Describes the development and functioning of a flexible, inexpensive campus child care service for married students at the East Texas State University. (CM)

Describes three approaches to health care of adolescents that are oriented towards prospective health promotion: a new self-assessment questionnaire, the development of parent education and preparation classes, and counseling teams. (SS)

Reports on adoption placement services for older children provided by the Lutheran Social Service of Kansas and Oklahoma. (SB)

Describes a program of workshops held to encourage parents, teachers and children to share reading experiences. Suggestions are given for selecting books, reading aloud, and discussing content. (SET)

Discusses some of the needs and principles to consider in formulating future policy concerning programs for young children, by describing the increased need for child care, citing examples of innovative programs of the Office of Child Development, and providing a checklist of foundation principles for developing a child-centered strategy. (ED)

Describes and evaluates a Head Start project, Bringing Out Head Start Talents, designed to train staff, parents, and volunteers to identify and develop appropriate programming for funtionally or potentially gifted children, and to develop procedures to ensure smooth transitions and appropriate programming in public schools. (BB)

Describes a project which serves handicapped children, from birth to age 3, and their parents. The project includes home-based as well as classroom instruction. (SET)

Describes the development of a parents' support group in Augusta, Georgia which offers parents of hyperactive and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) children an opportunity to share experiences and explore problem-solving strategies for coping with and managing their children. (Author/BB)

Discusses a residential treatment program model for involving families in the education and training of their young multihandicapped children. Describes six developmental stages of family involvement. (HS)

Describes a program for involving parents of emotionally disturbed children and adolescents at a state mental hospital. Information is presented on the goals of the program, parent discussion groups, family activity groups, and the role of the coordinator. (JMB)

Describes a model home-based program for the education/remediation of handicapped, high risk and developmentally delayed rural infants and their families. (CM)

Describes the educational philosophy and practices of the Sunrise Children's Center in Amherst, New Hampshire, which serves all children, both disabled and nondisabled, from the ages of two to six years. The description of the program is highlighted with stories of children in the center. (BB)

Describes two Head Start projects designed to make the transition from preschool to kindergarten less stressful for Head Start children and their families. Programs are the Mille Lacs Reservation Head Start program in Minnesota and the East Coast Migrant Head Start project in Fort Pierce, Florida. Project evaluations are summarized. (BB)

Describes the development and implementation of the Activating Children through Technology (ACTT) computer curriculum in Parents and Child Together (PACT) Head Start classrooms in Springfield, Illinois. (BB)

Describes three programs provided by Family Focus, Inc., a private, nonprofit agency established in Chicago in 1976 by citizens to demonstrate the effectiveness of providing community-based support services to expectant parents and families with young children. (Author/RH)