This final report of the Family and Community Studies Project (part of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory) presents an investigation of the impact of three types of parent education programs on the participant families. The study examines the underlying change philosophy of each program and the changes that families participating in…

This paper presents the rudiments of a constructivist conceptual framework which school psychologists can use to help parents develop positive parenting concepts. Problems arise if school psychologists rely solely on a mechanistic paradigm when they identify causes of unwanted behaviors and suggest specific remedial strategies. Operating within a…

Module 6 of a seven module package for child protective service workers considers volunteer training programs for parent aide programs serving abused and neglected children and their families. Seven activities lead to the following outcomes: (1) determination of outcomes for initial training; (2) adaptation of training activities from other…

This booklet offers guidelines for parents on selecting a good quality day care home. Lists of questions are provided to help parents judge the physical setting, the learning activities, the caregiver, meals served and the safety of the day care home. Also discussed are advantages of family day care, things to consider when making arrangements for…

The 2-hour training package is designed to help parents of handicapped children become productive participants at the individualized education program (IEP) conference. The kit contains checklists and other resource materials for appraising the IEP as it is developed. Directions and reproducible materials for workshop participants are included in…

In an early education program, 100 disadvantaged 4-year-olds (50 Negroes and 50 whites) attend classes one-half day, four days a week, from October through June. A teacher visits each child's home every other week to conduct a tutorial session lasting 1 1/2 hours. Three objectives of the program are (1) to develop a preschool curriculum based on…

Education and Neighborhood Action for Better Living Environment (ENABLE) was planned as a process in which guided group discussions for parents could provide opportunities, within a social context, for identifying and exploring family and community concerns; plans for neighborhood and community action could encompass insights gained, directions…

This study assessed the training of parents of Plan A Resource Room children in facilitative communication skills. The design for the study involved three groups: a treatment group, a volunteer control group, and a nonvolunteer control group; there were 12 in each group. The dependent variables included semantic differentials, the Wide Range…

Responsive parenting, a preventative mental health training program, teaches parents to observe and measure behaviors of concern and to apply social learning theory principles to increase appropriate social and academic behaviors in the home. The program also includes training parents to teach other parents the Responsive Parenting Model. Criteria…

A study of the needs and services available to parents of exceptional children in Southern California is described. The first section reviews results of a mail survey in which 78% of the agencies and programs serving exceptional persons indicated they also provided some type of service to parents. Additional results discussed include that the most…

Described is the Therapeutic Preschool, a community based program with university affiliations serving two classes of five emotionally disturbed preschool children and their families. Noted are diagnostic, research, and community service aspects of the program. Focused on is the role of the social worker in the parent education component. Included…

This speech, addressed to school administrators, outlines the reasons for implementing instruction in the metric system and offers advice on several aspects of this implementation. The author observes that although the primary responsibility for teaching metric measurement will fall on the mathematics teacher, other teachers (e.g., science,…

This booklet answers questions of parents about the metric system, presenting a concise overview. Prefixes, terminology, and notation essential to the metric system are clearly detailed. The basic concepts of length, area, volume, temperature, and mass are presented with illustrations and tables. (JW)

Presented are sample workshop strategies for use with parents of exceptional children in helping them clarify personal values and recognize ways to facilitate personal growth in their children. Briefly described are such approaches as an adaptation of the "Twenty Things I Love to Do" strategy; the "Things I Like about Myself and My Child"…

Described is an innovative program of noncategorical education for both normal and developmentally delayed infants and preschool children. Focused upon are such aspects of program design and operation as early intervention, integration of delayed and nondelayed toddlers and preschoolers matched on the basis of developmental level rather than…