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Download full textWortham, Jocelyn F. – 1997
The purpose of this five-year project was to prepare administrators, general and special education teachers, and parents to meet the needs of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD). The project developed five self-instructional ADHD inservice preparation manuals for national and state dissemination and implemented an ADHD…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attention Deficit Disorders, Educational Strategies, Hyperactivity
Cuevas, Phyllis; And Others – 1992
A Student Literacy Corps was established in 1991 at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The corps provides intervention for at-risk Head Start students in a program designed to enrich literacy skills. The Student Literacy Corps has two components: (1) a tutoring program in which college students tutor 4-year-old Head Start…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students
Hoodecheck, Jeanne; Kearns, Ellen – 1990
Project PAT (Parents Are Teachers), a program for parents and their children from birth through 3 years, is described. PAT is a nationally validated Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act demonstration project in the St. Cloud Community Schools district of Minnesota. The focus of PAT is the quality of the parent-child relationship and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Child Rearing, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
Hoodecheck, Jeanne; Kearns, Ellen – 1990
The Family Oriented Structured Preschool Activity (FOSPA) program, an Early Childhood/Family Education program for parents and their 4-year-old children, is described. FOSPA is a nationally validated Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act demonstration project in the St. Cloud Community Schools district of Minnesota. Based on research…
Descriptors: Budgets, Child Rearing, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
Lovelady, Ivy H. – 1991
This report outlines the Mississippi Quality Education Project (QEP), a program that provides intensive training to parents, teachers, and school administrators for the purpose of improving the nature and quality of home-to-school communications, and with the ultimate objective of improving students' academic achievement. The report includes a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Communication Skills, Educational Improvement
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Budget. – 1990
This hearing was part of a week of events commemorating National Children's Day. The hearing focused on children who have overcome adverse situations through innovative private and public programs. More than 200 youth ambassadors were sent by their state governors to represent 45 states at the events in the District of Columbia. The presentation…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Children, Disabilities
Schatz, Mona Struhsaker; Pasley, Kay – 1991
This module is part of a training program for foster parents and foster care workers offered at Colorado State University. The module's learning objectives are for participants to: (1) identify family rules and evaluate their effectiveness; (2) understand the characteristics of effective discipline with children; and (3) learn about ways to handle…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Course Descriptions
Ulmer, Sherry P. – 1991
Head Start parents who were poorly trained for the transition of their children from Head Start to the public school were assisted as they went through a structured training program. The parents' children were 3 and 4 years old, and lived in a rural community in the southwestern United States. The population was 5 percent Black, 2 percent American…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Group Unity, Information Needs, Outreach Programs
Ullery, Laurie V. – 1992
A practicum was designed to provide kindergarten students from low socioeconomic families with successful home literacy experiences in preparation for early school success. Parent/child literacy training workshops were designed and conducted to increase the awareness and frequency of home literacy activities. Providing regular reading aloud…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy, Kindergarten, Low Income Groups
Greenspan, Stanley I.; Salmon, Jacqueline – 1993
Noting the transition children make from sheltered family life to the harsh "playground politics" of grade school, this book is designed to provide parents of grade-school children with specific information on understanding and helping children at each phase of this critical period between the ages of 5 and 12. Chapter 1 introduces…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Child Rearing, Developmental Stages
Pinellas County School Board, Clearwater, FL. – 1992
This guide is designed to help facilitators tailor the Reach and Teach program to their clients' individual needs. Reach and Teach is a family literacy project designed to improve the parenting and basic skills of clients of family agencies in Pinellas County, Florida. The program emphasizes enhancing the parent's role as the child's nurturer and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Child Development, Family Literacy
Moke, Susan, Ed.; Shermis, Michael, Ed. – 1992
This manual is a resource book for organizers and leaders and parent groups who want to explore specific strategies to use in helping children do better on tests. The guide contains material necessary to conduct a 1- or 1.5-hour session on how parents can help children become better test-takers and reduce their test anxiety. The guide includes:…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Family Literacy, Parent Child Relationship
Moke, Susan, Ed.; Shermis, Michael, Ed. – 1993
This manual is a resource book for organizers and leaders and parent groups who want to explore specific strategies to use in helping children become more articulate speakers and more attentive listeners. The guide contains material necessary to conduct a 1- or 1.5-hour session on how parents can help children develop good speaking and listening…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Family Literacy
Salach, Simcha – 1993
From the perspective of the project leader, this book traces the growth and development of the Early Childhood and Family Education Project in Morasha, Israel, during the 8 years of its existence (1982-1990). Chapter 1 describes Morasha, a poor, immigrant neighborhood in Ramat HaSharon, and the author's childhood there. Chapter 2 describes the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Community Action, Community Development, Day Care Centers
Peterson, Elaine – 1992
Seven Chapter 1 elementary schools in the Jefferson Cluster in Portland (Oregon) Public Schools invited children who had completed second grade to a language arts summer school in 1992. As part of the program, parents were also invited to attend eight sessions on strategies and activities that would strengthen their children's language arts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Guides, Grade 2, Instructional Materials
