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Eilers, Ulinda; And Others – 1977
Language development is the topic of three papers from the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project, a home based program for rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers. Cooperative efforts between the project and university speech and hearing services are described in the first paper. The second paper, addressed to parents, covers ways to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delayed Speech, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children
Felker, Evelyn H. – 1974
This book, written by an experienced foster parent, discusses the unique experience of being a foster parent and presents practical guidelines for foster parents. The first section focuses on the foster child and contains chapters on self-assessment to determine foster parenting potential, welcoming the foster child, coping with problems, and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Caseworker Approach, Coping, Discipline
Yao, Esther Lee – 1979
This study compares teachers' perceptions of Chinese American child rearing practices with the perceptions of Chinese American parents. The sample populations consisted of teachers from the Houston area and Chinese immigrant parents from Los Angeles and Houston. A questionnaire solicited opinions on five topics: (1) whether American child rearing…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Chinese Americans, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
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Designed to acquaint teachers, administrators and other school personnel with phenylketonuria (PKU - an inborn error of metabolism which requires dietary intervention), the booklet reviews school problems related to the condition. Introductory information concerns the nature, treatment, and screening and diagnosis of PKU. Diet management is…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Dietetics, Eating Habits, Elementary Secondary Education
Carter, Virginia L., Ed. – 1979
Fund raising ideas for colleges and universities are compiled in a handbook of articles from "CASE Currents." The first section discusses the annual fund drive in such articles as: "Start that Habit Early--Senior Giving '5X'" (Lynn Segall); "Join Hands with Lost Friends" (Jeanne Knoerle); "Match Those…
Descriptors: Alumni, Computers, Faculty, Fund Raising
Download full textSTROM, ROBERT D. – 1964
INFORMATION ABOUT DROPOUTS IS PRESENTED FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WITH THE HOPE OF INITIATING DISCUSSION, PLANNING, AND ACTION TO FORESTALL THE PROBLEM. OF THE 26 MILLION YOUTH WHO WILL ENTER THE LABOR FORCE BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970, 5.2 MILLION OR 20.2 PERCENT WILL NOT COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL. THE PROBLEM IS DISCUSSED UNDER THE…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged
Becker, Laurence D.; And Others – 1976
A study of the needs and services available to parents of exceptional children in Southern California is described. The first section reviews results of a mail survey in which 78% of the agencies and programs serving exceptional persons indicated they also provided some type of service to parents. Additional results discussed include that the most…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Services, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children
Bessant, Helen P., Ed. – 1975
Presented are 11 brief articles designed to help parents enhance their children's school performance and generally improve the home environment. Included is information on the following topics: the role of the social worker in parent education, home activities to improve a child's reading skills, developing listening skill through instructional…
Descriptors: Clothing, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, General Education
Padzensky, Herb; And Others – 1975
Presented is the participant's manual for a minicourse in communication with parents of the developmentally disabled. The manual is divided into five units (with sample topics in parentheses): parent teacher conferencing (typical sequences of parent reactions), reporting to parents (methods and scheduling), the home training program (developmental…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Developmental Disabilities, Exceptional Child Education, Guidelines
Bass, Donald G. – 1975
This study measures the knowledge that community parents with children between the ages of 16 and 23 have about College of the Mainland; it also measures the accuracy of the college's administrators in estimating parental knowledge. To assess parental knowledge, interviews were conducted with 99 parents randomly distributed across the census…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Field Interviews, Parent Attitudes
Spriggs, Alice – 1976
Described is the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Home Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE), program which began as a model preschool program and later shifted to development of support materials for use with young children. Use in the program of paraprofessional home visitors, educational television programs and weekly classroom experiences is…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Television, General Education, Home Visits
Weaver, Nancy – 1972
Presentations concerning a variety of special programs operating within the framework of a large comprehensive child care program were discussed. A description is given of how a specialist from a certain discipline functions in the many varied programs aimed at prevention. The specialty is nutrition. Each presentation discussed has opportunities…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Developmental Programs, Eating Habits
Sapulpa Public Schools, OK. – 1974
One of the programs included in "Effective Reading Programs...," this program is based on the principle of early identification of students' strengths and weaknesses and the development of individualized methods to correct the weaknesses and emphasize the strengths. The program, begun in 1972, serves 749 kindergarten and first-grade…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development, Individualized Reading
Wisconsin State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Madison. – 1972
This booklet contains suggestions for suitable play activities for preschool children. In an attempt to answer the questions of homemakers and mothers an explanation of the place of play in a child's life, and some ways that an adult can help are presented. Also discussed is the vital importance of play in the total development of the child.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Bibliographies, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Soule, A. Bradley, III – 1974
This paper reports some of the preliminary findings of an investigation of the ways in which married couples experience pregnancy. Demographic, historical, personal, and marital information was gathered through individual interviews with each prospective parent. The 57 variables measured were combined to make six clusters: (1) experience of…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Emotional Response, Expectation, Fathers
