Examined the effects of group parent training on perceptions of marital satisfaction and compatibility between spouses (N=40). Results indicated an increase in parenting skills and increased marital satisfaction. (JAC)

Two studies are reported on the assessment and training of parent-child interactional skills in developmentally handicapped mothers. The results suggest that developmentally handicapped mothers can be taught to provide more effective and stimulating interactions for their young children. (Author)

A home-based ecobehavioral parent-training package with a low-income single-parent referred for child neglect, and her seven-year-old son was effective in increasing the mother's frequency of descriptive praise and in producing demonstrable changes in the untreated corollary behaviors. Maintenance probes conducted two and six months following the…

Strong evidence of overall effectiveness was found for a language intervention training program featuring parent training to facilitate early language acquisition in 11 developmentally delayed children (19-55 months old) in natural environmental settings. Gains were strongest at completion of the intervention period, but some children continued to…

Three models of parent training are presented: the parent-as-teacher model, the mixed model, and the parent-as-trainer model. Educational benefits and concerns are described for each model. Suggestions regarding implementation in collaboration with special educators are discussed from the training team perspective. Parent training projects which…

Provides suggestions on how to publicize the dependent care tax credit. (Author/BJD)

Provides questions and answers on the issue of decreasing your taxes by using the child care tax credit. (Author/BJD)

Discusses the importance of involving parents in the career education decision-making process for their children. Suggests specific ways in which parents can help. (JOW)

Assessed childrearing attitudes of 155 West German parents and 215 immigrant parents to West Germany from Greece, Italy, and Turkey. Subset comparisons indicate the need for parent-education programs that inform each group about attitude similarities as well as differences and that support family cohesion while integration proceeds. (Author/JAC)

This brochure, one of a series of publications on recommended feeding and dietary practices to improve nutritional status at various points in the life cycle, focuses on childbirth, the initiation of breastfeeding, and breastfeeding concerns during the first week after birth. Addressed to health care providers working with mothers and newborns,…

Discusses social work consultant functions beyond direct service to children and families, and opportunities in a preschool setting for social work training. (DP)

Article proposes various ways to utilize parents as resources for teaching children to read. (GB)

Examined are mechanical replay methods for facilitating acquisition by parents of diagnostic information. An information processing model is presented. (KW)

All research work on the subject of accident prevention points to the fact that few accidents are outside the power of man to prevent. (Author)

The article describes how to train children with physical, perceptual, or mental handicaps to use public transportation. (Author/KW)