To promote maximum Title I services to Navajo students attending the Navajo Area Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools, by-laws for the establishment and operation of a Parent Advisory Council (PAC) have been prepared. Council objectives are to develop good liaison and communication between students' parents and the local school administration; promote…

Using an ethnographic approach, three Parent Education Programs were studied to describe the social setting in which they took place and to document their impact upon parents. The programs were conceptualized as social service organizations designed to change the parental roles of participants. Each program was observed, interviews were conducted…

In order to help parents and community members participate more effectively and better understand the importance of their involvement in the planning and administration of migrant education programs in Oregon, the English-Spanish booklet suggests general procedures for organizing, leading, and training Parent Advisory Committees (PACs), required…

The guidelines outlined in this pamphlet were developed in cooperation with members of local parent advisory councils and school officials. The guidelines describe the rationale for parental involvement, the specific steps to be taken in organizing parent advisory councils, and the roles and responsibilities of these councils. (CLK)

The "special" quality of special education is the body of knowledge, skills, and attitudes which are used in the education and training of exceptional school children. In practice, these children have been those who public school systems could not or would not teach. The history of education for exceptional children is a simple story of massive…

Reported are the proceedings from a 1974 conference on programing for gifted children which was sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association for the Study and Education of the Mentally Gifted. Reviewed in a keynote address by J. Gowan are 12 outstanding research studies conducted during the past 25 years regarding identification and education of…

This booklet contains examples of good practice in parent/teacher relations that were collected from schools in all parts of England, many of which are in the words of the head teachers. Topics discussed include: building the parent-teacher relationship in nursery school; infant school entry and transfer; methods of maintaining contact; parent…

Project components of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I in Hawaii are evaluated in this paper. The project components are the following: Reading resource rooms, tutorial projects, Hiloe reading clinic (preschools), and Alae Operation Live-In. The Peabody Individual Achievement Test is administered to each Title I pupil as a pre…

Serving as a reference for parents and professionals who live and work with disabled children, this resource section lists state directors of special education, national disability-related organizations (United States and Canada), parent coalition groups, government agencies; professional organizations, a calendar of annual meetings, and a…

This resource section helps in locating information and services for children with disabilities. It lists information service agencies, advocacy agencies, parent-governed groups, government agencies, professional organizations, state directors of special education, schools for the disabled which advertised in the resource section, and a calendar…

Parents' interest and potential support should be encouraged by preparing teachers to work in intelligent partnership with parents. (JD)

The Parent Leadership Program team that created and facilitated a Local Liaison Learning Group between September 1998 and November 1999 gathered in mid-January 2000 to discuss what they had learned. The Learning Group was thought of by the Parent Leadership Program team as an applied research setting for investigating the conditions that support…

Members of the Fargo (North Dakota) Parent Teacher Association helped launch an effort to set up a citywide safety patrol program. A safety committee did research on safety patrols, circulated petitions, and helped win legislative support for a passage of a law providing for school patrols in the state. (PP)

The author describes the model community education program at Waipahu Intermediate School, with emphasis on its parent involvement methods, its special activities for immigrant students, and the role of its community facilitator. This article is part of a theme issue on community education in Hawaii. (SJL)

A national survey of parents (n=240) newly referred to Parent to Parent programs was conducted. These programs match an experienced parent of a special needs child in a one-to-one relationship with a newly referred parent. Newly referred parents preferred a wide range of supports, with the child's age and severity of disability affecting the need…