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Early Reading. Parents Who Want to Can and Should Help Their Children Acquire Early Reading at Home.
Moser, Susan E. – 1984
Intended to encourage parents to help their children acquire early reading skills at home, this paper provides a rationale and recommendations for early reading instruction. Following an introduction, the sections of the paper discuss (1) the historical background of beginning reading, (2) the benefits of early reading, (3) early reading case…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Family Influence, Home Instruction
Romano, Maria – 1984
A study was conducted to determine what specific activities parents use to develop language in prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first and second grade children. A questionnaire about language related activities consisted of general information regarding the parents and children, followed by 15 statements that the parents checked according to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education
Download full textWood, Frank; And Others – 1982
The guide lists information on 56 resources (journal articles, books, reports, monographs) dealing with the education of children with behavioral disorders and published between 1950 and 1983. An introductory section reviews issues involved in the definition of the population, considers implications of the term "emotional disturbance,"…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Child Advocacy, Curriculum, Definitions
Special Parent/Special Child, 1987
This issue of the newsletter offers suggestions to help parents improve the experience of living with a handicapped child during the out-of-school summer months. Maintaining a moderately structured schedule is recommended, with activities based on the child's individual interests and energy level. Participation in routine activities at home (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Interpersonal Competence
Indiana State Dept. of Education, Indianapolis. – 1987
Noting that many schools in the state of Indiana offer reading incentive programs that provide special recognition or awards to students who reach or exceed established goals in their reading programs, this booklet presents the results of a survey of the types of reading incentive programs in use. The booklet notes that the programs span all grade…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Motivation Techniques, Parent Role
Marais, J. L. – 1984
The paper reviews the literature and discusses guidance services for gifted students with special application to education in the Republic of South Africa. Specific subjects considered include: guidance services for the gifted, structure of services, personnel involved in guidance services for the gifted, the school guidance program for the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Lykes, M. Brinton; Stewart, Abigail J. – 1982
Virtually all psychological theories assume that early life experiences have an impact on later life choices. However, increasing doubts have been expressed about the universality and permanence of the relationship between women's work and family lives. To explore how early family experiences and early adult decisions affect women's later career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Cohort Analysis, College Graduates
Stough, Morrow F. – 1982
In 1980, 482 parents of students in 4 elementary and secondary schools in the San Diego (California) Unified School District were individually asked 67 questions in interviews designed to reveal their perceptions concerning home-school communications, the quality and types of local educational services, parental responsibility in the educational…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Parent Attitudes, Parent Background
Nafziger, Margo Eileen – 1982
Presented is an annotated bibliography that is helpful to teachers and administrators who are attempting to involve parents in the reading instruction of their school-aged children. Sources cited refer primarily to the involvement of parents from a middle socioeconomic level. Items in the first part of the bibliography deal with research…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Elementary Education
Hanson, Shirley May Harmon – 1981
This paper reviews literature from the past 10 years about single fathers. Statistics are presented to show the number of single fathers, their race, socioeconomic status, religion, age, and employment. Other issues discussed include an analysis of single fathers' parenting and homemaking skills, their motivation for custody, and visiting and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Comparative Analysis, Demography
Quisenberry, James D., Ed.; And Others – 1982
This collection of 13 articles reprinted from the journal "Childhood Education" is organized into three sections: (1) Families: Structure, Status, and Stresses; (2) Parenting; and (3) Schools and the Family. The first section consists of six articles dealing with issues surrounding the changing family and early childhood education,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Divorce, Early Childhood Education, Family Life
Anderson, Edna Page; And Others – 1982
This guide is intended to give concrete suggestions to home economics teachers on preparing and carrying out a public relations program. Stressing that public relations should not and cannot wait for a spectacular event to attract public attention, the booklet gives a variety of strategies to portray to different audiences what home economics…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Needs, Guidelines, Home Economics
Richards, David M. – 1985
The goal of this practicum was to teach parents ways to supervise the kinds of television programs their kindergarten-aged children watch and to limit the time they spend watching them. Attempts were made to advise teachers about ways to supplement information provided to parents about educationally sound and appropriate programs for children. The…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Community Resources, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children
Baruch, Grace K.; Barnett, Rosalind C. – 1984
To investigate dimensions of fathers' participation in family work and to examine the effects of each dimension on children's sex-role related attitudes, this study collected data from 160 fathers of kindergarten and fourth-grade children, their wives, and their children. Fathers and mothers were interviewed jointly as well as separately and they…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Responsibility, Childhood Attitudes, Father Attitudes
Schaefer, Earl S. – 1984
To provide a context for a discussion of parental modernity and child development, this paper explores concepts of societal and individual modernity and examines historical evidence of increasing levels of intellectual competence and an active orientation in the conduct of life. Specific attention is given to sociological theories of Bell (1973)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
