Parents on welfare as well as middle class parents took part in a training project designed to help them modify problem behaviors in their children. The guidelines developed in this project for group training and for the evaluation of outcome can be applied in various types of agencies. (Author)

Describes the benefits of group counseling for abusing parents. Suggests that groups structured to maximize peer support and reduce social isolation provide a context in which parents can make changes in cognition and behavior. (Author/JAC)

An historical perspective of social sources that undermine general parental abilities to manage their autistic child is presented and some possible solutions to general management obstacles are suggested. (Author/SB)

Documented are the difficulties found in the use of ignoring and/or time-out procedures by parents of children with behavior problems in the home setting. (Author/IM)

The data clearly indicate that interventions which focus on parents are more effective in improving children and school performance than is time limited psychotherapy. (Author)

A paradigm wherein a mother was reinforced for observing and modeling her child's therapist produced significant changes in a maladaptive parent-child interaction pattern. (Author)

Discusses the need of school psychologists to work with parents. Suggests that parents be viewed as consultees who seek assistance in dealing with their youngster. Hence, the primary function of the psychologist is to serve as a facilitator to the parents as they attempt to solve the child's learning problem. (Author/HMV)

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)

Catch Them Being Good is a behavior modification program that may be used by school counselors to teach parents skills that can help them deal with their child's behavioral problems. This article describes the sessions with parents. (Author)

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Examined the side effects of parent counseling on marital satisfaction of 27 mothers and their clinic-referred children. Results indicated parent counseling for child noncompliance has a positive effect on parental marital adjustment for those parents who had an initial low level of marital satisfaction. Implications are discussed. (Author/RC)

The mother of a 21-year-old mentally retarded boy, who also suffers from frequent petit mal seizures, describes the developmental and behavioral problems which led her to seek institutional placement. (LH)

Systematic observations of parent-child interaction collected in the homes of 25 families who participated in a parent-mediated social reprogramming treatment project for aggressive boys were used to assess changes in parent consequences for child behavior. (Author)

Described is the 12- to 18-month residential treatment program at the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital, a behaviorally oriented rehabilitation program for children who suffer from chronic bronchial asthma. (IM)