Although the school has an important role in teaching children good dental care habits, the example and guidance of parents is of first importance in helping children to develop the right attitudes toward dental health and the proper care of their teeth. (JD)

Archbishop Ussher (1645) in explaining why all superiors were called parents called upon the idea of patriarchal authority. This paper considers the social implications of the same philosophy as it is represented by the practice of education authorities standing "in loco parentis" to their pupils. (Editor)

A model is presented to enable school systems to assess their current practices regarding parental involvement during the pupil planning process in special education. (Author/CL)

A review of the literature regarding the training of parents as language facilitators for young language-handicapped children includes a description of the University of South Carolina Parent Training Program, which offers short-term training in desirable interactive styles, elicitation of appropriate language, and language facilitative…

Project ACTT (Activating Children Through Technology) has adapted hardware (switches, battery operated toys, and microcomputers) and developed software for use with handicapped children (birth to 3). Individual child assessment of abilities, switch determination and placement, positioning, environmental design, choice of equipment, parent…

Analyzes relationships between directly observed infant and mother behavior and infant temperament characteristics, as described in maternal ratings; separates the effects of different variance components in prediction of the observed behaviors; and explores possible interactions between infant sex and infant temperament in determining both infant…

Interviews 100 first borns (12-14 years) and their parents, where both were Australian-born and where parents were Italian-born and children Australian-born, to separate family transmission effects from generational similarities in culture. Proposes that studies across generations should distinguish between actual and perceived agreement and…

Analysis of eight speech and language Individualized Education Program conferences revealed that the most discussed topic was student performance and the least discussed topic was parent responsibilities. Communicative interaction was predominantly one-way, with clinicians giving information to relatively passive parents and classroom teachers.…

Assessed the attitudes of parents of homosexual children, primarily members of support groups for parents of lesbians/gays, were they to discover their child(ren) had Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Responses indicated devastation at the thought, with persistence of a bond between parent and child, though parents felt ambivalent…

A review of research focuses on the autistic child's influence on the functioning and interactions of family members. Resources associated with successful family adaptation to the autistic child include degree of cohesion, expressiveness, and active recreational orientation, as well as the mother's perception of adequacy of family support. (JW)

Developed a 24-item scale to measure Beliefs about the Consequences of Maternal Employment for Children, including beliefs about both benefits and costs. Demonstrated reliability and high convergent, divergent, and concurrent validity. Assessed sex-role traditionalism, women's employment status, work hours, age of child at which employment is…

Discusses the problem of prejudice toward the children of school administrators. (SRT)

A specially designed problem-solving process was used with 16 visually handicapped high school students and their parents to develop plans for the students' transition from school to employment. The program involved a weekend of presentations and workshops and was a joint effort of education and rehabilitation personnel. (Author/DB)

In spite of the important role of parents in their children's educational success, teacher education programs do not prepare teachers to deal with parents. One program which was successful in improving the home-school partnership trained teachers to develop curricula relevant to the minority issues that were important in the community. (VM)

Concerns the Hatch Amendment which required parental permission before students involved in certain federally funded programs could be psychologically or psychiatrically tested or treated. Describes the development and implementation of the amendment by conservative parent groups and briefly discusses educator opposition to the amendment. (NB)