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Monahan, Michele Ann – 1991
The lack of parent involvement in an elementary school's parent drug education programs and related activities was addressed by the implementation of numerous strategies. Objectives included an increase in parent attendance at such programs and in completed and returned parent drug education homework assignments. Assisting in the implementation of…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Parent Education
Fulwider, Natalie Austin – 1995
A practicum was designed to increase participation of families in home-school literacy activities. The school was located in a suburban village in the northeastern United States. Data indicated that many families of first- and second-grade minority students who were bused to the school for integration purposes were not participating in home-school…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Minority Groups, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Afable, Lourdes B. – 1988
The practicum was designed to increase parent participation in a preschool (birth to 3 years) special education program serving children with handicaps in Chicago, Illinois. The practicum was intended to provide parents with an effective and meaningful involvement in a structured program of transition services. Input from both staff and parents…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Disabilities, Infants, Parent Education
Bray, Sheldon – 1996
Thousands of children run away from home or placements each year. The many programs for these children require evaluation to determine effectiveness; one runaway program for at-risk children is examined here. It was felt that if the runaway youth could receive some counseling, then it might help these children and families to solve some of their…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Delinquency, High Risk Students, Intervention
Lauer, Lisa M. – 1994
A practicum was designed for parents to acquire the understanding, skills, resources, materials, and wherewithal to support the emergent literacy development of their young (preschool) children. A "Home-School Library" was established for students to have developmentally appropriate books available for parents to read to their children at home…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Emergent Literacy, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation
Henderson, Rita McTyre – 1993
A practicum was designed to increase parents' participation in the education of their children by involving parents and teachers in a concentrated program of experiences and activities. The setting for the practicum was an elementary school for kindergarten through third grade, where teacher surveys, parent meetings, workshop attendance, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Information Dissemination, Outreach Programs, Parent Associations
Crowther, Ingrid C. – 1989
A teaching master at a community college in Central Ontario implemented a practicum designed to increase the rate of child-directed activities in early childhood education programs. The primary goal was to increase awareness of early childhood educators, parents, and board members regarding the benefits of child-directed activities at early…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Wright, Ellen M. – 1989
An educational specialist employed as a learning consultant to schools in a seashore resort community planned and implemented a practicum study intended to address problems in the prekindergarten screening process of the community's primary school. Practicum goals were to: (1) identify children who would benefit from prekindergarten intervention;…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Identification, Inservice Teacher Education, Kindergarten
Nemiroff, Joanne – 1989
An elementary school teacher and counselor designed a practicum which provided a model that teachers and parents used to enhance the developmental and academic skills of kindergarten children. The major goal was to increase the acquisition of skills through the child's preferred learning modality. Teachers and parents were given training that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Kindergarten Children, Learning Modalities
Schofield, Betty D. – 1990
A behavior modification program was implemented to improve attendance and punctuality patterns of kindergarten students attending a small, rural elementary school. Also incorporated into the intervention were self-esteem and parent involvement components. Motivational strategies used were: a token economy; group-oriented behavior management…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Modification, Kindergarten Children, Parent Participation
Nachman, Leah B. – 1988
A kindergarten teacher implemented a practicum designed to increase parent involvement in their children's kindergarten and give parents information about the kindergarten program. Specific goals of the intervention were to inform parents about kindergarten routine, kindergarten requirements and concepts of child development, and to help parents…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Family School Relationship, Intervention, Kindergarten
Cottle, William E. – 1991
This practicum was designed to improve communication among parents, teachers, and sixth-grade students who were housed in an elementary building due to school crowding. A telephone answering machine allowed students and parents to access information about homework, classwork, and upcoming events during evening hours. Additional parent outreach…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Homework, Intermediate Grades
Lauer, Lisa M. – 1995
A practicum was designed for parents to acquire the understanding, skills, resources, materials, and wherewithal to support the emergent literacy development of their children on exiting the Head Start program to be successful in kindergarten. A simple, cost-effective, comprehensive, multidimensional project including Parent Workshops, a…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten, Parent Child Relationship
Russell, Milicent D. – 1989
A second-grade teacher implemented a practicum intervention designed to increase involvement of black parents in their children's educational and social development during the primary school years. Practicum goals were to improve social development of the students; increase the number of volunteers who had fulfilled city requirements; and increase…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Elementary School Students, Inservice Teacher Education
Jacaruso, Yvette C. – 1994
The school district in this practicum report was found to be out of compliance by the State Department of Education in the area of writing individualized education plans (IEPs) that contained goals and short-term objectives with measurable student outcomes. Informal workshops were held to provide the special education teachers training for writing…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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