Presents information to facilitate ideal family involvement in early intervention. Strategies for conducting family assessments while building collaborative partnerships with families are presented. Characteristics which produce effective collaborative partnerships are reviewed, and the reality of working with families is presented through two…

Discusses social learning family therapy hypotheses on the development and sustenance of conduct disorder in early childhood, together with treatment approaches that use parents as the primary agents of change. Reviews research showing that parent training procedures hold much promise for the treatment of conduct disorder in childhood. (JPB)

Describes a community-based surveillance program for juvenile sex offenders that organizes and monitors continuous supervision for the youth by family and community members. The program also includes appropriate treatment and provides crisis intervention, while allowing the young people to remain with their families in their homes, schools, and…

Counselors must become active participants in the practice of full inclusion of children with disabilities into classrooms with nondisabled youngsters. Full inclusion is distinguished from mainstreaming; successful models are reviewed. Topics of collaboration and consultation among counselors and teachers, building social adjustment, and…

Functional assessments and assessment-based interventions were conducted with an 8-year-old boy with disabilities and severe problem behavior in the context of two family routines: using the home bathroom and dining in a fast-food restaurant. A multiple baseline design demonstrated the effectiveness of the intervention package as implemented by…

Two PTAs sponsored events that capitalized on Halloween themes, engaged their communities in fall celebrations, and were safe, wholesome, and fun. With help from local volunteers, one school turned its gymnasium into a 19th-century British town with a fall/Halloween theme. Another PTA hosted a carnival, Spooktacular, that involved community…

Clarifies the relationships between schools and families by contrasting the responses of over 400 teachers to a survey regarding the attitudes towards, involvement in, and perceptions of partnership practices at their schools. Results indicate that while teachers value family involvement, middle and upper grade level teachers used fewer strategies…

Paralleling reports of the effects of passive smoke exposure in medical journals, the term "secondary traumatization"--the emotional upset experienced by persons who come into close contact with a trauma victim--is receiving increasing attention in the mental health literature. Implications of this for family counselors are considered. (Author/KW)

Introduces the Willard Model School in Norfolk, Virginia. Describes the process of creating a new staff and the teaching philosophy of the staff members. Provides information on the school's Parent Resource Center and Male Mentor Program. Introduces the concept of a basic school. (MOK)

Well-controlled clinical trials have established the efficacy of a number of family-based psychosocial interventions for the treatment of schizophrenia. Reviews seven studies with long term follow-up. (Author)

Describes a research study in which three primary-grade teachers and two researchers visited, interviewed, and planned with the families of their students over three years in order to better support children's literacy development by creating instruction that builds on what they know. Discusses what they learned about families as resources, and…

Study develops and evaluates the Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ), a multidimensional scale of family involvement in early childhood education. Factor analyses reveal three involvement constructs: school-based involvement, home-school conferencing, and home-based involvement. Multivariate analyses reveal that parents with education beyond…

Investigates the effects of manipulating the periodicity and quantity of information on student progress that teachers send to families on a student's achievement. Indicates that increases in both frequency and detail of individual student progress reporting to the family are positively related to student achievement. (ASK)

Describes a model of service delivery for children with autism and pervasive developmental disorders that seeks to prevent at-risk students from being placed residentially and to return those who live in residential school to less restrictive environments. Describes the organization and critical components for the Family Support Program. Discusses…

Reports using data from the Denver Youth Survey to investigate the influence of family factors in predicting adolescent victimization. Results indicate that family context (particularly parental problem behavior), family involvement, adolescent social isolation from the family, and positive parenting were predictive of adolescent victimization,…