This fully updated third edition of "Teaching and Learning with Technologies in the Primary School" introduces practising and student teachers to the range of ways in which technology can be used to support and extend teaching and learning opportunities in their classrooms. Newly expanded to include 50% brand new chapters reflecting the…

This evidence-based practice overview on Cognitive Behavioral Intervention includes the following components: (1) Overview: A quick summary of salient features of the practice, including what it is, who it can be used with, what skills it has been used with, and settings for instruction; (2) Evidence-base: The "CBI Evidence-base" details…

Children are using the internet and mobile devices at increasingly younger ages, and it's becoming more and more important to address e-safety in primary schools. This practical book provides guidance on how to teach and promote e-safety and tackle cyberbullying with real-life examples from schools of what works and what schools need to do. The…

The manual describes the content and format of Project PAVE (Parents as Volunteers in Education), an effort to train parent volunteers to assist in the education of handicapped students in the least restrictive environment. The manual presents a training outline with each step specified: objective, elapsed time, materials, equipment, personnel,…

Ways to involve parents in their child's educational program include pamphlets offering suggestions distributed early in the year, a calendar of suggested activities, parent workshops, encouragement to parents wishing to observe the classroom, and regular communication between teacher and parent. (DB)

This videotape viewers' guide is intended to help facilitate instruction in managing sibling conflict. The guide first provides an overview of the 19-minute videotape which explains how parents can help children learn to solve conflicts on their own and why parents need to establish clear family policies to help siblings get along and maintain…

Videotapes are used to help parents of deaf preschool students to reinforce classroom learning, work on parent-school cooperative goals, demonstrate techniques, and suggest ways of dealing with certain behavior situations. (CL)

The principal of El Camino Real Elementary School describes six activities used to provide parenting education both at the school and at home. (SJL)

This document presents one module in a set of training resources for trainers to use with parents and/or professionals serving children with disabilities; focus is on coping with loss and change. The modules stress content and activities that build skills and offer resources to promote parent-professional collaboration. Each training module takes…

Designed specifically for the home-based component of Head Start, this parent education program aims to foster more effective, positive, and satisfying parenting skills and relationships. Part I of the handbook provides an overview of the program as well as guidelines for working with adults. Addressed to the program leader, Part II offers…

Noting that good parental discipline provides positive, constructive ways to encourage cooperation and good behavior and gives children the skills to regulate themselves, this 42-minute videotape with facilitator's guide comprise a program intended to help parents get past daily power struggles by using effective disciplinary techniques and…

This guide is intended to help instructors educate new and expectant parents about safely transporting their newborn babies. The guide accompanies a 27-minute video, developed by the National Traffic Safety Administration, which introduces some of the key safety issues that new parents should consider during their baby's first 6 months of life.…

This handbook was developed for volunteer group leaders participating in Brevard Community College's Project BEST-PAL (Basic Education Skills Through-Parenting Affective Learning). Project BEST-PAL was developed especially for low socioeconomic parents who are in need of an opportunity to explore effective parenting, with a primary objective being…

The aims of this sexual learning curriculum are to increase parents' emotional and intellectual understanding of human sexuality and to improve their ability to talk about sexuality with their children. Specifically, the curriculum attempts to increase parents' awareness that (1) sexuality includes lifestyle choices, body image, gender role,…

Setting up parent education programs to be implemented in the workplace is discussed. Steps include planning, scheduling, evaluation, and followup. (CT)