Families (N=109) participated in a behavioral parent training program to modify aggressive and abusive family relationships. Successful and nonsuccessful outcome groups were then compared in child, adult-interactional, and socioeconomic characteristics. A discrimination analysis model correctly predicted a steady increase in the probability of…

Examination of an early intervention program featuring combination home- and center-based, transdisciplinary team services for children with moderate to severe disabilities and their parents indicated statistically significant positive behavioral changes for both children and their parents. No relationship was found, however, between amount of…

Recent research suggests parental involvement in education can be particularly helpful for children from families with low incomes. Parents who do not know how to help will almost always do what teachers ask them. Suggesting specific activities and letting parents know they can contribute to their child's progress are emphasized. (MT)

Setting up parent education programs to be implemented in the workplace is discussed. Steps include planning, scheduling, evaluation, and followup. (CT)

Proposes a group training approach for teaching child management skills to parents. Describes the course's focus on parent and child behavior, outlines the physical, verbal, cognitive, and performance skills that a parent participant would acquire, and discusses its emphasis on creating parent-child relationships that are full of empathy and…

This paper presents the authors' experience in designing and teaching a parenting class for adolescent parents who returned to the high school setting after having a child. A detailed discussion relates the salient developmental characteristics of adolescence and early parenthood to the use of specific classroom strategies. (Author/CJB)

The study examined the effectiveness of a procedure for teaching parents of four mildly retarded children (8-10 years old) to be home reading tutors and generalization of the skills to school. Substantial increases in targeted tutor behaviors and corresponding improvements in child reading behaviors were observed. (Author/CL)

Proposes strategies for communication between home and school concerning the Catholic bishops' message about war and peace. Suggests the formation of a task force to identify the values to be attained through peace education, assess community attitudes about these values, and recommend guidelines for in-school and home-oriented educational…

The effectiveness of a treatment program utilizing parents and tape recordings to teach relaxation skills to 13 hyperactive children was examined. (DB)

Early reading looked at from the perspectives of people with whom a school administrator works: parents, staff, researchers. Cites studies which document importance of parents as teachers. Believes staff should recognize importance of involving parents in early childhood education programs.

This report presents an evaluation of Florida's Blind Babies Program, which provides community-based, early intervention education to visually impaired or blind children from birth through age 5 and to their parents, families, and caregivers. The evaluation found that: (1) the Division of Blind Services had not developed an adequate accountability…

Since two thirds of the country's children reside in the countryside, improving child development services in rural areas is one of China's most pressing concerns. This report details the current situation of children in rural and urban China and identifies problems related to child development. The report also presents evidence of the effect of…

Noting that the wealth of parenting curricula available poses a challenge to identifying the more appropriate curricula for a particular group, this guide is designed to enable more effective and efficient selection of curricula for parent education. The guide describes and evaluates 41 parenting programs and is divided into two major sections.…

By having workshop participants involved in verbalizing, valuing, and decision-making processes concerning human sexuality, the author feels that the parents of pre-teenagers and teenagers, are better able to understand the scope and focus of sex education in schools and churches. (GB)

A home eye test program to encourage preschool detection of amblyopia and other serious vision problems has been developed. (DB)