This practicum project defined the roles and responsibilities of parent cooperative preschool team members to help parents identify who was responsible for different functions in the co-op preschool. A 10-week intervention strategy was implemented to provide information and support to parents during the first 2 months of the school year.…

A packet for parents of middle school children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) was developed and field tested with 54 parents and teachers. The packet consisted of two booklets in question and answer form explaining SLD, reviewing spcific terms used to describe the condition, and discussing parent rights (including in the development of…

This practicum was designed to increase the involvement of parents in the music education of fourth and fifth grade students. A delivery system was developed to provide parents with activities, resources, and materials relating to the student's music education. Parents received the materials at no cost. The author developed a brochure and monthly…

The goal of this practicum was to increase school-based interventions for children of divorce in an elementary school. The school psychologist implemented two faculty workshops with 13 faculty members attending the first and 7 attending the second workshop, and 6-week developmental groups for grades one and two, three and four, and five and six,…

Implemented at a community center, this practicum developed an educational program which informed parents and teachers of ways to help children progress during and after divorce. Specific goals were: (1) to implement an educational program for parents, children, and teachers that focused on reducing the effects of divorce on children; (2) to…

Student speech clinicians adhered to very rigid schedules in order to service a wide variety of clients and gain a range of experiences in many settings. As a result, it was often difficult for adequate communication to take place between the student diagnostic speech clinician and the parents of the 10 preschool children enrolled in the speech…

Single teenage parents and expectant parents in four community-based programs were provided with information about establishing the paternity of their children. The information presented included the benefits, obligations and consequences of paternity establishment for the mother, father, child and society. The goal was to educate single teenagers…

A study was conducted to determine (1) if black parents score at the internal or external end of the Locus of Control (LOC) scale; (2) if differences exist between black children's LOC and that of their parents; and (3) if an external-internal shift can be achieved through counseling of the parents, and if their children's LOC changes accordingly.…

An elementary school principal designed and implemented a practicum study to improve the homework performance of junior high students. Goals of the practicum were to: (1) decrease the number of students who received failing grades due to incomplete or missing homework; and (2) establish a district homework policy which would provide a guideline…

A practicum addressed the low number of parents participating with their children in a Chapter 1 Reading Program by the development and implementation of a parental involvement program. The program implemented strategies to eliminate conflicts cited by parents as major reasons for non-participation in meetings and workshops relative to their…

A practicum provided child-centered activities for 20 kindergarten children during regular school hours. Goals for the practicum were to: (1) develop literacy; (2) increase social interaction between the teacher and the child through verbal and body language communication which weaves reading and writing into the relationship; and (3) obtain a…

This paper describes a practicum that aimed to increase black students' participation in extracurricular activities and school clubs. The lack of participation resulted in black students' feelings of alienation and negative attitudes toward the school. The program's goals were: (1) to increase the number of black students participating in…

This practicum was designed to address the problem of preschoolers who attend a weekly full-time daycare program needing more exposure to children's literature to properly nourish their literacy development. Goals of the practicum sought to ensure that books and literacy experiences become more available for children, increase individualized…

The practicum focused on the lack of sufficient speech therapy for 90 physically and mentally handicapped infants and preschoolers in a program for developmentally delayed children. Two workshops were conducted and a speech videotape library was established consisting of demonstrations of 49 receptive language goals in developmental order. Videos…

The goal of this practicum was to teach parents ways to supervise the kinds of television programs their kindergarten-aged children watch and to limit the time they spend watching them. Attempts were made to advise teachers about ways to supplement information provided to parents about educationally sound and appropriate programs for children. The…