Presents a brief review of recent work which focuses on a "multiple factors" approach to dealing with children's learning difficulties. (ED)

The Honolulu Primary Counseling Project (HPCP) is a pilot, 3-year juvenile delinquency prevention program which emphasizes early identification of and intervention in children's adjustment and pre-delinquent behavior problems. The ultimate goal is to decrease the incidence of juvenile crimes. The project had three broad project goals: (1) to…

Since understanding homeless students and their families is the beginning of the teacher's response to the problem, this monograph is designed to acquaint the teacher with the variety of issues involved in being homeless. The introduction to the document discusses the number of homeless families, the necessity for schools to respond quickly to…

This study examined the perceptions and concerns of parents of culturally diverse children with disabilities about: their children's performance at home and school; the role of the school in educating their children; and interactions with the educational system. Twelve families, six Anglo and six Hispanic, with children placed in special education…

Three types of homework assignments are common in U.S. schools: practice, preparation, and extension. Reasons cited for assigning homework are: (1) Doing homework is useful as an act of intellectual discipline; (2) Homework eases time constraints on the amount of curricular material that can be covered; (3) Homework fosters student initiative,…

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…

This document, prepared by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's (AEL) School Family Relations Program, contains research of six special needs families: families with handicapped children, families with low socioeconmic status, minority families, rural Appalachian families, single-parent families, and two-job families. The synopses are based on…

Because a review of the literature showed little systematic knowledge about effective school-home communication at the secondary level, a survey of parents of secondary-level students was undertaken in a large West Virginia school system that had begun to achieve apparently effective school-home rapport. A stratified, random sample of parents was…

As a means of dramatizing the interrelationships that determine the climate of a school, a simulation experience was created for participants in this workshop on school climate improvement. A discussion of the intent of the experience includes descriptions of "good" and "poor" school environments and their impact on the school community.…

Reported are aspects of the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) Program, notably the extensive follow-up study of the program. Contents focus on the history of the HOPE Program, the summative evaluation of HOPE, the preliminary phase of the follow-up study, the study's main phase, measurement procedures used, and the third, fourth, and final…

In view of the fact that in the past decade parents have increasingly begun to educate their children at home, this paper aims to provide an overview of home schooling in the United States. The paper reviews the history of home schooling, describes the characteristics of families involved in home schooling, and discusses the future of home…

This paper focuses on the mismatch between the diversity of American families and the structure of the schools. An examination of the history of the family reveals that the family of the past was very different from the idealized versions popularized in the media. Data concerning divorce, single-parent families, intergenerational interaction,…

A review of effective schools studies suggests that the research should continue but the methodology must change if the studies are to gain credibility. The first of this paper's three sections explains the educational production function in terms of the microeconomics of education. The measurement and classification of such function variables as…

Unusual because they involve students above the primary level, the programs described in this report are designed to involve parents more fully in the education of their children. Presented are 28 programs in grades 4-12 initiated by school systems in large cities and operating during the 1980-81 school year. Information about the programs was…

One in a series written for caregivers or teachers in military child care centers, this staff development module provides brief discussions of aspects of child caregiving, describes related situations which beginning caregivers are likely to find difficult, offers alternate ways of responding to the difficulty, and provides feedback on caregivers'…