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Peer reviewedColangelo, Nick; Pfleger, L. R. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1977
The Research and Guidance Laboratory (Madison, Wisconsin) is a research and service center for educators in the area of the gifted. (SBH)
Descriptors: Gifted, Guidance Programs, Inservice Teacher Education, Parent Education
Peer reviewedRoberts, Dick – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1977
The history, present programs, attendance figures, staffing, services delivered, and functions of child health care in Australia are presented. (SB)
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Children, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGollub, Wendy Leebov – Language Arts, 1977
Describes several activities used in a Parent Education Program of the Communications Network, a branch of Philadelphia's Affective Education Program, in order to improve the communication skills of parents and their children. (DD)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education, Family Communication, Language Skills
Peer reviewedWolf, Joan S. – Roeper Review, 1987
Participation in parent workshops offered by the University of Utah helped parents of gifted students obtain a better understanding of their gifted children, caused a slight increase in the number of interactions parents had with school personnel, and resulted in greater parental satisfaction with the educational services provided for their gifted…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education
Peer reviewedDush, David M.; Stacy, E. Webb, Jr. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1987
The impact of pretesting was studied in a prevention program for improving parenting skills of low income families with preschool children. Sixty-five families were assigned to four variations of pretests, posttests, and six month follow-up. Results showed that attrition was three times higher among subjects not pretested. (JAZ)
Descriptors: High Risk Persons, Low Income Groups, Parent Education, Parenting Skills
Peer reviewedKristensen, Nancy; Billman, Jean – Childhood Education, 1987
Describes the Minnesota Early Childhood Family Education Program, which is designed to offer support and information for all parents and their children from birth to kindergarten-enrollment age, and to provide a good early childhood education experience for young children. (Author/PCB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Family Programs, Parent Child Relationship
Scholl, Marilyn Faris; Johnson, Joan Root – Vocational Education Journal, 1988
Describes the Family Education Center in Arlington, Virginia. Pregnant students can attend the center until a short time after delivery. They return to their home schools to earn their diplomas, to continue in adult education, or to complete their General Educational Development test. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dropout Prevention, High School Equivalency Programs, Parent Education
Meriweather, Suzanne; Karnes, Frances A. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
The experience of the University of Southern Mississippi in sponsoring "The Parenting the Gifted Children Conference" is described. Discussed are needs assessment, conference format, selection of speakers, budget, public relations, conference evaluation, and physical facilities. Included are a sample evaluation form, a conference…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Models, Parent Conferences
Macaranas-Sittler, Natividad; Stapleton, Rosalind – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1988
To determine whether increased parental understanding of their gifted children would facilitate adjustment and reduce the children's anxiety, parents of 10 gifted children in a New Mexico elementary school participated in parenting classes. No differences were found in the students' anxiety scores between the experimental and control groups.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Elementary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Gifted
Fink, Dale B. – Exceptional Parent, 1987
Project Neighborcare (Lafayette, Indiana), the Family Day Care Project (Washtenaw County, Michigan), and Golden House (Alameda, California) offer training for family day care providers on working with disabled children. The programs feature instruction in dealing with emotional and behavioral problems and working with both disabled and nondisabled…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Children, Disabilities, Family Day Care
Peer reviewedJowett, Sandra; Baginsky, Mary – Educational Research, 1988
Reports results from a survey of Chief Education Officers and from school visits designed to record ways that schools encourage parents to be involved in their children's education. Specific examples are given of cooperation in several areas, including reading, transition to a new school, and school and classroom activities. (CH)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Education, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Ness, Beverly – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
This reprinted 1979 article presents 11 steps in establishing a course for parents of gifted children and offers suggestions on operationalizing the course plan. A model 10-week course is described that covers the overall scope of gifted education, including identification procedures, characteristics, parenting techniques, programs, curricular…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Gonzalez-Mena, Janet – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Presents the perspective of a parent who is also an early childhood professional on parent education. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Conflict of Interest, Parent Attitudes, Parent Education
Peer reviewedMcGaha, Glenda S. – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1987
Presents health profile of the female offender. Discusses needs in areas of gynecology, breast assessment, and health education and services related to childbearing and parenting. Describes incarcerated health care delivery system and looks to communication and education, nursing personnel, and community resources for potential solutions to…
Descriptors: Birth, Correctional Institutions, Delivery Systems, Females
Peer reviewedHughes, Jerome M. – Community Education Journal, 1988
Reviews research on importance of the family environment in child development. Develops the following policy-oriented conclusions: (1) a fiscal policy that emphasizes early childhood in the family context would result in cost savings; (2) collaboration between the family and education specialists is necessary; and (3) provisions to bring parents…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Influence
