This collection of notes for novice conference planners provides information explaining the process of planning and implementing a statewide conference on families. Topics such as building preparation, exhibits and displays, finances, interpreters, keynote speaker, lunch and coffee breaks, funding and personnel as well as program scheduling and…

Prepared for the White House Conference on Children (December 1970), this booklet reports on a mothers' training program in Urbana, Illinois--one of 34 promising programs on childhood education. The training program is a tutorial program at the University of Illinois involving both mother and child; the program tries to demonstrate that mothers in…

The Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP) of the Office of Child Development (OCD) is described. CFRP is designed to provide family-oriented, comprehensive services to children from the prenatal period through age 8, according to their individual needs. The program description stresses the use of existing community resources in a linked program…

This paper describes a unique, 2-day experiential program in sex education for adolescents and their families. The program is a highly focused, intense emotional experience wherein participants are presented, via a multimedia approach, with a planned sequence of explicit sexual material on all areas of human sexuality. (Author)

Reviews past, present, future and parent education. Three models of parent education and intervention, designed to have impact through the family, school, or community. (SB)

One-hundred and sixty families of retarded children were randomly assigned to four training conditions in behavior modification (telephone consultations, training groups, training groups plus home visits, and instructional manuals). (Author/CL)

Describes the "North Dakota Family Coping Project," a program using research, teaching, and service expertise to help rural families cope with change. The program is built on four principles: (1) identify unique needs and characteristics, (2) utilize unique features, (3) build partnerships, and (4) monitor and evaluate programs. (CH)

Examined effectiveness of varying financial rebates in bringing collaterals (N=35) of people (N=165) convicted of alcohol-related driving offenses to family educational programs in conjunction with Driving While Intoxicated schools. Found that larger rebates brought more family members and significant others into programs; subjects who brought…

Presents an overview of an evaluation of the effectiveness and impact of family-centered home-based services as implemented within the Child Welfare Division of Hennepin County, Minnesota Community Services Department, which worked with families of an adolescent who had been approved for out-of-home placement. (BB)

Describes the Minnesota Early Childhood Family Education Program, which is designed to offer support and information for all parents and their children from birth to kindergarten-enrollment age, and to provide a good early childhood education experience for young children. (Author/PCB)

Recounts how careful planning and coordination, hard work, and a bit of theatrics helped secure line item funding in the Vermont state budget for parent child centers. (Author/BB)

There is a role for social workers in all settings to play in providing assistance related to the health care needs of individuals and families. Schools of social work should prepare all students to understand and deal with the effects of evolving health policies and practices on family life. (Author/MH)

Evaluates two respite programs which offer families temporary relief from caring for elderly relatives: an institutional program for those needing constant nursing attention, and a residential plan for those requiring housekeeping and companion services. Benefits for clients, family, and community appear to be indisputable. (Author/ABB)

The article describes a family enrichment program for families with a disabled member who do not need or may not be interested in family counseling. Based on the principles of Adlerian psychology, the program uses an activity approach to help families recognize and build on individual and collective strengths. (Author)

Families of full-term (N=17) and preterm (N=17) infants were followed throughout the first year of life to examine amount of (and relationship between) reported stress and support services received. Among results was that stress at three months was significantly negatively related to concurrent measures of formal support. (Author/JW)