Assessed level of knowledge among female inmates about child development and child behavior management and tested effectiveness of parenting education curriculum. Findings revealed that women entering the reformatory had inadequate knowledge about child development/behavior management. Participation in parenting education program resulted in…

Describes a 20-year program of research on the Nurse Home Visitation Program, a model in which nurses visit mothers beginning at pregnancy and continuing through the children's second birthdays. Summarizes results of two randomized trials and concludes that the use of nurses as home visitors is key to program success. (SLD)

Reports survey data from students and faculty at a high school where there is a program for pregnant and parenting teenagers. Most faculty see the program and its social work interventions as preventing school dropout among young parents. Students, too, are supportive of the program. (Author/GCP)

One of a series of letters to parents of children with developmental apraxia of speech, this letter discusses other problems associated with the disorder including language development problems, academic problems, motor skill problems, and chewing and swallowing difficulties. An annotated bibliography of two further readings for parents is…

Evaluates the home safety component provided by Project SafeCare with three families reported for child neglect. Results indicate that in-home training was effective in reducing hazards in diverse home settings, and that these reductions were maintained over time. Social validation data indicate that parents provided positive ratings for the home…

This article offers guidance for preparing parents of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit to manage their child at home. Topics covered include effective, formal discharge teaching, providing information about child development, continuity of care from the hospital to home (including linkages with professionals, agencies, and other…

Fit 2-B FATHERS is a parenting-skills education program for incarcerated adult males. The goals of this program are for participants to have reduced recidivism rates and a reduced risk of their children acquiring criminal records. These goals are accomplished by helping participants become physically, practically, and socially fit for the demands…

Objective:: This study examined the effects of the Webster-Stratton parenting program on the parenting skills of maltreating mothers and on the autonomy of their children (3-8 years). Method:: A randomized controlled trial was used. Twenty-six maltreating families were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: the 16-hour weekly intervention…

Are preventive early childhood interventions effective in improving home environments, as assessed with the HOME inventory (Caldwell & Bradley, 1984)? The authors traced 48 published articles, presenting 56 intervention effects (N = 7,350). The combined effect size on the HOME total score was d = 0.20 (p less than 0.001). Randomized…

This article provides an insight into the world of professional play specialists and provides suggestions to parents on how to be more confident about their role in play. Play need not be work for moms and dads, but it should be a family priority that they enjoy and about which the feel just great when they have devoted time and energy to do it.…

One for Autism is a thriving and ever-growing facility for children with autism and other developmental delays. One for Autism, Inc., umbrellas One for Autism Academy, which offers a classroom setting, as well as One for Autism Center, which provides one-on-one comprehensive therapies, including behavioral therapy, occupational therapy and speech…

The Parent Education Profile (PEP) is an instrument that rates parents' support for children's literacy development. This study examined how the PEP portrays the ideal parent, its assumptions about parenting and education, and the values and ideals it promotes. In sum, many aspects of the PEP evaluate parents by the mainstream (White,…

This study compared parental psychiatric symptom severity, and the absence or presence of severe substance abuse, as predictors of contact with minor children for a representative sample of adults with diagnoses of serious mental illness (N = 45). Child contact and psychiatric symptom severity were measured during regularly scheduled 6-month…

The Parent Education Profile (PEP) is an instrument used by family literacy programs to rate parents' support for children's literacy development. This article uses Critical Discourse Analysis to examine how the PEP constructs the ideal parent, the text's underlying assumptions about parenting and education, and its ideological effects. The…

This study integrates and applies theoretical models linking parent cognitions to maternal engagement in a parenting program to prevent child aggression and conduct problems. African American and European American mothers of preschoolers (N = 347) reported on their child's behavior, family demographics, and parental cognitions (i.e., parenting…