The six 1986 issues of this newsletter for parents of handicapped children contain lead articles with the following titles: "Understanding Psychological Tests" (includes intelligence tests, achievement tests, personality tests and parental do's and don'ts); "Sex Education for the Special Person" (e.g., purpose of sex education, parental do's and…

The rapid increase in teenage suicides in the United States in recent years has prompted the establishment of new suicide prevention programs and the revitalization of existing services in many communities. The federal government has taken a number of initiatives to curtail the high rise in teenage suicides and several states have taken…

This document reports on the collaborative effort of eight community foundations across the country in a demonstration project aimed at encouraging agencies which already work with teenage mothers and their children to extend services to teenage fathers and prospective fathers. The program described offered the young men a range of services to…

This symposium contains reports on: (1) a study of drug abuse among adolescents in India, by Jaya Nagaraja; and (2) a case study of factors contributing to drug addiction among Malaysian youth, by Chandraseagran Suppiah. Based on a sample of 1,000 adolescents attending metropolitan city colleges, findings of the Indian study concern psychological…

This unannotated bibliography lists 44 books on teenage pregnancy. Publisher, date, price and ISBN number are supplied in each instance. The list is divided into the following five sections: Reference; General; Parenthood; Sexuality; and Teen-Parent Relations. Two additional sections list five films and four pamphlets respectively. One of the…

This guide was written for parents of preadolescents and young adolescents to help them teach their children to say "No" to alcohol. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs and other graphics, the guide presents information about drinking among preadolescents and discusses how parents can drink themselves and, at the same time, teach…

Provided are suggestions for parents who want to know how best to help their children develop study habits that will insure a good chance for school success. After a description of the importance of good study habits, the responsibilities of parents, teachers, and students for developing appropriate study settings and behaviors are set out.…

The handbook outlines due process procedures for parents and surrogate parents of handicapped children in Vermont. Section I presents definitions of such commonly used terms as informed consent, free appropriate public education, and least restrictive environment. A chart follows (in section II) which matches educational procedures, parental…

The report describes the model and evaluation results of a project serving birth to 3-year-old developmentally delayed/handicapped children through a parent training approach. The transdisciplinary program featured center and home visits to train parents in all activities of assessment, planning, and intervention activities. Parents were to become…

The decision of parents whose native language is English to raise their child bilingually prompted a review of the literature concerning approaches to fostering infant bilingualism. The review focuses on (1) language strategies most often adopted by the bilingual family, such as dichotomy and alteration; (2) other family variables; (3) the…

The booklet describes Project ABC (Any Baby Can), a model networking effort to promote coordinated services for disabled and high-risk infants in San Antonio, Texas. The model features a volunteer, grass-roots emphasis in an aggressive community awareness campaign with a long-term goal of improving the effectiveness of social services and health…

The study, involving 31 mothers of handicapped children enrolled in North Carolina preschools, addressed the parents' perspectives on preschool services for themselves and their children. A two-phase interview strategy was used in which the parents were treated as "experts" who would provide answers to the previously identified broad…

To better understand the role of wives in families in which fathers raise the children, data were analyzed from a previously conducted study of partial role reversals in two-parent families. The sample consisted almost exclusively of 59 white, middle-class families with a child 3 to 6 years of age. Data gathered in separate interviews with mothers…

The relationship between severe disabilities in children and single parent families was investigated in Bergen County, New Jersey. Results of a survey indicated that the range of single parent families ran from 15% in the retarded population to 66% in the hospitalized emotionally disturbed population. The average percent of single parent families…

This study describes discipline practices, attitudes, beliefs, and other characteristics that may differentiate parents of children in day care from those parents who care for their children at home. Adult-child ratio, staff continuity, and staff training were used as quality-of-care indices. A total of 89 families with target children between 18…