Historical antecedents are reviewed to show that performance of the trainable mentally retarded (TMR) child cannot be improved by traditional academic methods and that the TMR person can never assume a self directed role in society. (MC)

This study assessed the role of parental teaching in improving children's memory skills. Subjects were 32 parent couples, each with a 3- or 4-year-old child. Teaching sessions consisted of each parent helping his or her child memorize a 20-item set of pictures of familiar objects for a free-recall task. Verbal communications of each parent were…

Describes three aspects of a preventive dentistry project developed by the West Virginia Home Start Program in Appalachia: the initial workshop and followup in-service training sessions for project staff and the implementation of dental practices in private homes. (SDH)

Based on part of a doctoral dissertation submitted to Teachers College, Columbia University.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (Chicago, 1968).

Study financed by Research Grant M-6167 from the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Public Health Service.

A teacher of elementary school students and father of preschool age children admits his errors and misconceptions concerning child rearing, discusses what he has learned from his children's communicative behavior, and offers suggestions to parents for promoting the growth of children's expressive abilities. (Author/RH)

The resource guide lists approximately 700 print materials and audiovisual programs (1970-1979) designed to support training efforts for parents of handicapped children. Intended for parent training, for direct parent use, and/or for professional training, the materials are organized into four categories (sample subtopics in parentheses): impact…

In addition to problems of instrument selection and interpretation and problems associated with sampling procedures, psychologists' person-blame interpretations of social problems (interpretations that call for change in individuals and ignore needs for systemic change) and gender beliefs (such as assumptions about women and motherhood, men and…

The paper describes a program developed for the children of migrant farmworkers, which uses bilingual adults from these same migrant families as the primary teaching staff. The curriculum used in the teaching of academic areas and oral language in Spanish and English is described, as well as specific adaptations that would be useful in teaching…