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)

This handbook is a basic "how-to" guide to help one's Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) or Community Parent Resource Center (CPRC) evaluate its programs. Evaluation may seem overwhelming, but a center already performs some steps of the evaluation process for the reports required by the Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers…

This guide was written to complement the publication "Helping Youth Decide," a manual designed to help parents develop effective parent-child communication and help their children make responsible decisions during the adolescent years. The workshop guide is intended to assist people who work with families to provide additional information and…

The report describes activities of a project designed to increase understanding and improve management skills of parents of neurologically impaired/learning disabled children. Parents (N=303) registered for a 12 session parent training workshop conducted by a school psychologist or social worker with assistance of special education teachers, and…

This guide for parents, which seeks to apply behavior modification techniques for changing their own as well as their children's behaviors, has two separate parts--a workshop and a workbook. The manual attempts to teach methods of effective parenting and behavior change through programmed instruction in "antecedents-behaviors-consequences." There…

Thirty different high school and community workshops were held in 1975-76 by Montgomery College for the purpose of informing parents about student financial aid programs and application procedures. Knowledgeable financial aids officers, as information disseminators, can perform a valuable community service. (JDS)

Mothers participated in a nursery school art workshop in Massachusetts. (CK)

The parent's role in treatment of children's learning problems is discussed. A developmental view of causation based on Piagetian theory is presented, as well as a plan for parent workshops. (Author/SBH)

Discusses the author's thoughts prior to, during, and after a literacy workshop for parents. Argues that parents want and need to play a stronger role in their children's education, and that educators and researchers need to find a different kind of language to communicate better with parents. (JAD)

In this article, the author describes a parent orientation program designed to inform parents about the behavior that is expected of them when their children participate in youth sports. YouthFirst is a parent orientation program designed to: (1) Give parents an overview of the role they play in their children's sport experience; (2) Allow them an…

Describes a group study method developed by a private adoption agency for couples interested in adopting children with special needs. The program includes group meetings, self-study homework, movies, slides, tapes, and extensive follow-up. (ED)

Qualitative methods were used to evaluate the impact of a parent education package, "Ways to Discipline Children" on 31 low income multi-ethnic mothers at four sites in Austin, Texas. Methods included one-hour pre- and post-interviews using open-ended questions about parenting models and discipline techniques, home observation schedules and…

"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)

Parents of children enrolled in a Head Start program and program staff were given training and information for changing health-related behaviors, such as improving eating habits, exercising, and involving the children in developing healthy behavior. (SK)