This pamphlet for prospective parents provides very brief discussions of the parent child relationship, the realities of being a parent, parenting techniques, parents' responsibilities, and parenting as a developmental process. Guidelines for parents of infants, toddlers, school age and adolescent children are suggested. (Author/SS)

This booklet is written in non-technical language and focuses on educational testing issues currently of interest to parents. Some of the questions parents commonly ask about tests are identified and answered. Questions include: (1) What are tests and why are they used?; (2) How are they used?; (3) How many different kinds of tests are there?; (4)…

Presented is the final report of the 2-year Connecticut "Parenting and the Exceptional Child" project, which provided approximately 100 professionals in the helping fields with training in leading parent groups concerned with managing the exceptional child in the home. Briefly reviewed are the project's five phases from initially…

The bibliography presents approximately 70 citations (1958-1972) dealing with parents as behavior modifiers. Arranged alphabetically by author's name, the listings usually contain title, source, date, and pagination information. (CL)

This is a bilingual book about language development of the young child. It is written for parents, with the objective of providing them with skills to help their children learn to talk. Emphasis is on maintaining communication between parent and child from infancy in a non-pressured, accepting, and positive environment. Developmental (normative)…

The Maimonides Early Childhood Health-Mental Health Prevention and Treatment Program is described. The program provides a broad range of preventive services to children who are five years of age and younger. Services are organized into Post-Natal and Pre-School Programs. The Post-Natal Program offers group education and counseling, individual…

This manual is designed to assist group leaders in training parents with the child management program, "Parents are Teachers". Activity outlines for each of the 10-week sessions show the teacher how to present parents with various kinds of reinforcement and discipline systems. Hypothetical situations are used to teach parents how they can…

This guide provides ideas for organizing and conducting orientation and inservice parent education programs in nursery schools (particularly cooperatives). It outlines items to be included in parent orientation meetings and enumerates the goals of a community nursery school. Also discussed are suggestions for working with children, some excerpts…

The handbook for parents of deaf blind children describes practical techniques of child care for such activities as sitting, standing, walking, sleeping, washing, eating, dressing, toilet training, disciplining, and playing. For instance, it is explained that some visually handicapped children acquire mannerisms in their early years because they…

The "Everyone Needs a Parent" curriculum provides a new way of getting in touch with parenting by helping people to regain old skills and develop new ones. (MM)

Describes a class project where fourth and fifth graders taught metrics to their parents during a six-week metric measurement unit. (JMB)

A notation is suggested to make listings of PET programs more readable by parents and teachers. Some samples are given. (MP)

Records the visit of a home educator with the Child Health and Development Project, a project designed to promote parenting skills and offer medical care to families in rural areas. (MS)

Discussed are some techniques available to the parent trainer that utilize behavioral principles to teach behavioral principles. (SBH)

Available from: Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded, Kinsmen National Institute on Mental Retardation Building, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Downsview, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada. Described is Pilot Parents, a support service for parents who have recently learned that their child is mentally handicapped. (GW)