The manual describes the content and format of Project PAVE (Parents as Volunteers in Education), an effort to train parent volunteers to assist in the education of handicapped students in the least restrictive environment. The manual presents a training outline with each step specified: objective, elapsed time, materials, equipment, personnel,…

Thirteen papers (1972-1980) on the Portage Project, a home based early intervention program for preschool handicapped children, are presented. The following titles and authors are represented: "The Portage Project: A Model for Early Childhood Education" (M. Shearer, D. Shearer); "A Comparison of Paraprofessional and Professional…

The guidebook for parents of learning disabled (LD) children provides answers to questions such as the following: What is a learning disability? How does an LD child behave? What should parents who suspect their child has a learning disability do? Can an LD child succeed in school? How should parents discipline an LD child? How can parents manage…

Two teaching strategies for helping mothers of high risk neonates acquire a method of encouraging infant head control were compared. Both guided learning groups (who received either demonstration only or demonstration and simulation) performed better than did the control group. (Author/DB)

Four parents trained in specific methods for teaching social interaction skills to their mentally retarded and nondisabled children increased their prompting and praising techniques. These changes were accompanied by increases in the amount and duration of their children's play interactions. (CL)

A parent training program emphasizing acquisition of general (as opposed to task-specific) techniques facilitated spontaneous generalization of parenting skills from the school to the home for one parent, but not for a second parent. (Author/CL)

A manual to teach parents how to help their six children (3-11 years old) overcome fear of the dark included desensitization, reinforcemnt, and verbal self-control statements. Data indicated that all children were sleeping all night with the rheostat set at criterion level or lower within two weeks after initiation of treatment. (Author/CL)

Graduates of a community-based training course for parents of developmentally disabled children were recruited as training assistants. Outcome was measured in terms of cost effectiveness as savings of professional staff's time, changes in outcome, and problems and limitations. Results strongly support the continued use of parents as teaching…

This article describes the New Mexico Media Literacy Project, a project that strives to encourage children and their parents to think critically when interacting with media messages. The project is one of the few media literacy programs offering programming to both children and parents on issues ranging from tobacco advertising to sex and violence…

This booklet touches on many topics related to child care consumer education for parents. The booklet begins by defining child care consumer education, discussing this education as a way to provide parents with child care information to assess their needs, locate services, evaluate quality, and choose the best possible care for their children. The…

Explained for parents is the logic involved in the design of psychological tests. (KW)

The Attitude toward the Freedom of Children Scale and the revised Parent Attitude Research Instrument were administered to 28 Australian mothers. Half of the mothers attended a nine-week course in Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP), while the remaining half acted as the control group. A one-way analysis of variance evaluated the…

The author describes a process through which parents of exceptional children or school personnel in any community can organize a parent group for themselves and their children. (CL)

Factor analysis identified five factors that deterred parents (n=112) from participating in parenting education programs: lack of confidence, lack of course relevance, personal problems, situational barriers, and time. Child care was the most important issue influencing participation. (Contains 29 references.) (JOW)