The document presents the sixth progress performance report for 1978-1979 and a final outreach report (focusing on demonstration activities) for 1976-1979 for the Schaumburg (Illinois) Early Education Center (SEEC), a Piaget based early education program for 3 to 5 year olds with developmental delays in the following areas: language,…

This study was designed to evaluate Project PACT (Parents and Children Together), which was developed to complement the existing Let's Be Amigos Model A bilingual program at Potter-Thomas School in Philadelphia, by involving Hispanic parents in the education of their children. The PACT project consists of two major programs: (1) a summer program…

THE LOWER-CLASS NEGRO MOTHER HAS A DIFFICULT LIFE AND SEES HERSELF AS A SUFFERING MATRIARCH WHO CONFINES HER LIFE TO HER HOME, DEIFIES HER OWN WISDOM, FEELS NO ROOTS IN SOCIETY, AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REARING OF CHILDREN WITHOUT A STABLE HUSBAND OR A FRIENDLY SOCIETY. SHE FEELS THAT SHE MUST SUPPRESS HER CHILDREN'S INTERNAL IMPULSES AND…

TWO PILOT STUDIES OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENT CHARACTERISTICS AND THE READING ACHIEVEMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE REPORTED. THE FIRST STUDY COMPARED THE BEHAVIOR OF MOTHERS OF HIGH AND LOW VERBAL GIRLS IN TWO SEMISTRUCTURED INTERACTION SITUATIONS. TEN HIGH VERBAL AND 10 LOW VERBAL GIRLS WERE SELECTED FOR STUDY ON THE BASIS OF SCORES ON THE…

AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAMS FOR PARENTS OF DEAF CHILDREN WERE DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED. EIGHTEEN SOUND FILMS AND ACCOMPANYING RECORDS PRESENTED INFORMATION ON HEARING, LIPREADING AND SPEECH, AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE PARENTAL ATTITUDES TOWARD CHILDREN AND SPOUSES. TWO VERSIONS OF THE FILMS AND RECORDS WERE NARRATED BY (1) "STARS" WHO WERE…

While numerous parent-training programs have been developed over the years, few systematically address the unique difficulties of single-parent families. A 10-week training program. "Parenting Alone Successfully (PALS)," was designed to assist single parents encountering difficulties in the management of their children's behavior. This…

This paper, one of a series commissioned by the Education Commission of the States to identify the educational needs of minority groups, reviews the major factors that must be considered if the educational needs of black children are to be met. An important consideration is that the majority of black parents and black children have high…

The document reports on a demonstration project funded under the Early Education for Multihandicapped Children Project to develop a model for children (0 to 8 years old) in the moderate to profound range of mental retardation with one or more physical handicaps and their families. Accomplishments during each of the project's 3 years are reported…

Developed by the United States Department of Agriculture's SPEAC (Student Parent Educator Administrator Children) for Nutrition Demonstration Project, these four nutrition education curriculum components are designed to promote health and beneficial nutrition practices among preschool children. The SPEAC Preschool Unit is divided into three…

This is a report on the results of the Family Education Program, which is described as a demonstration and action program which incorporates parent education with an existing teacher training program to raise the achievement levels of intermediate students at Intermediate School (I.S.) 55, Brooklyn, New York. Methods and procedures of the program…

This volume contains a series of seminars on parenting presented by the North Haven Right to Read Advisory Council. The major theme of the seminars is the role of the parent in stimulating the child's total development: emotional, social, and intellectual. Specific topics examined are: (1) the young child's view of himself: his basis for learning,…

This annotated bibliography cites approximately 500 research reports, theses and essays published in New Zealand on the subject of early childhood care and education. The entries have been grouped under 15 headings: child development, child language, early childhood education, ethnic studies, family life, handicapped children, infant behavior,…

Project PACT was designed to complement a bilingual program at Potter-Thomas school by involving Hispanic parents in the education of their children. The emphasis was on improving the academic performance of Hispanic pupils by teaching their parents and other adults how to reinforce classroom instruction. At the end of the first year, there was…

This booklet assembles information on 28 programs which have been used effectively by discussion groups throughout the country and are available to others in printed or audiovisual form. Its purposes are to alert those planning community adult education programs to a variety of approaches and materials and to serve as a source of information for…

A study was conducted to identify types of mental operations of 4- and 5-year-olds and to relate them to the child's age and the educational level of the mother. The sample consisted of 423 white English-speaking children of American parentage, evenly divided by sex and as evenly distributed as possible over the 12-month-age range of 4 to 5 years.…