In Haiti, parents expect their children to be taught French in school. Haitian parents living in the United States must be made to understand that Creole speaking children may more easily make the transition into English directly, rather than via French. (ST)

The author describes the parent training model as a viable alternative to delivering services to train parents of handicapped children. (SB)

Describes a series of group meetings for prospective adoptive couples in which participants explored issues related to rearing adopted children with special needs. Results of informal evaluation by participants are reported. (RH)

The article presents a three module training course to help parents of handicapped children participate effectively in individualized education program (IEP) meetings. (CL)

A survey of university programs training teachers of the deaf was done to identify curricula in the area of the professional preparation of parent educators. The majority of the respondents that offered courses in this areas focused on parents of very young deaf children. (Author)

Transition into the college environment involves a range of issues not only for the entering student but also for the parent. The College Survival Test (CST) is a program designed to present a wide range of issues concerning college life that allows focused input by college officials and students. (Author)

A new nutrition education program in California is targeted at students, parents, and school food service personnel. (Author/MLF)

A discussion of the possibilities for learning offered by a home microcomputer and a description of an informal workshop in personal computing are presented. (MK)

Briefly describes some sources of parenting information that may be useful to parents, educators, and human service personnel. (CM)

The article describes a University of South Dakota neurotherapy program, which uses increasingly sophisticated diagnostic information to provide services to brain impaired children within their home and school settings. (DLS)

The article describes the Summer Family Conference program which provides an orientation and counseling session for families in the New York City area who are just beginning to face the lifelong problems of caring for a disabled child in the home. (SBH)

Raising Early Achievement in Literacy is a British family literacy project in which educators recognize that adult learning is different; parents are experts on their own children and have views on literacy; and bilingual parents may have different needs. Listening to families is a key principle of the project. (SK)

Aims to establish whether parenting programs can improve outcomes for teenage parents and their children. Findings of the review are based on 14 studies that used varying study designs, and are therefore limited. The results suggest, however, that parenting programs can be effective in improving a range of psychosocial and developmental outcomes…

Discusses the incidence and impact of maternal incarceration, analyzes one Minnesota prison's attempt to provide programs to support inmate mothers and their children, and offers policy and program recommendations. Describes the Shakopee women's prison overnight visiting program for children 11 years and younger, and a parent support program for…

Examines educational attainment in Bangladesh using two different variables: current school enrollment and highest level of schooling attained. Finds that educational attainment of children is higher for females than for males and is positively associated with household income and parents' level of education (especially that of mothers). (Contains…