Sex education in Beaverton (Oregon) is provided through a volunteer, after-school program set up and administered by parents. This article discusses the program's controversial origins and its present success. (WD)

This article explores three issues (parental involvement in the schools, teacher evaluation, and corporal punishment) through a comparison of the 1840 Concord, Massachusetts school system with the present-day system. (CT)

The author discusses some of the issues in training educators and parents for effective parental involvement in the disabled child's educational program. (SB)

Discusses parental involvement in education. (FL)

Presented is a day-by-day description of Catholic Schools Awareness Week as celebrated by St. Therese Academy in San Diego, California. Included are: staff appreciation day, parent recognition day, May crowning, student council election speeches, election of student officers, and student recognition day, plus other activities. (KC)

Examples are presented which highlight some problems associated with intervention programs for high-risk infants. These studies suggest a number of implications for social policy. Infant intervention will be continuously effective only if policymakers consult with not only program directors, but also clinicians, teachers, researchers and parents.…

Bilingual parents can help the teacher in developing culture-related reading activities and with students' emotional adjustments. They can help the librarian in reading and language arts related activities. At home, they can give children the confidence and reassurance needed to learn successfully in a different language environment. (NQ)

Three challenges facing educational psychologists (to experience the reality of being a parent, to help parents solve their children's learning problems, and to unlock the school system to parents) are examined. (CL)

Identified shortly after birth, Down's syndrome babies will represent a substantial number of infants in need of early intervention services. Direct contact with parents of Down's syndrome infants can provide professionals with opportunities to share new genetic findings that may assist parents in adjusting to the birth of their handicapped child.…

The authors share their ideas on how parental assertiveness can help parents in educational planning for children with disabilities. (SB)

At St. Helena School, parent volunteers refurbished a vacant classroom to create a kindergarten and they have remained involved as aides. The author discusses what motivates parents toward school volunteer work: concern for quality education, the need for work experience, and the friendships and personal satisfaction gained from volunteering. (SJL)

Parents who received an informal invitation to their handicapped child's individualized education program (IEP) meeting along with followup efforts participated in greater numbers in the IEP meetings than parents who recieved one message and no followup communication. (CL)

Physical educators should feel comfortable in teaching the handicapped child in a regular classroom because the training and experience they have acquired make them good teachers to handicapped and nonhandicapped alike. (MJB)

A parent recounts his experiences as a member of a parents' group seeking the continuation of a program of home visits to parents of handicapped children. Suggestions for creating change through parents' groups, such as locating and lobbying local officials and organizations that can effectively support the group, are listed. (PHR)

Brief answers are provided to 50 questions concerning basic reading research and how a parent can help teach reading. (SJL)