The manual sets forth guidelines on developing a parent involvement component as part of an early intervention effort for handicapped children. Modeled after Project WISP (Wyoming Infant Stimulation Program), the guidelines emphasize the role of the parent coordinator in communicating with parents and acting as a resource person. Parent…

Describes three different approaches to parent training used by one agency in order to help parents from a variety of lifestyles to become better and more effective parents. (BD)

Reviewed in relation to the learning disabled are the Goodman & Burke Reading Miscue Inventory a booklet entitled "Natural Language--A Clinician-Guided Program for Parents of Language-Delayed Children", and an inservice program in Grand Junction, Colorado. (DB)

Describes a class designed to meet the needs of adoptive parents through discussion, educational presentations by specialists, and group visits to hospital labor and delivery rooms. (SDH)

Risk factors affecting infants and young children, such as mother's drug addiction or teenage pregnancy, are discussed. Four major groups of risk factors are considered: (1) sociocultural and demographic factors; (2) biomedical risks; (3) personal-social risk factors; and (4) family history factors. These risk factors intersect to increase…

The study reported in this paper examined issues in designing, implementing, and evaluating parent education programs, which are designed to promote home-school partnerships and to enhance the skills of caretakers in supporting their children's academic performance. The project included an evaluation of a set of parent education programs sponsored…

This document presents one module in a set of training resources for trainers to use with parents and/or professionals serving children with disabilities; focus is on communication skills. The modules stress content and activities that build skills and offer resources to promote parent-professional collaboration. Each training module takes about 2…

The effect of a combined teacher-parent behavior management program on inappropriate behaviors in the school and in the homes of five preschool handicapped children is evaluated. The teacher/trainer collaborated with the parents to select a target behavior (finger chewing, cup throwing, screaming, spitting, hand licking) for each child. Training…

This report describes a project of the Chetan Balwadi (a laboratory nursery school operated by the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India) designed to increase parent participation in the program. Objectives were to help parents: (1) develop awareness of characteristics and needs of preschoolers; (2) acquire basic skills and knowledge…

These "letters for parents" offer information about becoming a parent and the characteristics of preschool children. The first letter focuses on the transition to parenthood, bonding and attachment, and the infant's temperament. The second letter describes 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds and offers advice about practicing safety. (RH)

This document is the fourth volume of a six-volume report on sexuality education. The curriculum described here is a revised and expanded version of the curriculum "Parent-Child Sex Education: A Training Module" (Brown, et al., 1978) and is based primarily on the experiences and evaluation of the Family Guidance Center's (FGC) work in St. Joseph,…

The Asian and Hispanic Parent Education/Training (PET) Project (California) was designed to develop and implement a parent education model for non- and limited-English speaking, Chinese, Korean, and Spanish-speaking parents with young developmentally disabled children. The PET model featured recruitment and training of bilingual/bicultural…

This booklet is intended to provide adult basic education students with some tips on reading to their children. The booklet emphasizes that it is important for parents to read to their children (regardless of how well they read themselves). The benefits that parents and children derive when parents read to children are discussed. Tips on finding…

This manual describes and evaluates the implementation of Project BEST-PAL (Basic Education Skills Through-Parent Affective Learning), Brevard Community College's special demonstration training project intended to return adults who have dropped out of the educational system back into the learning environment by bringing them to parenting classes…

This booklet is the first in a series of publications designed to provide parents with useful information about childrearing. Contents are organized into three parts. Part I focuses on the pregnancy, prenatal care, development of the baby, pregnant lifestyles, nutrition, common discomforts, and problems of pregnancy. Part II provides information…