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Bryan, Melissa S. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The Families of Merit Program was designed as an adult education course that could build individual self-efficacy and parental self-efficacy to effect outcomes that would benefit their child and the school. Building this self-efficacy in a community where those children served are predominately in poverty presents a compounded challenge. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Self Efficacy, Parenting Skills, Poverty
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Ramirez, Olga; McCollough, Cherie A.; Diaz, Zulmaris – School Science and Mathematics, 2016
The following describes a culturally relevant mathematics and science content program implemented by preservice teachers (PSTs) at Family Math/Science Learning Events (FM/SLEs) conducted through two different university programs in south Texas. These experiences are required course activities designed to inform PSTs of the importance of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Science Education, Preservice Teachers, Family Programs
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Machado-Casas, Margarita; Sánchez, Patricia; Ek, Lucila D. – Multicultural Education, 2014
Drawing from a larger qualitative four-year study of an after-school technology partnership called "La Clase Mágica" at the University of Texas at San Antonio (LCM@UTSA), the authors focus on how digital literacies mediate the literacy learning of Latina/o bilingual immigrant parents. They also discuss how the elementary school and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, After School Programs, Partnerships in Education, Technological Literacy
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Lock, Robin H.; Hendricks, C. Bret; Bradley, Loretta J.; Layton, Carol A. – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2010
Support for families of children with autism spectrum disorders continues to be important, but formal support groups may not ft every need. The authors describe Family Fun Days, a program that paired leisure activities with opportunities for support. There was an increase in the number of participants over traditional support meetings,…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Family Environment, Autism
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Fish, Wade W. – Education, 2006
This case study investigated parental perceptions of students with autism towards the IEP meeting from one family support group chapter in the north Texas area. Participants were asked to share their experiences of previous IEP meetings and to provide input regarding not only measures that school districts may take towards improving IEP meetings,…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Special Education, School Districts, Family Programs