By providing background information, reviewing current practice, and identifying and analyzing related issues, the authors formulate and recommend solutions for strengthening the parent-school relationship, particularly as related to P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Section I provides background information on the law…

The first aim of this study was to investigate the influence of child spacing, family size, and parental income and educational level on the way parents perceive and conceptualize the world around them and children within the family. A second aim was to explore the relationship between parents' belief systems regarding children's cognitive…

This paper explores the procedures utilized in developing a program model to assist parents of handicapped students in learning about their roles in enhancing the development of their children's skills and attitudes necessary for the work world. The first section discusses three basic assumptions about parents and their role in education: (1)…

This paper investigates how parents are affected by various types of child care. Interviews were conducted with 109 mothers of children aged 2 to 3 1/2 years placed in one of three forms of substitute care arrangement (day care center, family day care and in-home care.) Most of the families were intact and middle class. The three groups of…

A mother's interactions with her young daughter were studied with special emphasis placed upon the frequencies of linguistically instructional input and the strategies employed to provide this information. The girl was between 18 and 28 months old and her mean length of utterance (MIU) was between 1.5 and 4.3 morphemes. Only maternal input was…

Although mothers remain the primary caretakers of children, recent empirical evidence supports the notion that fathers are important in the lives of even very young children. This study examined relationships between fathers' and mothers' attitudes toward childrearing (as measured by the Parent Attitude Research Instrument), their beliefs about…

The paper describes a study of the relationship of personality and family variables to the capacity of 42 families to care for their handicapped infants. The predictor variables included two distinct measures of commitment as well as measures of consensus, resources, boundary permeability and locus of control. Outcome measures were the child's…

Intended for parents of children with cleft lip and cleft palate, the booklet provides an overview of the condition. Addressed are the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): prenatal development and birth defects (facial development); possible causes of cleft lip/cleft palate (common misconceptions, genetic factors, environmental…

This research examined the degree of correspondence between children's perceptions of their parents' caregiving behavior, those parents' self-perceptions, and the parents' inferences about how their behavior would be perceived by their child. Eighty child (seven-year-olds) parent pairs completed modified Bronfenbrenner Parent Behavior…

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between four independent variables and a fifth dependent variable - juvenile delinquency. The four independent variables were: (1) perception by youth of parental acceptance or rejection; (2) normative orientation of parents--conformist or deviant; (3) normative orientation of reference…

This booklet, directed to parents, advocates parent involvement in New Zealand playcenter groups, discusses parental duties in the playcenter, and suggests ways parents can help children to learn. The booklet has three chapters. Chapter I discusses the value of parent involvement from the point of view of the child, the parent, and the community.…

There are four different types of love possible between men and women in the middle years. The type they feel for each other depends not upon their ages but upon whether they are married, whether they have children, and what is happening in their occupational careers. The intense feelings of romantic love are dampened by long association. Conjugal…

This report details the development and evaluation of a model program for inservice training of full-time child day care personnel. Based on a survey of licensed day care centers in Virginia, the program involved 100 participants, ranging from day care aides through center directors. The 10-week training element was presented three successive…

This study was designed to assess the needs of parents in preparing home learning environments for their young children. Subjects included 30 families (10 Anglo, 10 black, and 10 Chicano) with children from birth to 3 years of age. Data on approximately half of the families has been analyzed and is discussed. Half of the subject population had…

Presented is the final report of a 1974-75 program of home instruction which involved nine preschool hearing impaired children. Described are activities which were conducted under 10 project objectives such as providing speechreading and auditory training, providing language activities, gaining parental interest and involvement, and developing and…