Educators, recognizing the role of the home in preparing a child for reading and in fostering reading growth, have organized outreach programs to systematically utilize home influence. However, thoughtful planning is needed if these programs are to make the most of family involvement. Consideration of who, what, when, where, and how provides a…

This review of the research on the role of television in family life considers television both as a medium for which the specific content matters little, and as a source of content, i.e., a purveyor of messages about physical and social life. Television viewing is discussed as an activity in which family members participate and about which they…

Because very little is known about teenage parents' own view of their problems, needs, and acceptable resources, over 100 Boston teenagers and related agencies were interviewed. Parental problems were similar to those of older parents, but youthful lack of experience and skills aggravated the situation. The most frequently cited problem was that…

Project REDY (Rural Education-Disadvantaged Youth) was initiated by the University of Illinois on June 1, 1965, and is scheduled to terminate June 30, 1970. The objectives of the project were: (1) to study in depth a depressed rural area and to identify conditions and trends that typify the area; (2) to develop and conduct a model…

The program was set up to involve, on a continuing basis, the significant other of frequently-readmitted hospitalized psychiatric VA patients. The couples identified their characteristic strengths, and their maladaptive ways of functioning, and were expected to make use of alternative ways of behaving which were recommended by the staff. A…

This family enrichment program is designed for parents having children in the Junior High Schools Dimensions for Living Family Life course. However, parents of any school-age child could benefit from the sessions. The three two-hour sessions in the home, each spaced one week apart, provide an opportunity for 10 to l2 parents to come together in a…

This report describes a program for handicapped infants which emphasizes early treatment as a prime means of preventing more serious physical and behavioral problems later in life. Also, the program focuses on the entire family of the developmentally disabled, including infant, parents, and siblings. Program objectives include (1) increased…

The Family Education Project in Brooklyn was designed to involve selected volunteer families of children enrolled in Head Start. The original proposal foresaw a project of three years' duration, with three separate groups of families participating, so that comparative measurements could be taken on the children in each cycle, as well as on the…

Examines recent emphasis in the Soviet Union on coordinating family influence on children with society's needs and expectations. Discusses the Soviet family as an educative collective and enumerates child-rearing demands by the Soviet state. (Author/DB)

The results of this study indicate that while women are strongly committed to expressive activities during the infancy of their children, the intensity of this commitment decreases substantially in early childhood. (Author/AM)

Puerto Ricans cope with the new environment on the mainland because of the supportive, help giving familial and cultural systems they bring with them, the supportive systems they create in the host country, and the supportive systems which, already there, are available for help. (Author)

Describes the Parent Child Development Center Programs and presents results of evaluation and follow up programs. (SB)

Interviews with 19 parents explored perceptions of major issues in their handicapped child's transition from a specialized preschool classroom to regular kindergarten. Among results was that parents indicated the greatest satisfaction with parent-teacher conferences and the least satisfaction with amount and type of school and classroom…

Study of part-time farmers in a Georgia county examines mobility patterns, economic circumstances, scale of farming, reasons for part-time farming, commitment to farm, household division of labor, and impact of current farm crisis. Finds most part-time farmers obtained stable off-farm jobs, then added farms later in their adult years. (LFL)