Parental emotion socialization is crucial to children's development, yet emotion-focused parenting programs are scarce in non-Western contexts. In this study, we developed a four-week emotion-focused parenting program based on the principles of emotion coaching for Chinese families with preschool-aged children. This program integrated parent group…

Early Words with Childminders is a programme aiming to support the practice of childminders by providing them evidence-based activities and strategies that foster children's early language development, and confidence and skills to engage with parents. Piloted between September and December 2023, the programme provides practitioners with training…

Objective: This article describes an intervention development focusing on the early design stages of a model to improve psychosocial and behavioral health outcomes among children of fathers with incarceration and antisocial behavioral histories. Method: We use a synthesis of the literature and qualitative interviews with key informants to inform a…

Contextual factors have received increased attention in understanding the challenges and difficulties in translating career education and career guidance services from Western societies to non-Western societies, many of which are undertaking a shift from a socialist and collectivistic system to a more individualistic one. In this article, using…

Parenting programs have the potential to improve the health and well-being of parents and children. A challenge for providers is to recruit and retain parents in programs. Studies researching engagement with programs have largely focused on providers', policy makers', or researchers' reflections of their experience of parents'…

The article presents educators with guidelines for developing a structured program in which parents tutor their learning disabled children. (DLS)

An early education program for children under 5 worked on creating an environment in which fathers feel welcome and acknowledged as influences on child learning. Publicity and programs were designed to reflect gender differences in values and motivation. (SK)

Article considered reasons why projects are attempting to involve parents in child development. (Author/RK)

Article reviewed recent literature on parental attitudes and behavior related to the culture of poverty and education, and suggested ways that programs could be analyzed and developed so parents could be meaningfully involved in selecting and interacting with the educational program of their choice. (Author/RK)

Investigated effects of parent education/play group program on types of involvement fathers (N=30) had with their children and their perceived sense of competence in parenting skills. Found significant program effects on treatment group fathers' (N=15) responsibility, forms of involvement, and their perceived sense of competence in parenting…

Describes a program being carried out by the Faculte des Sciences Psycho-pedagogiques, Universite de l'Etat a Mons, in which controlled intervention is made to identify handicaps imposed by the social environment on education and to pinpoint the most efficient educational methods, focusing on how the project affects family-school cooperation.…

Condensed version of essay to appear in the Fall 1972 issue of Teachers College Record." Focuses on the case against preschool promoters as killjoys of learning. (DM)

The paper describes the Parent-Child Enrichment Program, a series of seven in-school training sessions for parents of severely multiply impaired children. Small, informal group formats are used to provide training in the following areas: sensory stimulation, modes of communication, exercises in the home, mealtime and fashion, and parents' needs…

Realizing the importance of parents in the educational process, several states have launched campaigns to involve parents with their children in home reading activities. Using these programs as examples, the Wentzville R-IV School District (Missouri) devised and initiated "Spring Into Reading," a plan for encouraging parental involvement in…

In an exploration of the challenges of creating a collaborative approach to parent involvement, the beliefs of 19 African American adolescent mothers about learning and literacy were determined through peer group discussions. Data revealed a continuum of perspectives and a great deal of intergroup variability, as well as some shared goals. (SLD)