Evaluation of parent involvement in the following ten early childhood programs in the Philadelphia school district is presented: (1) Child Care (CC); (2) Head Start (HS); (3) Parent Nursery (PN); (4) Get Set (GS); (5) Durham Child Development Center (DCD); (6) Preschool Child Development Project (PCD); (7) Original Follow Through (OFT); (8) Follow…

The article describes services for mildly handicapped/mainstreamed students of the Extraordinary HOMEwork Line (a homework hotline), face-to-face tutoring, and family tutoring workshops. (CL)

The Parents as Leaders (PAL) program involved 195 parents of Head Start children in western Kentucky. The goals of the program were to: (1) use the expertise of veteran Head Start parents; (2) study the role of self-efficacy in parent involvement; and (3) identify ways of enhancing the participation of parents not involved in Head Start…

Module 1 of a seven module package for child protective service workers explores volunteer parent aide programs in the areas of child abuse and neglect. Directions and discussion questions are provided for six training activities which cover the unique contributions of parent aides, the beliefs and assumptions that underly the parent aide program,…

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…

Module 6 of a seven module package for child protective service workers considers volunteer training programs for parent aide programs serving abused and neglected children and their families. Seven activities lead to the following outcomes: (1) determination of outcomes for initial training; (2) adaptation of training activities from other…

Intended for child protective service workers and others who may be considering a parent aide program, the document provides the participant with a guide to the seven module multi-use instructional materials package on treating families with abused and neglected children. Initial sections offer a program overview and information on individualized…

Module 2 of a seven module package for child protective service workers explores various types of parent aide programs for abused and neglected children and their families. Four training activities address models of parent aide programs, organization analysis, and selection of the appropriate program model. Included are directions for using the…

Module 4 of a seven module package for child protective service workers focuses on coordinating efforts of a parent aide program for abused and neglected children and their families with the Department of Human Resources. Five activities deal with the following aspects of the interface: (1) criteria for determining which cases are suitable for…

Module 5 of a seven module package for child protective service workers outlines procedures for conscientious recruitment and screening of volunteers for a parent aide program serving abused and neglected children and their families. Four activities are geared to laying out a plan for recruiting volunteers, writing a parent aide job description,…

The final module of a seven module package for child protective service workers addresses management system skills necessary to maintain a volunteer parent aide program for abused and neglected children and their families. Four program activities center on the following: (1) listing what the agency will provide the volunteer; (2) developing…

Discussed is the rationale behind parent involvement in guidance and educational activities, together with specific suggestions for involving parents with other adults (parent advisory committees, informal coffees, Transactional analysis (groups etc.), with children (story hours, trips, demonstrations, counseling booths, testing, interviewing,…

Module 3 of a seven module package for child protective service workers describes staffing and funding of parent aide programs for abused and neglected children and their families. Seven activities are geared toward development of an organization chart and job descriptions, completion of a budget estimate, and learning about sources of funding…

This report presents a broad preliminary examination of parent involvement in eight early childhood education programs in the School District of Philadelphia: Child Care, Follow Through, Follow Through Expansion, Get Set Day Care, Kindergarten, Parent Cooperative Nurseries, Prekindergarten Head Start, and Primary Skills. Data were collected from…

The purpose of this project was to improve the literacy skills of at-risk children enrolled at Frayser Elementary School in Memphis (Tennessee) by involving parents in school activities at home and at school. Parents were invited to participate in a series of workshops on tips for reading with children and were encouraged to use these skills in…