Describes the operation of a parent support service provided by mental health staff and pediatricians who offer free telephone counseling, private consultations, parent education group meetings, and an early intervention program for parents concerned with their children's "negative" behavior. (RH)

Provides a description and results of an evaluation of one telephone consultation service for parents, New York University's "Warmline," which provides information/suggestions tailored to parents' childrearing concerns. Parents' satisfaction with Warmline is reflected by the finding that 96 percent of those surveyed said they would call…

Describes three approaches to health care of adolescents that are oriented towards prospective health promotion: a new self-assessment questionnaire, the development of parent education and preparation classes, and counseling teams. (SS)

Describes the Support, Tutoring, and Adventures for Youth (S.T.A.Y.) program developed by the YMCA in Manchester, New Hampshire, to assist young teens at risk of dropping out of school. The program features educational and outdoor adventures, and focuses on motivation and counseling. (SKC)

Describes a program that uses a homelike foster family setting and methods of behavior change with children and adolescents who are seriously emotionally disturbed. (PCB)

Describes a program to prevent infant abuse and neglect through the identification of infants at risk. (SB)

This article describes the Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program (CSATP) in San Jose, California. Based on the theory and methods of Humanistic Psychology, the program provides counseling to sexually abused children and their families. (SB)

Describes a project which serves handicapped children, from birth to age 3, and their parents. The project includes home-based as well as classroom instruction. (SET)

Describes the Intensive Crisis Counseling Program operating throughout Florida which provides immediate services to families in their homes. An exemplary case study is presented. (Author/BB)

Describes the Adolescent Pregnancy Program for pregnant adolescents and teen mothers who cannot live with their families because of dysfunctional or abusive relationships. The program provides a safe, nurturing place to live and vocational and educational services. (PCB)

Profiles the parenting seminars and counseling services for divorcing parents offered by the Children of Separation and Divorce Center, a community service agency in Maryland. The seminars are designed to help parents adjust to divorce and understand the needs of their children during and after the divorce process. (MDM)

Discusses a model for clinical preventive intervention with multi-risk-factor families and their infants, with emphasis on the developmental risks involved for both. Emphasis is placed on the context of the total intervention effort, namely, on intervention with the infant, parents, and support system. (Author/DB)

Discusses the implementation, goals, program components, and intended evaluation procedures of Teen-Link, a health promotion disease prevention program for inner-city disadvantaged youths in Durham, North Carolina. (BB)