Describes the New York State Preventive Services Demonstration Project, designed to prevent the need for foster care by providing counseling and other services to families. (SB)

Describes the operation of a parent support service provided by mental health staff and pediatricians who offer free telephone counseling, private consultations, parent education group meetings, and an early intervention program for parents concerned with their children's "negative" behavior. (RH)

Discusses the need for counseling and support services for unmarried mothers and troubled adolescents. (ST)

Reports on the progress to teach nutrition, homemaking skills, and child development to parents of the Associated Day Care Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (DS)

Describes a program to prevent infant abuse and neglect through the identification of infants at risk. (SB)

A midtown New York City cooperative project which is providing a wide range of on-site and referral services to families in crisis is depicted. The program, located in the emergency relocation hotel provides a day care center, psychiatric and social services, a pediatric clinic, recreational programs, and parent discussion groups. (CS)

Parent involvement in residential treatment programs can reduce the length of institutional care and guarantee longer lasting treatment results. Parents who accept a sharing role in treatment learn to cope with and accept family problems and improve their relationships with their children. (CS)

In a New York center, the parents of children undergoing psychiatric counseling must attend three orientation meetings; specific examples of resulting attitude changes are given. (SP)

Describes a highly structured mental health clinic program designed to teach parents methods of childrearing derived from social learning theory. The program focused on principles of child development and behavior appropriate to specific problems, and enabled parents to engage in several behavior change projects with their children. (BR)

A pediatrician who has had extensive experience examining and treating adopted children offers a number of suggestions for helping parents understand the medical aspects of the adoption process. (CS)

Discusses pregnancy from four perspectives: as a normative crisis period; as a developmental process including both the pregnant woman and the expectant father; as an experience affecting marital relationships, including the presence of family violence; and as a context for prevention and intervention. (RH)

Provides a description and results of an evaluation of one telephone consultation service for parents, New York University's "Warmline," which provides information/suggestions tailored to parents' childrearing concerns. Parents' satisfaction with Warmline is reflected by the finding that 96 percent of those surveyed said they would call…

Purpose of the Foster Parents Association is to develop effective communication and teamwork between foster parents and agency staff. (DS)

A social worker at the Seizure Unit, Children's Hospital, Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, explains how the unit helps parents understand epilepsy. (DS)

Reprinted from Closer Look,'' a newsletter of the U.S. Office of Education's Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. (DS)