Presents a rationale and a description for incorporating family-systems knowledge and assessment into parent education programs. Emphasizes that an awareness and analysis of family-systems dynamics is extremely important for counselors who teach parent education. Examines issues in assessment and intervention with family system characteristics,…

Results from the real-time analysis of the Child Success Through Parent Training project (a project stressing parent training for the birth-3 years developmentally delayed population) are reported for three service components: telephone screening, home screening, and initial developmental assessment. Advantages of the method are discussed, as are…

Four intervention techniques--choosing and defining a target behavior and task analysis, using antecedents, using consequences, and using data collection procedures--were effective in improving related skills of nine parents of at-risk toddler-aged children. Using parents to teach the techniques to other parents was also demonstrated effective and…

The Paraprofessional Outreach Program shows parents more effective ways of managing behaviors and teaching new skills to their disabled children. The program uses as paraprofessionals other parents of developmentally delayed children living at home. A 10-day training process for parent trainees focuses on such topics as goals of community…

An individual training program teaches parents of language handicapped preschoolers to facilitate their child's communication via turn taking, pausing, description, modeling, expansion, prompts, or facilitative questions. (CL)

An inattentive and neglectful parent was taught to provide positive verbal and physical attention toward her four-year-old via a "bug-in-the-ear" microphone device while the parent interacted with her child. After use of the device was discontinued, the parent continued to use the newly trained skills at rates higher than during baseline.…

Research at the University of Pittsburgh will concentrate on developing assessment instruments and accompanying instructional strategies (including behavior modification training for parents) for autisiclike preschool children and their families. (Author/CL)

The present study suggests that parent training alone, or methylphenidate alone, are both sufficient to produce noticeable, clinically significant improvements in behavior of hyperactive children. The research did not show, however, that a combination of treatments is any more effective than either treatment alone. (Author/GC)

This final report describes accomplishments and activities of a federally funded project to meet the leadership support needs of parents of children with disabilities serving on statewide interagency coordinating councils. The project was based on a leadership support model based on input from parent leaders in 25 states which focuses on the…

Noting that good parental discipline provides positive, constructive ways to encourage cooperation and good behavior and gives children the skills to regulate themselves, this 42-minute videotape with facilitator's guide comprise a program intended to help parents get past daily power struggles by using effective disciplinary techniques and…

Intended for parents, the article describes the pediatrician's role in the longterm care of the child, offers guidelines for the relationship between parents and doctors, and recommends a regular health supervision program. (DB)

The parental role in guiding children in vocational choices gives rise to the need for courses for parents about vocational aspects of human growth and development. A project was designed to update, educate, and reeducate parents of elementary and secondary school age children to meet the need. (AG)

A central premise of the Home Start program is that parents are the child's first teachers and that many parents want training to help them meet the challenges of parenthood. (Author)

An exploration of the positive aspects of nutrition education programs aimed at improving the diets of low-income persons in underdeveloped countries. Results of programs concerning undernourished infants from birth to three years old in three communities in Mexico are presented. When, what, and how nutrition education questions are discussed. (LK)

On the assumption that parents can provide significant educational experiences for their preschool children, a Parent/Child course has been initiated in conjunction with the Toy Library at the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. (Authors/CB)