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Parker, Martha; Mitchell, David – 1980
To examine the characteristics and problems of training procedures for parents of handicapped children, the paper focuses on the rationale for parents as teachers, the effectiveness of different models of training procedures evident in early intervention programs, and the combination of factors (parents' motivation and needs, professional ability,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Intervention, Models
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Schatz, Mona Struhsaker; Bane, William – Child Welfare, 1991
Reviews the literature on the importance of foster children's connections to their biological families. Involvement of the placed child's biological family in all stages of the placement experience creates new forms of practice throughout the foster care system. Describes the use of group training for biological parents soon after placement and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Biological Parents, Foster Care, Foster Children
Grim, Janet, Ed.
Described in a monograph published by the Technical Assistance Delivery System (TADS) are the rationale, intake and screening procedures, service delivery, liaison and follow through, and evaluation of parent training models from four preschool demonstration centers for handicapped children. An overview discusses the purposes and dimensions of…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities