ERIC Number: ED282378
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Sep
Pages: 52
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The "Parents Training Parents" Program. Evaluation Report 1984-1986.
Cassidy, Eileen M.; And Others
This report presents the results of an evaluation of the 2-year operation of Michigan's Parents Training Parents Program, which provides parents of handicapped children with knowledge, skills, information, and support to obtain increased and improved services for their children. Staff and volunteers (all parents of handicapped children) provide individual assistance, resource and referral assistance, parent training workshops, and public outreach activities. Evaluation data were collected from several sources, including evaluation forms for parent training workshops, individual assistance intake forms, program presentation forms, and a telephone follow-up survey. Results indicated that parent trainer contacts, primarily related to support, consultation, and scheduling the first year, increased in the individual assistance area in the second year. A total of 57 workshops reached 1,187 parents and 240 professionals, most of whom favorably evaluated both the workshop content and the parent trainers' presentations. Individual assistance services were used by 1,259 persons, changing from primarily workshop-related inquiries the first year to individual assistance requests the second year. Public information efforts included articles in special interest newsletters, television and radio appearances, news releases, and brochures. Appendices list program contributors and some comments from workshop evaluations. (CB)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Personnel Preparation.
Authoring Institution: CAUSE, Inc., Lansing, MI.
Identifiers - Location: Michigan
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