Project EXCEL, a community educational leadership demonstration project sponsored by the National Council of La Raza and its over 123 affiliated community-based organizations, is a major educational initiative to improve the educational attainment of Hispanic Americans by working with local communities to develop and demonstrate effective…

The instructor's manual is part of a curriculum intended to help provide Arkansas parents of disabled children with basic information on accessing and using assistive technology. The material is divided into three goal areas. The section on Goal 1, the development of technology advocacy concepts, covers basic definitions of assistive technology…

A project was conducted in New York City to train parent educators through a trainer-of-trainers model to respond to the career development needs of inner-city handicapped elementary school children and their families. The project enabled parents to intervene early and effectively in the career development process of their children. During a…

This curriculum guide became official in September 1989, and is one of three composing the senior high home economics curriculum in Canada. It includes 9 major concepts for grade 10: caregiving, careers and volunteer activities related to children, studying children, fundamentals of development, prenatal development, birth, the infant, the…

This transition planning guide is intended as a resource for parents of severely handicapped students approaching or at the legal age for leaving public school services and entering community services. The guide was developed after a 2-year transition project, Project Impact, revealed common concerns and questions which parents and teachers…

Preventive educational programs are potentially useful in reducing the effects of divorce on children and families. Parenting After Divorce is an ongoing study designed to evaluate preventive programs. Divorcing families with children aged 7-12 are identified from court records and contacted to participate. Families are randomly assigned to one of…

Reported is an evaluation of a program providing information and services to first-time parents and their children from the third trimester of pregnancy until the children were three years of age. Interventions were designed to provide educational guidance to parents, to make parenting less stressful and more pleasurable, and to help parents…

This practicum involved an effort to improve the quality of infant/toddler care and education in a family dayhome setting. An attempt was made to increase the dayhome administrator's and parents' knowledge of infant/toddler development, age appropriate curriculum/material selection and parent/school communication. Direct observation of family…

The Take Advantage Now/Parent Education Project (TAN/PEP) is based on the knowledge that college students need their parents' help for academic success. The program was developed at Brooklyn College to offer education, support, and counseling for parents and guardians of entering freshmen who have been accepted in a program known as Search,…

An educational consultant with experience in teaching graduate courses for teacher certification in gifted education implemented a practicum designed to develop selected thinking skills in approximately 40 nursery school 3-year-olds. The practicum was also intended to inform parents of practical techniques for fostering important thinking skills…

The first annual report of the Disabled Children's Project, a 2-year project in Texas, provides information on project background, goal and objectives, approach, operations and accomplishments, and issues and problems. The project was designed to (1) provide training and support services to birth parents and foster parents of disabled infants and…

Detailed guidelines for conducting a workshop on attitudes toward learning are offered to parent group trainers. The purpose of the workshop is to help parents help their children feel good about learning. Featured are a discussion of the importance of attitudes toward learning, the relationship of attitudes to self-esteem, hands-on learning…

This policy statement focuses on educators' responsibility to provide programs that meet the needs of young children and their families. The statement is a call to action, urging the development of direct, creative, and expanded assistance that would not only help individual families, but would also be sound national policy. Listed are principles…

The key role of the family in the growth and development of children with mental retardation is explored, from the perspective of the Central Institute on Mental Retardation in Trivandrum, India. The Institute's approach encourages the mentally retarded child to participate in all activities, within the limitations of his functional capacities.…

Missouri's Parents as Teachers (PAT) program is a state-funded nontargeted early prevention service that is provided by all 543 school districts in the state. Professional educators involved in the program provide parents with the tools they need to effectively teach and nurture their young children. The PAT curriculum was designed to strengthen…