The article explains intricacies of tax law which may be of benefit to parents of handicapped children when filing income tax returns. (KW)

The conference is described and this account has detailed what was done to make the recommendations a working blueprint for action at all levels in all segments of the society. Information and ideas are presented to challenge and to support whatever undertakings are desired. (Author)

Briefly outlines scope of a total drug education program, and includes the duties of the district coordinator of such a program. (CJ)

Reports a test of the efficacy of time-limited, cognitive-behavioral group treatment with parents who maltreat their children. Intervention focused on providing access to models of effective parenting, giving detailed feedback on parenting skills, building social skills, promoting awareness of cognitive precursors of anger, and enhancing…

Parents in New Zealand often are presented with an array of contradictory recommendations for meeting needs of nine gifted children. Parents and teachers should understand motives underlying different viewpoints, clarify their aims, and, thereby, better use their limited freedom of choice for requesting appropriate provisions for gifted children.…

A program, "Giving Birth and Independence," which includes four 30-minute videotapes designed to help parents of handicapped children, is described. Topics addressed include dealing with other people about the disability and encouraging independence. Initial field test data is reported. (CL)

Fourteen parents of autistic children participating in a home-based behavioral program viewed their treatment more favorably than a comparison group of parents receiving more usual forms of treatment. Most had an accurate impression of treatment, but half found it hard to use the methods suggested. (Author/CL)

Parents of six developmentally delayed young childen (one- to four-years-old) significantly increased their use of five language stimulation techniques (referencing, parallel talking, questioning, replying, and demanding) as a result of a 10-week parent training course. (CL)

Describes Parent-Child Interaction, a model designed to instruct parents to teach their preschool children basic cognitive and perceptual skills. Studies testing it are reported. (JOW)

Results suggested that the overwhelming need of the 36 low income mothers of developmentally delayed children was to learn to cope with the unknowns about their child's future and that an effective intervention strategy might be establishment of groups run by and for parents in conjunction with early intervention programs. (Author)

Mothers of two severely handicapped infants were instructed via task analysis to teach their children three tasks. Results suggested that mothers learned quickly and children acquired, maintained, and generalized the desired responses. (CL)

The University of Pittsburgh's Psychoeducational Clinic, designed to assist parents and teachers in understanding children and their problems so that effective and efficient intervention can be applied, is described. The clinic's decision making model for the clinical assessment of children with learning and behavior problems is discussed. (Author)

Holds that the practice of disciplining children is damaging to their physical, emotional, and social well-being. Describes the democratic and egalitarian parenting model put forth in "Effectiveness Training" as an alternative to adult power based control of children. (Author/GC)