Health and fitness have been on the agenda of Northern Parkway Elementary School for quite some time, thanks to the concerted efforts of its involved and active PTA officers and members. For the past five years, the Northern Parkway PTA has held a popular and well-attended Family Fun and Fitness Night and has complemented the activities and…

Background: Controlling, uninvolved, and rejecting parenting in early childhood are strong predictors of later disruptive behavior disorders. However, there have been no evaluations of non-targeted groups for parents of very young children, despite their potential advantages. Methods: We randomly assigned 79 mothers of 12- to 36-month-olds to an…

The directory lists approximately 70 parent training and information centers funded via P.L. 98-199 by the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (U.S. Department of Education). Drawn from telephone interviews with directors and/or staff members, the information for each listing includes name, address, telephone, director,…

The author describes a process through which parents of exceptional children or school personnel in any community can organize a parent group for themselves and their children. (CL)

Peer support can be helpful in reducing the stress involved in giving birth to and raising a child with handicaps. A peer support group can help meet the parents' needs for information, emotional support, and ways to connect with social/health systems components. To be successful, a peer support system should be led by parents, have access to…

The parent of a handicapped child reviews the development of parent groups and parent advocacy internationally. Among the programs described are weekend education courses for parents in Norway, deinstitutionalization efforts in England, mass media approaches in France, and the Extend-a-Family program in Canada in which a handicapped child is…

Available from: Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded, Kinsmen National Institute on Mental Retardation Building, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Downsview, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada. Described is Pilot Parents, a support service for parents who have recently learned that their child is mentally handicapped. (GW)

Written in question and answer form, the guide for parents of mentally handicapped children provides information in the areas of health and medical concerns, assessment of the child's mental ability, parent-child-family relationships, education, psychological and psychiatric adjustments of both child and parent, improving communication, and…

Describes an urban La Leche League breastfeeding support group in western New York. The group demonstrates how some mothers are adapting to the effects of rapid social change, particularly on the mother-infant bond. Members are transmitting a style of natural mothering based on complete breastfeeding by relying on intragenerational modeling. (KH)

Extensively surveys the literature to illustrate the concept of parent education from the 1830s to the 1980s. Describes historical "modes," or views, of childrearing and the role of the private sector and the federal government in parent education programs. Implications for early childhood education are pointed out. (AS)

The report documents the achievements of the Parent Information Center, an information and referral service for parents of handicapped children. Documented are the center's relationships with community agencies, presentations, participation in parent advisory boards at the local level, interagency cooperation, consumer outreach, staff training,…

Third in a series of Project REACH (Regular Education for All Children with Handicaps) documents is a manual intended for parents of severely disabled students. The manual is centered on ways parents can work together to mobilize community support groups. Formation of a parent support group, the role of the parent facilitator, and ways to acquire…

The monograph is aimed at helping groups of parents associated with schools or classes for deaf children who form associations with a view toward improving both existing programs and their own efforts at raising a deaf child. Presented first is a broad view, based on a survey of related literature within the last decade, of parents' programs.…

The bibliography contains approximately 90 citations of publications for and about parents of handicapped children. Citations are listed alphabetically by author within the following categories: "On Being the Parent of a Handicapped Child--Writings by Parents", "Information, Teaching Suggestions, and Training Guides for…