School counselors may provide services as well as orchestrate and manage many elements of the guidance process, but the community which includes institutions, persons, processes, and other resources also has the potential to facilitate child development and the goals for school guidance and counseling. Various populations of children and youth…

Analysis of responses of 50 New Jersey teachers who are also parents elicited during one-hour interviews revealed that: (1) when teachers became parents they more fully understood parents and could relate to them more fully; (2) teachers believed they developed a broadened perspective toward their children; (3) teachers used the knowledge gleaned…

A study was conducted to determine (1) if black parents score at the internal or external end of the Locus of Control (LOC) scale; (2) if differences exist between black children's LOC and that of their parents; and (3) if an external-internal shift can be achieved through counseling of the parents, and if their children's LOC changes accordingly.…

A naturalistic inquiry took place in a 7-week university-sponsored drawing-painting course for 9-12 year olds. Explored were the perceptions of the participants in an art curriculum, particularly those of the students and teacher in relation to program goals and parent views. Perceptions related to art, art processes, art products,…

The first in a series on parenting education, for American Indians, the booklet looks at preparation for parenthood. Learning to be a good parent begins when one is a child, watching our parents and copying their ways with our own children. The booklet recognizes problems and needs of new parents. Some problems are an unplanned pregnancy,…

Part of the series on parenting education for American Indians, this booklet discusses some of the common communication problems parents face with their children as the children grow older. There are various ways of communicating, such as by sounds, by words, by sentences, by touch, by holding and showing affection, by body language, and by using…

The manual describes a workshop designed to provide parents of normal and hearing or language impaired young children with information on helping their child's communication development. The workshop series is presented in four sessions intended for 2 hours at a time. Preparation procedures are outlined along with facilitating factors. Curriculum…

Covered in an interview with a parent, an administrator, and a policy specialist are issues related to due process procedures for handicapped children. (CL)

Discusses the findings of an evaluation questionnaire designed to obtain information from adolescents in the areas of knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about parenting, marriage, and related topics. (BD)

Sexuality in the handicapped is discussed in terms of physical and emotional needs, reevaluation of cultural attitudes, and parental and professional roles regarding sex education. (LH)

Differences between the perceptions women have of men's beliefs and attitudes toward early child parenting and the men's actual responses showed females continually granting less credit to the parenting interest and the awareness of men than the men evidenced. Thus parenting socialization programs for unmarrieds should encourage planning and…

Psychoanalytic theory is not sufficient for establishing guidelines for child placement. As a case in point, the authors test the assumptions in the issues of continuity and multiple parenting against available empirical evidence. (Author)

Describes an innovative five-day foster care program which takes into consideration the new demands for child care services created by changes in social attitudes and life styles. (Author/ED)

The investigation of women's concerns and their position in society has attracted considerable attention throughout the social sciences since the mid-1970s. Particular interest has been shown in the social consequences of a wage labor force that has an increasing proportion of women workers. As women have entered the labor force in increasing…