Describes three-hour "Fun Day" workshops implemented to increase parent participation in Head Start workshops. Notes three factors of program success: (1) parents received attractive invitation from child; (2) invitation guaranteed adult would have fun with child; and (3) every family received a gift. Describes workshop activities and…

This guide contains materials for the presentation of a half-day introductory workshop to parents on school-parent compacts, which are now required of all schools receiving federal Title 1 funds. Parent-School Compacts offer a means of redefining the community vision of school and parent support roles in promoting student learning. By creating a…

The basic goal of the Natchez-Adams Parent Center is to enable parents to work more effectively with their children at home and to improve academic achievement. Teachers complete a referral form indicating with which skills a child may need additional help. Parents take the form to the center and receive information about additional resources and…

This guidebook outlines a process for producing a parent educational conference designed to increase parental involvement in children's education. It is based on the experiences of the planners of the Parents as Partners for Excellence in Education conferences that have been conducted by the Orange County, California, Human Relations Commission. A…

Based on a concern for the disproportionately high separation rate of American Indian families, the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) applied for a grant to develop and offer the Indian-specific parent training program under which this training curriculum manual was developed. Composed of eight sections, the manual…

A learning disability teacher consultant to a school district implemented a practicum designed to counter a gradual decline in involvement of parents of children in kindergarten through third grade. Practicum goals were to: (1) increase parents' knowledge and understanding of school program goals and activities in order to maximize the…

Detailed guidelines are provided for parent group trainers who conduct workshops on language and communication, pre-reading, and pre-writing for parents of young children. In addition, many handouts for parents are presented in the manual, including information on: ways to help infants, toddlers, and preschool children listen and talk, reading and…

This paper presents a parent training program developed as an alternative, non-residential treatment approach for families of delinquent youths. When a child is referred to the clinic for behavior problems such as aggressiveness, disobedience, theft, and truancy, the program includes the parents in the total treatment. The major goal is to teach…

The Model Behavior Shaping Resource Unit (BSRU) project was designed to provide behaviorally oriented intervention techniques to reduce levels of highly inappropriate behaviors in children classified as Trainable Mentally Retarded (TMR) and Severely and Profoundly Impaired (SPI). By modifying or reducing the frequencies of targeted behaviors to…

The Consumer Education project aims to teach consumers to spend their money more wisely. Through school district teachers and administrators, the project hopes to reach students and their families. Services offered by the Consumer Affairs Education Services staff include workshops for teachers and parents, support for individual teachers and…

Disadvantaged children with reading difficulties in non-public New York City schools have been admitted to corrective reading programs administered by the New York City Board of Education since such programs were begun in 1965 with ESEA/Title I funds. In 1968-69, 157 schools and a total of 13,258 children were served in groups of 5 to 10.…

This report, presented in English and Spanish, profiles nine successful parent leadership programs in communities throughout California. Common factors contributing to the programs' success are parents learning by doing, acquiring knowledge and skills, learning from other parents, and making a personal connection. Other contributing factors are…

A study focused on involving parents in a reading workshop to teach parents strategies used in their child's classroom. Subjects consisted of 11 parents (who were already highly involved in their child's classroom) of first-grade children from an affluent elementary school in central Virginia who agreed to participate in the workshop. Parents…

This paper focuses on parents' perceptions of and expectations for the teaching and learning of mathematics for themselves as adult learners as well as for their children. The research is part of a large parental involvement project in a working-class, Hispanic community. The work is grounded on the concept of dialogic learning (Flecha, 2000) both…