Partnerships between professionals and parents of children with disabilities can be valuable ingredients in efforts to design and implement strategies of intervention and support. In this article, we provide a rationale in support of parent-professional partnerships and describe research and programmes that exemplify such partnership practices. We…

Although homeschooling is growing in popularity in the United States, little systematic research has focused on this population. Grounded in the parental involvement literature, this study examines why parents decide to home-school. Parents of 136 homeschooled elementary children completed questionnaires assessing constructs derived from the…

This paper provides a historical and philosophical basis for parent involvement in the education of their children. It also furnishes a rationale for programs in Oregon which combine aspects of the classroom-oriented Standard Center-Based Model and the Home-Based Head Start Mode. Section One places Head Start development in Oregon in the…

The New York State experimental prekindergarten programs are interdisciplinary endeavors whose purpose is to improve the educational opportunities of disadvantaged 3- and 4-year-olds. Because the pupil services they offer are of central importance to these programs, the social worker is an integral member of the prekindergarten staff and has many…

New design concepts for creative play structures provide challenging experiences for children, yet are still safe enough to be acceptable. Many of these creative playgrounds are made possible by parent and community volunteers. (Author/MLF)

A special program at Seton Hall University includes parents of Upward Bound students in university classes. (IRT)

Parental involvement requirements for Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, are reviewed. (CL)

Discusses ways of involving parents in school programs. (SB)

Rebuts the contentions of Roper in the preceding article in this volume, and outlines new developments in the contemporary alliance of parents and educators. (Author/IRT)

Presents ideas for public library family programs and discusses some of the advantages and disadvantages of including parents in the programs. (MES)

The authors focus on the issues of teacher training and parent involvement. They describe development of a set of parent involvement teacher training guidelines and strategies and suggest uses for these guidelines. (CH)

Discusses ways of encouraging parents to take a larger role in the prevention of chemical dependency in their children. Describes four types of parents who may use resistance and denial before becoming involved in parent support groups: apathetic, burned-out, intimidated, and resigned. (JAC)

The article describes three preschool units for children with special educational needs and considers the problems in integrating them into the mainstream. They note that true integration must include involvement of parents and collaboration with teachers. (CL)

Using E. Deno's reflections on special education as the developmental capital in education and the approach of using a cascade of services as a model, a cascade of services focusing on parent involvement is presented. The article concludes with a prescriptive teaching model designed to meet the needs of the individual parents of exceptional…

In Stillwater, Oklahoma, the local educational toy lending library developed a computerized series of play activities to get parents of disabled young children involved in their child's stimulation. (CL)