This report describes eight programs funded by the New York State Developmental Disabilities Council to provide training and assistance to parents who are developmentally disabled. The report is based on review of program and client records and interviews with directors, staff, and enrolled families. The first chapter provides an introduction to…

The Seward Park Family Literacy Program was an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its second year of operation at Seward Park High School in Manhattan (New York). In 1992-93 the program served Cantonese-, Mandarin-, and Spanish-speaking adults of limited English proficiency with instruction in English as a second…

This bibliography lists 52 recently published resources for adult basic literacy education (ABLE) and English-as-a-second language (ESL) adult learners. The materials featured were selected from more than 350 books, videos, and computer-assisted instruction programs evaluated by a panel of Pennsylvania ABLE educators. The guide, the fifth in a…

This discussion of school choice places the issue in its historical and contemporary contexts, describes the major choice plans through case studies, analyzes the outcomes of school choice, and examines the underlying assumptions of the market model of educational reform. School choice is one method by which public education can be reinvented, as…

Intended for use by parents of learning-disabled children, this curriculum was developed in response to a needs assessment completed by parents. Presented in a workbook format, each chapter offers guidelines and specific activities to encourage parents to identify specific social skills problem areas and to plan change strategies. Chapter 1…

This booklet is targeted to the parents of Hispanic children to encourage them to become part of an education team. The parents' role is to teach and reinforce at home what children learn in the classroom, and to teach the basic values to protect Hispanic traditions and culture. The teachers' role is to teach in the classroom and build on the…

Vocational and language skill development of severely retarded and autistic adolescent Hispanics is a training focus at the University of Texas, El Paso. University students and parents of the handicapped are trained in the following areas: teaching grocery shopping and how to order from fast food restaurants, teaching use of public…

This paper outlines a Community-based Participatory Action Research model designed and implemented by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education with two community-based agencies in Milwaukee. In two participatory action learning seminars, research was combined with action to improve the educational experience of…

The Home English Literacy for Parents (H.E.L.P.) Project and curriculum were developed and implemented in a variety of school programs in the northwest suburban Chicago area. Project services were offered to parents for 5 hours a week at 7 school sites. The curriculum was intended for implementation in a typical adult English-as-a-Second-Language…

This document presents one module in a set of training resources for trainers to use with parents and/or professionals serving children with disabilities; focus is on stress and support in the family. The modules present content and activities that build skills and offer resources to promote parent-professional collaboration. Each module takes…

Based upon the Mother-Infant Literacy Knowledge (MILK) program--in which imprisoned mothers are allowed to care for their children until they are one year old--a study investigated how placing parents in a print rich environment affects parental ability to provide their children with book oriented experiences. The study was conducted in a…

The Career Education and Training for Teen Parents Program was implemented at Kishwaukee College (Malta, Illinois) to provide educational and vocational services to teen parents (ages 14 to 21) and to establish a regional delivery system and community linkages that would integrate training, education, and support services for teen parents in the…

Written for Canadian parents of young children with special needs, this handbook provides information on ways in which parents can work with professionals (physicians, teachers, other school staff, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists) in selecting and monitoring services for their special needs child. The first section considers the…

In view of the many factors threatening the survival, health, and cognitive development of the world's disadvantaged children, both in the United States and in developing countries, the Ford Foundation has begun a new program, called Child Survival/Fair Start, to improve these children's chances. In this working paper, Fair Start's overall…

This curriculum guide for a course on single parenting was developed for regular consumer and homemaking education classes for secondary students and for classes for adults, out-of-school youth, or single parents. The guide is based upon the essential elements identified for consumer and homemaking education and enacted in the 1985-86 school year…