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Cooper, Grace C. – 1974
This illustrated booklet on infant growth and development from 3 to 6 months of age is part of a self-instructional curriculum on parenting and child development for school-age mothers. Physical, motor, and social-emotional development of the infant are discussed, with emphasis on possible individual differences in babies. The emotional and social…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Calisthenics, Child Care, Cognitive Development
Cooper, Grace C. – 1974
Information about infant growth and development from 6 to 9 months of age is presented in a self-instructional format. This illustrated booklet is part of a related curriculum on parenting and child development for school-age mothers. Stranger anxiety, motor development, toys and learning activites, and language development are discussed.…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Emotional Development, Employment Interviews
Riedinger, Susan Allin – 1997
The federal Even Start program was implemented to improve the educational opportunities of low-income children and adults by integrating early childhood education, adult education, and parent education into a unified family literacy initiative. Because children's first formal educational experiences may significantly influence the course of their…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy
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Jae, Kyoung Sook; Chung, Moon Ja – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Assessed Korean high school students' and teachers' and parents' perceived need for a preparenthood education curriculum directed to adolescents and covering sex education, the modern family, parent responsibility, and child rearing. All groups reported a need for preparenthood education. High school boys more frequently reported a need for…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Curriculum Development, Family Life, Foreign Countries
Watson, Bernardine H. – 1992
This interim report documents early experiences with recruitment, retention, service delivery, and establishment of links with employment/training and child support enforcement agencies for participants in the first year of a young unwed fathers program; and presents a profile of the 228 young fathers who had enrolled in the program by the end of…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities, Fathers
Owensboro Public Schools, KY. – 1989
A Preparing Girls Project was incorporated into the Teenage Parent Program, which had been in operation in the Owensboro (Kentucky) City School System since August 1961. It was intended to produce more capable single teen mothers who would be more likely to finish their education and join the labor force. The assessment instruments were reworked…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Career Planning
Fayetteville School District 1, AR. – 1991
This paper describes a Child Care/Parenting Project established to meet the needs of teen parents and parents-to-be in 19 area schools served by the West Campus Technical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The presence of a licensed child care facility on the vocational high school campus helped to expand and improve the vocational education…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Day Care, Day Care Centers
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of Publications. – 1982
A conceptual framework was developed to aid teachers, parents, school administrators, and community and school site planning groups in developing a parenting program appropriate to the local community. Units of study, based on the framework, were developed and field tested in consumer and homemaking education programs in grades 9 through 12 in six…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging Education, Community Resources, Consumer Education
Anastasiow, Nicholas J., Ed.; And Others – 1977
This booklet describes the development and implementation of a curriculum designed to educate junior high school students in the care of infants and young children. The basic premise of Facilitative Environments Encouraging Development (FEED) is that the adoption of facilitative child-rearing techniques will reduce the handicapping conditions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Child Development, Childhood Needs
Barr, Linda; Monserrat, Catherine – 1979
These materials for a classroom or individualized learning setting comprise a curriculum for parenting education for school-age parents. The student textbook covers these topics: pregnant teenager's self-image, questions, and concerns; reproductive cycle and fetal development; prenatal changes and care; preparation for labor and delivery;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavioral Objectives, Exercise, Family Life Education
Baenen, Nancy R.; And Others – 1979
The perceptions of middle class expectant parents, unmarried college students, and high school students about parenthood are compared in this study. A survey administered to these groups in Austin, Texas, indicated three major results. (1) Parents-to-be are more realistic than students about the pace of development of infants. College students are…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Child Development, Child Rearing, College Students
Webber, A. – 1975
One of five individualized courses included in a parent involvement curriculum, this course focuses on infant developmental characteristics, techniques of good physical care of the infant, and techniques for teaching the infant. The course is comprised of three units: (1) Growth and Development, (2) Infant Care, and (3) Developing the Baby's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Child Rearing, Children
Senate Committee of Canada (Ontario). Standing Senate Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. – 1977
Experiences in prenatal life and early childhood that may cause personality disorders or criminal behavior in later life are examined in these proceedings of the subcommittee on Childhood Experiences as Cause of Criminal Behavior of the Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. This issue, the second in a series of 19 hearings dating from…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Antisocial Behavior, Delinquent Behavior, Disadvantaged
Senate Committee of Canada (Ontario). Standing Senate Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. – 1978
Experiences in prenatal life and early childhood that may cause personality disorders or criminal behavior in later life are examined in these proceedings of the Subcommittee on Childhood Experiences as Causes of Criminal Behavior, of the Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Science, Senate of Canada. This issue, the seventh in a series of 19…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Child Abuse
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Extension Div. – 1973
A variety of topics are discussed in this publication which has been put together for use in parent education classes and training sessions of day care personnel. The design may be used as a source of stimulation and information in working with parent groups. Section I discusses how to listen so that children will respond, to the "language of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Child Rearing, Child Welfare
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