The manual provides information needed to recruit, train, and supervise parent aides to work with abusive and neglectful parents. The manual considers the goals and objectives of the program; the roles and responsibilities of professionals and paraprofessionals; and the recruitment, screening, and matching process; and guidelines for training, ongoing supervision, and program evaluation. Chapters cover the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses); nature of a parent aide program (goals, objectives, and roles and responsibilities); parent aide/client relationship (development of the relationship, transition period, partial dependency, independence, and termination); program development; program implementation (recruitment, screening, referral, and matching process); training (behavioral objectives for such areas as dynamics of child abuse and neglect, emotional and physical development of the child, discipline versus punishment, and communication skills); and supervision, inservice training, and evaluation. Appended are sample application and contract forms, a listing of regional child abuse and neglect resource centers, a chart showing forces affecting parent-child interactions, suggested program evaluation procedures, and two sample handouts for the training program. (DB)