The document offers guidelines for conducting an inservice program for parents of gifted students. Initial sections describe the inservice model, list activities on identification of the gifted, and present information on emotional consequences of giftedness. Following sections address key points from other presentations, the workshop agenda, and…

The guidebook is intended to serve as a model for educators interested in facilitating workshops for parents of highly gifted children. An out growth of a federal project to identify, work with, and develop support and suggestions for highly gifted children, their teachers, and their parents, the guidebook begins with a discussion of its…

Guidelines for planning and conducting a series of parent awareness workshops are offered in this paper. Parent awareness programs consist of efforts to involve parents in the education of their children through collaboration with teachers. Phases of planning with parents as partners are discussed in the first part of the paper. Planning…

Intended for workshop planners, the document offers guidelines to organizing and designing a family education workshop or inservice program for families of developmentally disabled individuals. Section I focuses on steps in developing a family education workshop including identifying needs, determining goals and objectives, organizing the program,…

Describes several projects designed to involve parents in their child's English education. (MM)

The guide presents a model for helping parents of handicapped children and professionals work together. The Project Bridge model calls for parents and professionals to act as a team in delivering a workshop for other parents and educators. Aspects of planning the workshop, including choice of location, publicity, and cost questions are reviewed.…

Describes ways that teachers in schools can help parents understand how children become readers and writers in order to build support for emergent literacy programs. Discusses classroom newsletters and parent workshops. (SR)

The program is intended to increase skills in parents of young handicapped children. The coordinator's guide traces the background and development of the parent involvement materials, presents suggestions for workshop planning and actual implementation, and discusses training approaches for developing small group facilitation skills. The companion…

In light of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142), the article explores some training alternatives for both parents and professionals who are involved in the process of developing individualized education programs for handicapped children. (DLS)

Noting that family members are a child's first teachers and set the course for future success, this activity book of "literacy learning parties" presents 10 activities that can be used at home to practice the skills and ideas learned at parent literacy workshops. Presented in English and Spanish versions, the activity book discusses the importance…

Suggests ways to enlist parents' support of language arts instruction, to provide parents with materials to develop their children's language skills, and to offer workshops for parents. (DD)

These workshop sessions were designed as a series to assist low income parents to deal more effectively with the primary sources of stress in their lives, with particular attention given to issues of parenting, self-care, and the reduction of isolation. Sessions were field-tested by highly qualified and experienced trainers, each of whom also had…

Based on the view that parents are their children's first teachers, this trainer's guide presents a series of 10 workshops or "literacy learning parties" designed to assist parents and other family caregivers in helping their preschool children develop the skills needed to learn to read and write. The workshops are small, structured,…

This document was developed to assist parents, caregivers, and teachers in understanding the importance of homework and the role that parental involvement plays in assigning homework. The document is a teacher's guide containing talking points to be used in a presentation to parents, and includes transparencies. The presentation begins with a…