The feasability of applying the simple techniques of clinical evaluation and/or pedigree analysis to diagnose genetic etiologies of deafness was investigated with 22 families having 26 students in a school for the deaf. (SW)

The authors present a model of parent-school involvement in furthering the educational development of gifted students. The disadvantages and advantages of three counseling approaches are pointed out--parent centered approach, school centered approach, and the partnership approach. (SBH)

Values clarification procedures have been used widely in recent years, but little use has been made of them with parents. This paper presents practical values clarification strategies for helping parents clarify values that could influence their childrearing practices. (Author)

The paper describes a project in a London (United Kingdom) community with many Bangladeshi families to provide regular support and counseling for families of children with severe developmental delays and intellectual or physical impairments. Twenty-four professional parent advisors including one Bangladeshi advisor have received special training…

Teachers of hearing impaired children should be aware of the impact of a hearing impaired child on the family. The family may progress through stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Added complications of guilt make the situation more involved. Teachers can be effective in dealing with parents if they remember to…

Determined the effects of parent counseling on the reading attitudes and reading comprehension of remedial readers. Concluded that parent counseling improves both reading comprehension and reading attitudes perhaps because the reduction of tension for parents and students allowed the students to take more risks as they read. (SRT)

The author presents several suggestions for the organization of self-help groups for parents of developmentally disabled children. Guidelines stress that parents are the most important advocates their children will ever have and that parents must often meet to share information among themselves. (SBH)

Based on the philosophy that parents need assistance in dealing with family changes and deteriorating family life, the Jordan Family Education Center (JFEC) was established in 1979 in Midvale, Utah to meet the mental health needs of families and children in the district. The center was committed to the philosophy that parents should be involved in…

Discussed are trends toward more counseling programs for parents of learning disabled or otherwise handicapped children. (DB)

The annotated bibliography examines parental involvement in special education. Citations are presented and information examined for eight topic areas: (1) legal rights, (2) theoretical models, (3) parental-school relations, (4) mainstreaming, (5) training, (6) counseling, (7) consumer perspectives, and (8) bibliographies. Entries include general…

A cooperative program between university faculty and school district personnel used the course Counseling Parents of Exceptional Children as the vehicle to place students with resource teachers in the Centex Texas Independent School District. (SBH)

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)

Discussion focuses on American-Western attitudes toward culturally different families and how those attitudes may affect communication between American school personnel and individual families with hearing-impaired children. The need to develop or widen sensitivity to nonverbal and verbal cross-cultural communication is stressed and the problems…

Projects Return constitutes an attempt by the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools to bring school dropouts back into the school system. During 1986-87, Project Return handled 123 percent more referrals than during 1985-86, the project's first year; the actual figures were 1,091 and 489, respectively. Economically disadvantaged youth make up a large…

The document provides information from the practitioner's viewpoint regarding the school psychologist's contribution in serving children with behavior problems. Many variables, such as federal and state laws, professional standards and guidelines, as well as codes of ethics and trends in psychology, are seen to effect the decision making process…