Presents guidelines for involving parents in their children's reading development and offers suggestions for effective parent workshops. (JMB)

Describes a parent workshop designed to teach parents how to teach survival reading skills by using menus, signs, and cereal boxes. (MKM)

Describes school workshops in which parents and their children work together on learning activities designed to familiarize parents with what goes on in the school. (JM)

"Multimodal Parent Training", developed by the author, is an eight-session, educationally oriented program designed for parents of elementary school age children. A brief description of the topics and activities involved in each session is provided. (Author)

This study addressed the need to encourage more parental involvement in children's educational, social, and emotional needs. Sixty parents of elementary school children responded to a survey regarding their interest in attending a systematically designed program entitled, "Parent Effectiveness Training". Findings indicated a parental…

A survey was made of 95 parents who had attended at least one of several workshops designed by the Lakewood Follow Through Program to provide curriculum-related parent education enabling parents to work with their children at home. The parent workshops were designed to increase (1) time spent by parents with the child at home, (2) the ability of…

Discusses the value of delineating standards by which progress toward achieving excellence may be judged. Specifically mentions the differences between the educational goals of parents and teachers in an Indiana community. Advocates that teachers and principals be held reponsible for effecting change. (CB)

Designed to give special education teachers ideas and techniques for working effectively with parents of elementary school students, the document presents guidelines for parent-teacher interaction. Sections cover the following topics: techniques for parent involvement, building rapport, informal parent-teacher contacts, parent-teacher conferences,…

Describes a workshop designed as a mutual training experience for parents and teachers. Goals were: to provide an opportunity for positive interaction and a perception of shared goals between Black parents and their children's teachers. Participants developed a set of action plans to meet the needs of Black children and evaluated the workshop.…

Parent education at an Australian Montessori School has several levels. The early childhood level focuses on parent expectations, program philosophy, goals, and operation. Parents of six- to nine-year-olds gain trust in the curriculum through workshops, class observations, and teacher meetings. Parents of 9- to 12-year-olds appreciate the added…

Parents attitudes towards traditional Catholic education at Our Lady of Lourdes School (Raleigh, North Carolina) were explored in this study. From 315 surveys sent home to parents, 193 were returned completed. The survey was designed to gather information to improve the partnerships among schools, families, and communities and to prepare Catholic…

The study described in this paper attempted to assist low achieving elementary school (grades 2-4) students in a black rural school district by providing free training to parents and by increasing the number of volunteers in the children's classrooms. Students scoring in the bottom quartile on the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills were…

These handbooks (1978 and 1980) describe procedures for involving parents on school activities and for conducting (1) parent-child interaction activities in schools for disadvantaged families, and (2) workshops for disadvantaged parents to facilitate their social, educational and caregiver role development. The 1978 handbook includes ideas and…

This article describes the concepts and activities of the Write Stuff Workshop, a joint venture that brings parents and children together as allies in writing. Topics include planning the workshop, workshop activities, and at-home follow-up activities for parents and students. Three reproducibles for parents are included. (IAH)

This paper presents an outline for a three-part workshop for parents who want to help their children become better readers. The paper provides lists of materials, the overheads, and the handouts for each of the three parts of the workshop. The parts of the workshop described in the paper discuss: (1) word recognition and questioning strategies;…