Describes the Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH) program and discusses the advantages of a placement contracting process to adults and children involved in foster care. (SB)

Describes the development, testing and evaluation of a curriculum designed to help foster parents deal with the problems encountered in their special situations. (SB)

The study examines ethnically and linguistically diverse parents' learning in an eight-week Math for Parents course on fractions, decimals and percentages. Analysis of classroom observations, interviews, focus groups, written feedback, videotapes, and task-based/clinical interviews provided rich data yielding findings about both parents' affective…

This report presents an evaluation of the Prichard Committee for Excellence's Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, which trains Kentucky parents as informed advocates for educational excellence. The evaluation examined whether Institute training would increase parents' understanding of education reform and willingness to work for…

Following a model suggesting that parental role construction fills specific functions in the parental involvement process (Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler, 1995; in press), this study examined parents' role construction as it relates to children's schooling. A sample of 74 parents of public elementary school children participated in focused interviews…

In view of the increasing number of interracial relationships and families, and the concomitant emphasis on religious, cultural, racial, ethnic, and national identity (and their contribution to pride, self awareness, and community), this paper examines the rights and responsibilities of interracial families to challenge the emerging trend toward…

This practicum project defined the roles and responsibilities of parent cooperative preschool team members to help parents identify who was responsible for different functions in the co-op preschool. A 10-week intervention strategy was implemented to provide information and support to parents during the first 2 months of the school year.…

This study explored personal feelings of Chinese fathers in Taiwan regarding the child-rearing process. Interviews with fathers of preschoolers indicated that fathers' experiences can be categorized into eight core feelings: (1) self-value (feelings of being needed and capable of being a father); (2) fulfillment (feelings that life is satisfactory…

The purpose of this study was to determine if parental involvement had effects on student reading achievement. The parents of students in kindergarten through grade two were given a questionnaire to complete. The teachers in these grades were given a data form and a short questionnaire to complete on parental involvement and the levels of reading…

This brief summarizes key research findings on new ways of thinking about father involvement and the roles that fathers play in children's lives. The main points addressed by the brief are as follows: (1) fathers can be involved with their children in more roles than just the provider role; (2) quality counts; (3) different styles of parent-child…

This "Special Focus" issue of "America's Family Support Magazine," focuses on parent leadership and family involvement. Articles pertaining to this focus include: (1) "Forging Equal Partnerships" (Ahsan); (2) "Who Best Represents the Voice of Parents?" (Foster); (3) "Parent Leadership Training…

This publication introduces parents to the background and main principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The booklet describes how UDL can help students with disabilities succeed in the classroom through an adaptable curriculum that meets their individual learning needs. A bibliography is included.

Discusses how parents can be instrumental in developing prereading skills and fostering reading readiness in their children. (TO)

Family day care settings vary widely and present difficulties in regulation, but the key to effective service to children in a family care home is the care giver. This paper discusses the requisites of a family care home and the necessary attributes of the care giver. (Author/ST)