This is the report of the proceedings of a conference designed to provide an opportunity for counselors, guidance directors, and others to share ideas and seek a better understanding of what is happening in family life and how this affects the counselor. The conference heard addresses by a sociologist whose major field of study is family life…

Listing some of the Chicano values which differ from those of the Anglo and suggesting possible classroom behavioral implications, this pamphlet provides a teacher with a reference that may help in difficult classroom situations. Values discussed are related to social attitudes, class, family, siblings, competition, role of father, role of mother,…

This second of a series of papers evaluating the Parent/Child Program describes the procedure used to decide whether the nine toys and their accompanying learning episodes are appropriate for use by young children in the Parent/Child context. Parents in four courses (Preliminary and Performance Test Situations) were given instructions on how to…

Revised standards for day care service are given in this document. The standards are presented as goals to be attained, as distinguished from minimum requirements for licensing. Standards apply to all children receiving care outside their homes whether or not they are in community day care programs. Chapter topics include (1) day care as a child…

The effects of parent-monitored practice at home on pupil performance in reading were investigated. The study used as instructional vehicles the Parent-Assisted Learning Program (PAL) and the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) First-Year Communication Skills Program. PAL was designed to enable school personnel to establish a system whereby…

A program was proposed and initiated involving identification of potential learning disabilities (LD) in a school population of 600 4-, 5-, and 6-year-old children; and application of intervention measures for children identified. The school's diagnostic team reviewed research on existing practices, explored programs in operation throughout the…

Described are the curriculum, behavioral modification program, summer activities, and parent involvement in the Papillion (Nebraska) Title III elementary level "engineered classroom" program for emotionally disturbed students. Noted is program initiation after parents and teachers became upset over poor academic progress and behaviors of…

Twenty-eight families who indicated an interest in learning child management skills were included in a training program involving four groups from three elementary schools in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sessions were held once a week for 7-12 weeks. The parents were taught child management skills through the use of operant techniques which they utilized in…

The purpose of this study was to examine conjugal decision-making and decision-implementation in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan samples of low-income blacks and to explore variables which may be related to the observed decision-making structures. The nonmetropolitan sample was drawn from 2 rural villages and a small town in East Texas. The…

The pamphlet contains explanations and instructions for parents of oppositional preschool children (negative, destructive, or uncooperative children) who are enrolled in a Regional Intervention Project (RIP) behavior modification program. Explained in basic terms are the behavior theories related to why a child becomes oppositional and how to…

Presented is a manual developed by the Manatee, Florida, program for gifted students which includes three articles describing giftedness, checklists for teachers, a section on identifying characteristics of gifted students, sections on the self concept and minority gifted students, questions and suggestions for parents of gifted students, and…

Presented is an informal report of a 3-year early intervention project for young handicapped children in Michigan, a part of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program, sometimes referred to as the First Chance Projects. Sections cover the following topics, an overview of the project; identification and screening; the service delivery…

Described in the third of three reports from a staff training program at the University of Texas at Austin is a program for parent involvement in a short term center for learning disabled and emotionally disturbed preschoolers. It is explained that the program focuses on the parent's role as principle therapist for the child. Among program…

Relationships among symptomatology, socioeconomic status (SES), and parenting styles were examined for 113 hyperkinetic/minimal brain dysfunction boys (mean age 8.2 years) from intact families. (Author/DB)

Described is a language development technique designed for parents working with their young exceptional children at home. (SB)