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Kellaghan, Thomas; And Others – 1993
This book examines the role of the home in children's education and presents a program for parent involvement to improve children's school learning. Chapter 1 reviews evidence that underlines the key role of the home in children's educational development. Chapter 2 examines a variety of efforts being made around the world that attempt to build…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment
Watkins, Mary; Fisher, Susan – 1993
Even though current wisdom holds that adoptive parents should talk with their child about adoption as early as possible, no guidelines exist to prepare parents for the various ways their children might respond when these conversations take place. This book discusses how young children make sense of the fact that they are adopted, how their…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Adoptive Parents, Child Behavior
Martin, Jane Roland – 1992
This book advances a philosophy of education and a vision of elementary schools as institutions that offer a solution that responds to the changing needs of today's families where schools become "schoolhomes" in which learning is animated by an ethic of social awareness. Following an introduction that sketches the sweeping social changes since the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education
Janko, Susan – 1994
Based on a study conducted in an intervention program for parents of maltreated children, this book examines the well intended but often ineffective efforts of the child welfare system to prevent maltreatment, as illustrated by the experiences of three parents targeted by the state's child protection agency, and urges more far-reaching policy…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Custody, Child Neglect
Wachs, Theodore D. – 2000
Based on the view that individual variability is best understood as the result of influences from multiple domains operating over time, this book describes how different domains of influence operate, describes the operating processes in common to the different influences, and shows how these processes meet the criteria for a full-fledged system.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Biological Influences, Child Development, Cultural Influences
Arnberg, Lenore – 1987
A discussion of the development of bilingualism in preschool-age children, intended for parents, focuses on the reasons for encouraging bilingualism and the role of family members and home environment in doing so. An introductory section offers background information on the book and a brief examination of the situation for emigrants coping with a…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Development
Lamme, Linda Leonard – 1984
Intended for parents, this book offers insights into how children develop as writers and provides practical ideas for introducing writing activities into the home. Chapters in the book deal with the following topics: (1) the benefits of having preschool children write, the timing of initial instruction, and some assumptions about writing at home;…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Educational Games
Ehrensaft, Diane – 1997
Parents today are tagged as a generation preoccupied with work and themselves but at the same time overly focused on their children. This book attempts to explain this paradox. It explores the ways in which social, cultural, and psychological changes have come together with a new definition of the child to create a situation in which parenthood…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Discipline, Dual Career Family
Karr-Morse, Robin; Wiley, Meredith S. – 1997
Noting that although the causes of violence are highly complex and multifaceted, this book argues that a growing body of scientific knowledge demonstrates that maltreatment during the 9 months of fetal growth and the first 24 months after birth often leads to violent older children and adults. Following an introduction, the book contains the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Brain, Child Abuse, Child Development
Nunez, Ralph da Costa – 1996
This book discusses homeless families in the United States and advocates the efforts of residential educational and employment training centers--American Family Inns--which provide comprehensive services education, job training, and parenting and life skills to address the poverty-related conditions that contribute to homelessness. Chapters of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Children
Rubin, Louis, Ed. – 1978
The essays in this book emphasize trends now shaping society that the authors believe will have a profound effect on schools in the decades to come. Topics covered include declining enrollments and increasing educational costs, the changing role of vocational education, government financing for educational quality, the role of busing, politicking…
Descriptors: Administration, Books, Bus Transportation, Community Schools
Teale, William H., Ed.; Sulzby, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1986
Focusing on the not-yet-conventional ways in which young children write and read--their nature, contexts, and significance for continuing literacy development, this book presents the perspective that children's early reading and writing behaviors are not pre- anything, but are integral parts of an incipient language process. Following an…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading
