The Parent Behavior Progression (PBP) was completed regularly over a two-year period by staff of a home based, relationship focused intervention program for handicapped and high risk infants. PBP ratings and trends in ratings for individual families were related to reliable, independent observations on an established measure of the home…

Court decisions tend both to recognize parents' rights to educate their children at home or in some other setting, and to reinforce the right of the state to regulate, at least in part, the nature and quality of the nonpublic instruction. (Author/MLF)

The article describes the University of Washington's Parent/Child Learning Clinic, a parent based remediation program for children with learning disabilities. (DLS)

Examines the use of audiotapes by external students, and indicates that students having a natural preference for obtaining information by listening feel that tapes are effective both as sources of information and in stimulating their work and morale. Students preferring written information also indicated that tapes fulfill a valuable role.…

Other nations' experience shows that reception programs and home language programs for immigrant children can become academic dead ends if not integrated with the school's overall program. The same is true of U.S. transitional bilingual education programs. Hard work, sensitivity, and commitment to newcomers' full participation are more important…

Talking World is a speech and phonological-awareness training project for 3- to 5-year-old disadvantaged children. Participating children gained preparation for a structured school setting, but lack of consistent attendance made continuity of lessons difficult. (SK)

This handbook was written to help implementation of Delaware Public Law 100-297, Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Program Reauthorized. It provides a step-by-step guide for fulfilling the six goals for parental involvement: (1) to inform parents of participating children of the reasons for participation in such programs, and the…

Research entered into the ERIC system in the 1980s strongly endorses supplementary home instruction as a way for parents to improve their children's chances of success in school. At children's earliest ages, parents seem most successful when provided with information on child development and activities useful at certain stages of children's…

This manual aims to help both teachers and family members maintain a coordinated program of educational principles and techniques to teach self-help skills to young Down Syndrome children both at school and at home. Section I focuses on general teaching techniques and strategies that can be used to teach many different skills, such as task…

The mother of a gifted leukemic boy who died before his 16th birthday, tells of her learning about special educational needs of the gifted as she guided her son's education at home. (MC)

This guide contains procedures that were devised for use by parents of primary and intermediate grade children who were several years behind in their reading. Topics discussed in the guide's eight chapters are: how to arrange a time and place for reading at home, how to select suitable books for the child to learn from, how to help the child be an…

The author predicts major innovations in the future of the handicapped person in his community. Future trends are reported for the following eight areas: research and prevention efforts on decreasing the incidence of the more severe handicapping conditions, impact of the ideology of normalization, parents of the retarded, self advocacy for…

Reported is a survey of types of handicaps served by special programs for physically handicapped, homebound, and hospitalized children in Florida. The information represents 215 full time and hourly teachers. Types of handicaps served are listed, ranked, and number of cases given. Cerebral palsy is reported to be the most common type of handicap…

The report is a ten-part study of prospects for cable television (CATV) in the 13 communities that make up metropolitan Dayton, Ohio. The first three parts deal with the technology and economics of CATV. The next five deal with services that could be provided via CATV. Part seven describes how CATV could be useful for elementary and secondary…

This home study material, developed for use by candidates for naturalization who speak English but who have little or no skill in reading, is designed so that the individual unable to attend classes may learn to read and write by having a limited amount of help provided by some member of his family or neighbor. (A companion pamphlet, ED 054 913,…