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World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1985
This booklet, intended primarily for the trainers of middle-level community health workers in underdeveloped countries, is designed to help such workers present the topic of diarrhea treatment and prevention in training courses. Divided into five sections, the booklet gives guidelines on treatment and prevention, with particular emphasis on the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinics, Developing Nations, Disease Control
Pfannenstiel, Judy C.; Seltzer, Dianne A. – 1985
Organized in 1981 by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the "New Parents as Teachers" (NPAT) program was initiated to demonstrate the value of early, high quality parent education. More specifically, the NPAT program provides age-appropriate information on children's development; helps parents increase their…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Epstein, Carol B. – 1979
The book examines the current status of education for the gifted in the United States and looks at characteristics of good programs. Considered in the first chapter are increasing interest in programs for the gifted and talented, expansion of the definition of "gifted," increased government commitment, and the evolution of programs in Cleveland…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Creativity, Definitions, Educational Needs
Paz, Ruth – 1982
This report reviews activities carried out from 1980 to 1982 under Project Education and Community Development, a home intervention program designed to enhance the social and educational environment of minority group families in Ofakim, Israel. After a brief introduction (Part I), the accomplishments of each component program are considered…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Development, Community Programs, Disadvantaged
Turner, W. E.; Riley, Gerald – 1984
Education Consolidation Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 programs were conducted in 29 elementary schools in the Wichita (Kansas) Public Schools during the 1983-1984 school year. Major programs were corrective reading, mathematics, and prekindergarten. Smaller programs for children in neglected and delinquent institutions were conducted. A reduced…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Corrective Reading, Educationally Disadvantaged
Dobson, Russell L.; Dobson, Judith E. – 1977
The Family Involvement Communication System (FICS) is intended to enhance the coordination of educational services for children as well as to encourage cooperation among schools, parents, and universities. FICS is designed to achieve these goals through focusing on the family as a cohesive unit, providing renewal strategies for school personnel…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, College School Cooperation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Consortia
Download full textJones, Jacquelyn O. – 1981
One of 10 documents developed for preschool programs for handicapped children, the manual presents classroom directed home training activities. The activities are based on such principles as the effectiveness of home instruction by a parent and the need for a parent to feel responsibility for the child's learning. Intended to provide teachers of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Emotional Development, Expressive Language, Hearing Impairments
Nelson, JoAnn Neville – 1981
Parents experience parenthood as a state of personal growth, and share common concerns about their children and the parenting experience, according to a study of 30 middle class couples in a midwestern university community. Some of the common themes noted in group conversations about the subjective experience of parenthood include the recognition…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Individual Development, Parent Aspiration, Parent Attitudes
Wurster, Stanley R. – 1978
A two-class preschool program for two to six year old Yavapai children was developed by the Ft. McDowell Indian Community to include activities and experiences to meet the special educational needs of youngsters on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Arizona. The five program components included: (1) classroom and training activity to promote…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Schools, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
Lasher, Miriam G.; And Others – 1978
This guide to mainstreaming emotionally disturbed preschoolers is one of a series of eight manuals on mainstreaming preschoolers developed by Project Head Start. The guide is addressed to parents, teachers, and other professionals and paraprofessionals. Chapter I presents information on the meaning, benefits and implementation of mainstreaming and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, Child Development, Emotional Disturbances
Marr, Pam – 1976
This instructor's guide for a foster parent curriculum consists of specific introductory curriculum material for the study of foster parent and state agency relations, the foster child's feelings and reactions to separation from his natural parents, and foster parent and natural parent relations with the foster child. Section 1 provides an outline…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Child Rearing, Curriculum Guides
Wiles, Richard L. – 1980
A Pennsylvania project produced a multi-media program designed to increase awareness of and change attitudes about occupational sex-role stereotyping among parents of present and future students in vocational education. The multi-media program consisted of a fifteen-minute color/sound motion picture on nontraditional careers entitled "Vocational…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Film Production, Films
JENKINS, RICHARD L. – 1963
THE INCIDENCE OF EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE OR MENTAL ILLNESS APPEARS TO BE LOW IN RURAL YOUTH, AND EVEN LOWER IN RURAL CHILDREN. TYPES OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN AND YOUTH ARE THE BRAIN DAMAGED, THE OVERANXIOUS, THE WITHDRAWN, THE UNDOMESTICATED, THE REBELLIOUS, AND THE SOCIALIZED DELINQUENT. THE PAPER STATES THAT TO IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Anxiety, Children, Community Responsibility
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1976
The purpose of this first year report of the Region IV Parent Education Demonstration Project (PEDP) is to help other school systems as they plan and conduct parent/child programs. The Region IV PEDP involved 29 local school systems which were conducting 31 parent education programs through various funding sources. These parent programs had as one…
Descriptors: Child Development, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement
Boger, Robert; And Others – 1978
A review of the research literature on parents as teachers yields several conclusions concerning the context and function of the family in the child's learning and development: (1) the parent-as-educator functions in the context of a complex family eco-system which interfaces efficiently or inefficiently with other systems, such as the school; (2)…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
