Stresses the importance of parental involvement in children's education. Describes a successful parent-student study-skills workshop, and discusses several common barriers to parents' participation in workshops along with suggested solutions. (ARH)

By interviewing parents and reviewing letters of complaint, Camp Hy-Lake (Tennessee) identified six conditions/outcomes parents expected of a good camp experience. By providing those conditions the camp improved its camper return rate from 60 to 80% in approximately two years and increased camper returns from two to three and a half years. (JHZ)

The main points of the two reports on education are summarized. Both reports, the Governor's 1991 Report on Education and A Report on Elementary Education in America, emphasize the crucial role of parents and community in achieving excellence. (PS)

Suggests how parents, as key participants, can use bibliotherapy as an effective tool in helping teenagers solve their problems. Reports attitudes toward bibliotherapy and the interactions among the parents and children of four families. (JK)

The chapter examines audition and early intervention with hearing impaired infants, the normal development of audition, a model of auditory learning and teaching (involving discrimination, identification, comprehension, and detection), progression along the developmental sequence, natural interactions which aid learning, and parent role. (DB)

The Early Intervention Research Institute (EIRI) reviewed extensive data reported by early intervention projects. Among surprising findings were that half-day programs produced as many gains as full-day programs, and programs which expected parent involvement were not more effective than those which did not. Current EIRI research efforts are…

Assesses the status of children's intellectual rights in educational policy. Examines the history, nature and purpose of public schools, detailing a complex interaction of rights, interests, functions, and constraints. Includes specific practical guidelines for educators, parents, and students. (NH)

Analyzes political indoctrination of children from a legal point of view and discusses four models of child-parent state relationship. Argues for a compromise interpretation of the Constitution; which would prohibit public schools, as agents of government, from indoctrinating children, while setting no limits on parents. (NH)

The Mutual Regulatory Model is used to describe the infants' dual task of regulating simultaneously his internal emotional state and his engagement with the external environment. (Author/BB)

Offers guidelines and a model strategy to help teachers of young children conduct more productive parent teacher conferences. (BB)

Investigates the reading development of six preschool children who learned to read at home without systematic instruction. Attempts (1) to find out whether there was an identifiable process by which these children learned to read and (2) to study th role of the parents in these children's early reading acquisition. (HOD)

What music teachers can do to prevent students from dropping out of band is discussed. Suggestions include talking with the child, working with other teachers, getting support from parents, and taking a good look at the music program itself. (RM)

Discusses factors that foster the development of young voluntary readers. Reviews studies that describe home and school characteristics that encourage voluntary reading and stresses the importance of providing young students with a rich literary environment in the classroom. (FL)

Discusses the consequences that schools may face as a result of the Hatch Amendment, which prevents a school from inquiring about seven subject areas if a single parent disagrees. (DF)

This article discusses health issues and problems involving school-age children. Defines the population of concern, discusses societal changes and their factors influencing childrens' health, describes the scope and resources of health services, defines system organization and interrelationships, and suggests priorities for future action. (DF)