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Download full textClark, Ann-Marie – 2000
Parent-teacher conferences sometimes become a cause for concern for everyone involved. This Spanish-language ERIC Digest outlines ways to improve communication during parent-teacher conferences. Suggestions are offered to help parents participate more effectively in conferences, including identifying what is being done to help a child overcome a…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Communication, Learning Problems
Clark, Ann-Marie – 1999
Parent-teacher conferences sometimes become a cause for concern for everyone involved. This Digest outlines ways to improve communication during parent-teacher conferences. Suggestions are offered to help parents participate more effectively in conferences, including identifying what is being done to help a child overcome a problem, examining the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Communication, Learning Problems
Eccarius, Malinda – 1997
This digest discusses the assessment of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Topics addressed include: (1) the purpose of an assessment of children who are deaf or hard of hearing; (2) problems associated with assessment, including the diagnostician's lack of experience with the deaf population, communication problems, tests that are normed…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Problems
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, IL. – 1994
This ERIC digest addresses problems associated with children's excessive viewing of television programs and commercials and provides suggestions to help parents guide their children's television viewing. Children who watch television 3 to 5 hours a day have little time for other activities such as play, reading, and talking with others. Excessive…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Guidelines, Parent Responsibility, Parent Role
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, IL. – 1990
This ERIC digest addresses problems associated with children's excessive viewing of television programs and commercials and provides suggestions to help parents guide their children's television viewing. Children who watch television 3 to 5 hours a day have little time for other activities such as play, reading, and talking with others. Excessive…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Guidelines, Parent Responsibility, Parent Role
Webb, James T.; Latimer, Diane – 1993
This fact sheet summarizes information on children who have an attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD), are gifted, or are both ADHD and gifted. Fourteen diagnostic criteria for ADHD from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III are listed. A comparison of behaviors associated with ADHD and with giftedness is…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Behavior Problems, Gifted
Ramsburg, Dawn – 1997
This digest explores some of the reasons for spanking, examines its effectiveness, and suggests alternative discipline methods. Many parents believe that spanking will teach children not to do things that are forbidden, stop them quickly when they are being irritating, and encourage them to do what they should. Others believe nonphysical forms of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing
Bagin, Carolyn Boccella – 1989
This digest highlights one tool that teachers use--standardized tests--from the parent's viewpoint. The discussion covers basic features of testing and suggests questions that a parent might ask his or her child's teacher concerning such tests. Standardized tests are usually objective tests sold by commercial publishers and designed to provide a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Role
Educating Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Additional Learning Problems. ERIC Digest #E548.
Pollack, B. J. – 1997
This digest discusses the occurrence of other disabilities which, in combination with diminished hearing, can create additional learning problems for children with hearing impairments. Topics on educational strategies for these children address: (1) the prevalence of other disabilities in children with hearing loss, including learning…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Deafness, Developmental Delays, Disability Identification
Kaplan, Leslie S. – 1990
Presented in a question-and-answer format, this digest offers guidelines to help gifted students manage stress effectively. The following questions are considered: What is stress? How can a youngster experience stress when nothing bad is happening? Is a gifted student more likely to feel stress than others? What are some stresses on a gifted…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Burnout, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment
Robertson, Anne S. – 1997
Many teens experience a time when keeping up with school work is difficult. Some adolescents are able to get through this time with minimal assistance from their parents or teachers. However, when the difficulties last longer than a single grading period or are linked to a long-term pattern of poor school performance, parents and teachers may need…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, High Risk Students
Berkowitz, Robert E. – 1996
Parents can play an important role in helping their children succeed in school. This ERIC Digest presents the Big Six Skills problem-solving method as an effective approach for parents. The Big Six Skills apply to any problem or activity that requires a solution or result based on information. The Big Six can help parents effectively deal with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail
