Family Feathers is a set of 18 videotapes for parents of preschool children, created by the Alaska Native Home Base Video Project of the Tlingit and Haida Head Start Program. This series offers culturally relevant solutions to the challenges of parenting, drawing on practical advice from Tlingit and Haida parents, wisdom from elders, and some of…

This paper describes how parents affect a child's vocational choice and what parents can do to help children improve their vocational prospects, the opportunities and responsibilities of parents in the socialization processes which lead to the children's vocational choices, and what parent educators can do to help parents be more effective with…

This program is designed for parents of children from birth to age 3 who are suspected of being hearing impaired; it focuses on teaching parents how to accelerate the children's listening skills and language development through the use of everyday household activities. (JA)

Adolescent parents were interviewed to ascertain their attitudes toward children and childrearing. Parents were found to be, in general, intolerant, insensitive, irritable, prone to use physical punishment, and lacking knowledge of developmental norms. (ST)

A rationale was presented for assisting parents in teaching self-help skills to their young multiply handicapped children. (Author/DB)

Four mothers of children with a variety of communication disorders received training in behavior change techniques at a 2-day workshop. (Author/GW)

In a Parent Child Center, disadvantaged mothers learn to stimulate cognitive growth in their children and, through other activities, gain in self-esteem. (DM)

Objectives of the investigation were: (a) to probe the significance of early experience as a foundation period for developmental learning, through (b) establishing a quality program of group day care and education for infants. (Author)

Describes the Mother Child Home Program wherein Toy Demonstrators" show mothers how to increase daily verbal interaction with their children. (MB)

Emphasized in the model are: creation and adoption of new Board policies and procedures to deal with the drug abuser, crash Emergency Room" program of drug education for grades 4 through 12, inservice education of staff, lowkey parent education, increased employment of paraprofessional supervisory personnel, and community acceptance of and…

A program to elicit positive parental participation is described. By becoming knowledgeable about child related problems through the parent discussion series, parents were assisted in helping not only themselves but also their children to gain a feeling of destiny control. (Author/BY)

The Cooperative Parent Infant Institute sponsored by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction and the Iowa School for the Deaf has served 85 preschool age hearing impaired children since 1978 by providing (1) a parent education program, (2) supplementary diagnostic evaluations, and (3) a family centered recreation program. (Author)