The Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Network is designed to encourage increased community support and influence in schools by providing information about existing early childhood programs to community members and school staffs. Information dissemination, observation of ongoing programs, and project monitoring are planned and supervised by…

This study to determine effects of preschool training of mentally retarded children from low-income families asks three major questions: 1. Does preschool training displace the rate of development of such children? 2. Does rate of growth continue at an accelerated rate, or does it return to the original rate of development during primary school…

Preliminary data are reported on the impact of the national Parent-Child Center Program (PCC), related to what is termed an immediate criterion of impact. The information summarizes numbers of families served and types of services provided, without evaluative interpretation. Introductory remarks give information on the purpose of the report,…

An anthology of features and highlights from "The Parent Cooperative" is presented, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Canadian Parent Cooperative Preschools International. Included in the review are discussions of the theory behind a good cooperative preschool education, the relationship between parents and teachers working…

A handbook to guide coordinators of parent activities in their role in a quality Head Start program is presented. Discussion includes the following topics: motivation, informal and formal participation, teamwork, and total involvement. A bibliography is attached. (CK)

Analyzed are five problem areas hampering the provision of qualtiy day care services to preschool children. The five areas are seen to include definitional problems (including confusion over funding source requirements) lack of program evaluation data, noncontinuity of programing, curriculum difficulties, and underutilization of parent input.…

A teacher who returned to the classroom after 11 years of absence notes that discipline is much more a problem now than before and attributes much of the change to the way parents excuse their children's behavior. (IRT)

A new attendance policy is outlined that is credited with significantly reducing unauthorized absences at Hauppauge High School in New York. (Author/MLF)

Describes a home visiting project (in London, England) designed to help disadvantaged children (20-30 months) and their parents, and discusses two school/community projects: the Chaucer Nursery and Infant School and eight nursery centers located throughout the country. (SE)

Parental involvement in planning and placement for 20 children initially referred for special education is described in light of the PL 94-142 requirements for informed parental consent. Comparisons indicate that parents' versions of each decision component were clear and accurate no more than 50 percent of the time. (Author)

Describes the development and functioning of a flexible, inexpensive campus child care service for married students at the East Texas State University. (CM)

Subjects were 18 mothers and their clinic-referred children. A stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that two maternal behaviors, beta commands and total rewards, displayed in the clinic were the best predictors of child compliance in the home. (Author)

The Parent Guidance Program conducted at the Monnington Early Childhood Development Center (Victoria, Australia) provides guidance, education, and psychological counseling to parents of preschool handicapped children. (SBH)

Controversy broke out when a Montgomery County, Maryland, school board member attempted to make homework compulsory. Successful board policies on homework are briefly discussed. (IRT)

An extended nursery school program at Arizona State University is described in which children ages eighteen to thirty-six months and their parents work with advanced college students enrolled in various phases of the nursery school training program. (MB)