The study examined inadequate behaviors of Japanese mothers with their stuttering children. Video tape recordings of playing situations of five stuttering children (ages 3-5) and their mothers and five non-stuttering children and their mothers were evaluated using two rating check lists. Results found differences in the behaviors of the two groups…

The paper describes the major needs of gifted rural students and suggests ways parents can use nonschool as well as school resources to help meet those needs. Students need guidance to deal with their differentness, to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, and to make plans for the future. Parents are advised to gather information and create a…

The report details the accomplishments of Project RHISE--Rockford (Illinois) Handicapped Infant Services Expansion--outreach efforts. The year's (1981) activities described include establishment of 10 new sites for replication of the RHISE model, which views parents as primary interventionists for a transdisciplinary approach. The consultancy…

Designed to be hung on a wall at home and filled in by parents, this guidebook offers a timetable for charting children's growth and provides ideas about activities parents and children can do together. After indicating characteristics of the newborn, the timetable progresses in 3-month intervals up to the eighteenth month. The period from 18…

As behavioral approaches for the treatment of clinically significant fears became more accepted, the same techniques began to be applied to normal youngsters' reactions to highly stressful situations in an attempt to prevent the development of excessive fears in children. Although there is widespread acceptance of preventative approaches to help…

One of a series designed to help parents care for their children and themselves by promoting good mental health, this pamphlet provides information about preterm babies. In nine brief sections, readers find various information, including a description of the preterm infant, a discussion of causes of preterm birth and low-weight babies, and a…

It is important that both parents of handicapped children and the schools serving them initiate efforts to enhance the parent-school partnership. Despite the greater parental role mandated by P.L. 94-142, the Education For All Handicapped Children Act, many parents of handicapped children still face frustration and noncooperatiion in their…

Identification and programing are central topics in the discussion of gifted learning disabled (LD) students. Characteristics of gifted LD students are described, including talent in the creative arts. Reasons for overlooking this population are noted, including their ability to compensate for their problems. The degree of giftedness and of…

Described is the parent involvement model at the Home for Crippled Children in Pittsburgh, a center for multiply handicapped urban preschoolers. It is explained that the model is comprised of three components: Parents as Partners (parent training), Community Liaison (home visitation), and the educational and Home Prescription Plan (individualized…

Discussed are principles for parents to remember when teaching their young handicapped children new skills. (CL)

In an effort to share American thinking on the topic of voucher plans with British educationists, this article summarizes and explains the educational experiments in America and opens up issues which were uncovered in the process. (Author)

This discussion is related to AA 501 855.

What shyness is and how it affects teenagers, the various ways in which shyness can be manifest in teenagers, and possible causes of shyness, as well as the role of parents and their relationships with shy young people are discussed in this expanded seminar paper. Some situations in which an adolescent might be shy are identified and guidelines…