Teaching assistants (TAs) in the United Kingdom typically work with students with additional and special needs, including the most challenging and vulnerable pupils, in low paid, precarious roles. However, no research has examined how organisational factors such as job demand, control, and support can influence TAs' wellbeing, despite recent…

The role of the school psychologist in gifted education can include developing identification procedures, describing behavioral characteristics, and educating parents. (Author)

Examined stresses and satisfactions of parenting by stage in the family life cycle in a study of 136 fathers and 149 mothers. Results showed adolescence was clearly the most difficult stage of parenting for both mothers and fathers, mainly due to issues of independence and lack of control. (JAC)

This study examined the performance of Black grandparents, the contributions they make to their families, and the obstacles that limit their success as grandparents. It also sought to identify the content of suitable curriculum for grandparents and recommend guidelines for the establishment of grandparent education programs. A sample of 626…

This study examines and compares the perceptions of educational professionals and non-professional personnel concerning Parent Advisory Council members' degree of participatory decision making in the administration of Title I programs in New York City. The sample of educational professionals consisted of New York City district superintendents,…