Describes successful efforts made at the Head Start Program in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana to involve parents in their children's preschool education. (Author/RH)

Details provisions of a presidential directive for federal agencies to review programs, policies, and initiatives to ensure that they engage and include fathers, use evidence of father involvement to measure program success, and incorporate fathers in research. Describes Department of Health and Human Services' programs that serve fathers,…

Describes the development of a day care center which has, from its inception, mobilized and utilized the resources of the family, the neighborhood, the community and the county. The program stresses involvement of parents as policy makers. (BR)

Highlights some of the activities involved in the celebration of Head Start's twenty-fifth anniversary. (BB)

Describes the development and functioning of a flexible, inexpensive campus child care service for married students at the East Texas State University. (CM)

Describes the history, objectives, participant characteristics, and outcomes of the Voluntary Intervention and Treatment Program, a child protection program designed to encourage and manage voluntary self-referrals by parents with actual or potential problems of child abuse and neglect. (RH)

Describes three approaches to health care of adolescents that are oriented towards prospective health promotion: a new self-assessment questionnaire, the development of parent education and preparation classes, and counseling teams. (SS)

Describes the weekly "Food for Fun and Thought" projects in a children's hospital, designed to involve children in positive and creative experiences with food, pertinent to their current medical care procedures and basic lifestyles. Suggests adaptations suitable for other hospital or clinic settings. (SDH)

Discusses how a comprehensive blend of services in a Head Start program can enhance the natural potential of many handicapped children, and at the same time help the family deal with problems relating to the child's specific disability and his normal cognitive, social and physical needs. (Author/CS)

Reports on adoption placement services for older children provided by the Lutheran Social Service of Kansas and Oklahoma. (SB)

Discusses the development and philosophy of parent-infant education programs provided by Washington State community colleges and vocational technical schools consisting of parent-participation classes and cooperative preschools for 10,000 families. Describes program at Seattle Community College. (BF/JH)

Describes operation of the Parent Care Pavilion of the J. W. Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis, which encourages active parent involvement in care of hospitalized children on a 24-hour basis. Benefits to children, parents and staff are described. (BF)

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)

Describes a support group for parents of premature infants and an intensive care unit for these infants. The unit has been established to meet high-risk infants' developmental needs by, for instance, promoting attachment behavior, interpreting physiological cues, and teaching parents to understand their infants' needs. (Author/DB)

This article, excerpted from the epilogue to the book "Project Head Start" edited by E. Zigler and J. Valentine, provides a brief overview of the impetus, goals, problems, and accomplishments of Head Start. (DB)