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Weber, Joseph A. – 1978
The purpose of this curriculum unit is to help parents equip their children with a viable attitude toward living a fulfilling life which includes an acceptance of death as well as an examination of their own fears and feelings toward death. The family is seen as the major educator of children in matters of interpreting and understanding the life…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Curriculum Guides, Death
GARDNER, SIDNEY L. – 1964
THE BISHOP UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECT PROPOSED TO STUDY THE SOCIOECONOMIC AND ANTHROPOLOGIC IMPACT OF THE PIUTE INDIAN CULTURE ON THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILDREN AS IT RELATED TO LEARNING IN THE FORMAL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR 4-YEAR-OLDS WAS ESTABLISHED, AND PARENT EDUCATION…
Descriptors: American Indians, Compensatory Education, Cultural Background, Field Trips
Mire, Kathryn – 1980
A packet for parents of middle school children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) was developed and field tested with 54 parents and teachers. The packet consisted of two booklets in question and answer form explaining SLD, reviewing spcific terms used to describe the condition, and discussing parent rights (including in the development of…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Definitions, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Download full textBoyd, Richard D., Ed.; Herwig, Julia, Ed. – 1980
The manual is intended to help home visitors, teachers, handicapped coordinators, parents, and others who work with young handicapped children in home based programs and to supplement training provided by the Home Start Training Centers. The manual contains 10 author contributed chapters. An introductory chapter by R. Boyd briefly considers…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities, Home Programs, Home Visits
Green, Martin I. – 1977
This manual contains tips on preventing childhood accidents and instructions for handling those accidents which do occur. Part One outlines ways of preventing accidents involving the home, infant equipment, toys, school, cars, bicycles, playgrounds, sports, hiking, camping, and water; it also provides blank forms for a family's emergency medical…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Accidents, Children, First Aid
McKee, Nancy; Bartnick, Diana – 1979
The booklet discusses the concepts of sharing centers and sharing center kits in the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project, a rural home based program to serve rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers. It is explained that sharing centers provide opportunities for parents to share experiences and learn new approaches to working with…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children, Home Programs, Infants
Williams, Tannis MacBeth; And Others – 1979
Summaries of papers presented in a symposium deal with a related series of four issues concerning the development of maternal attachment: Is maternal attachment best conceptualized and measured as an emotional tie or as observable behavior? Is there continuity in the development of maternal attachment from the prenatal to postpartum period? Can…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Development, Emotional Response, Infants
Beschner, George, Ed.; Brotman, Richard, Ed. – 1976
Participants of a conference dealing with problems of maternal and neonatal narcotic addiction discussed issues regarding treatment of pregnant addicts and their children and considered steps that could be taken to address the issues. The subject areas covered were followup evaluation, treatment procedures and models, development of standardized…
Descriptors: Child Development, Conference Reports, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
Edge, Denzil – 1978
The effective use of parents as behavior change agents in the modification of their children's behavior is discussed. Identified are four parent training steps: (1) parents learn to identify and record specific behaviors: (2) parents learn through consultation and reading how to effect behavior change: (3) parents count behaviors, note behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Learning Theories
Pizzo, Peggy Daly; Pizzo, Philip – 1975
Prenatal and infant nutritional needs and eating patterns are described and illustrated (in picture-book style) in this brief story about a mother and her infant son. Balanced diets, vitamin supplements, breast feeding, weaning, and infant food preparation are discussed. Mothers are encouraged to breast feed because it is cheaper and "the…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Food, Infant Behavior, Infants
Barber, Lucie W. – 1974
This paper describes the Union College Character Research Project designed to study the development of self-regard in children, ages 2-5. Evaluation instruments and curricular materials were developed for parents to use at home with their children. Seven scales to measure the development of self-regard were constructed: (1) Socially Acceptable…
Descriptors: Home Programs, Instructional Materials, Parent Education, Preschool Children
Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Westbury, NY. – 1972
This series of 200 simple learning activities parents can use with their children at home is printed on 6" x 8" index cards, and arranged in six sections: (1) "Helper" cards give hints on handling behaviors such as whining, jealousy and fighting; (2) "While Your Work" cards list activities a child can do as the parent…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Family Life, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Berkman, Gloria – 1976
Described is the parent education component of a St. Louis, Missouri, program for the severely handicapped (5-21 years old) which focused on instruction in behavior modification skills. Noted are the organization of the first program of 10 weekly sessions, a continuation program for parents who completed the first program, the "hard to reach"…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Operant Conditioning
Tringo, John L. – 1974
The final report of the New England Special Education Instructional Materials Center (NESEIMC) describes activities and products for the period from March 1967 to August 31, 1974. Chapters are devoted to the following functioning areas: The NESEIMC Resource Center; early childhood activities, training materials, and resources; field service…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Media, Handicapped Children, Learning Resources Centers
Looft, William R. – 1970
The family is no longer an effective transmitter of many important kinds of knowledge. As a result, many of the family's traditional functions have been taken over by other social agencies. From this perspective it seems certain that comprehensive sex education programs will soon become a reality in our schools. It is imperative that a positive…
Descriptors: Education, Educational Responsibility, Family Role, Parent Attitudes
