment home parents, and two case studies. (JH)

Describes an Israeli experimental program in which homemakers are trained to assist in the care of retarded children remaining at home. (CM)

Use of the group home in combination with the services of larger institutions for disturbed adolescents has many treatment advantages if the home program is tailored to the specific needs of the youngsters served. (Author/CS)

Describes a home-based intervention program that provided time-intensive, supervised, paraprofessional services to a family in which parents and infant had serious disabilities. Programmatic needs and delivery of services to disabled parents and families are discussed. (NH)