Each year, almost 200,000 children are treated at hospital emergency rooms for injuries occurring on playgrounds. At this time, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has established voluntary guidelines for equipment and surfacing, but there are no required standards regarding the manufacture or installation of equipment and resilient…

This document is comprised of the 12 monthly issues of the 1998 "Child Support Report," which explores problems related to child support enforcement, reports on federal and state government child support enforcement initiatives, and summarizes research related to child support. Editorials and information on events and conferences of…

This lesson plan explores the nature of parental accountability for their children's behavior. The lesson encourages students to explore their individual opinions in this area and learn of specific laws enacted throughout the country; students then work in small legislative groups to draft a bill that accurately reflects their opinions. The lesson…

Based on the assumption that all American children deserve an opportunity to be born healthy and to grow up healthy, this guide presents the recommendations approved by the majority of the National Commission on Children for improving the health of the nation's pregnant women and children. The Commission's five recommendations are: (1) provide…

Crisis nursery programs were developed to offer temporary relief from child care responsibilities for parents experiencing a crisis or extreme stress. While the programs focus on being helpful and supportive, they may seem threatening to some parents. Service providers need to understand parents' fears and concerns about using crisis nurseries and…

In schools today, tests are being used for a variety of reasons, such as an indication of school accountability and also to track students, label them, or place them in specialized programs. Excessive dependence on test outcomes can adversely effect students' educational goals and contribute to their disengagement from education, because (among…

The use of discipline as a positive learning experience that sets limits for behavior of children by guiding them to and through adulthood is presented in the fourth booklet of a series on parenting education for American Indians. Five major areas parents can teach children by their own behavior are tasks, curiosity and interest in learning,…

Effective treatment of child abuse cases requires multidisciplinary approach in which social workers, psychologists and physicians coordinate their efforts to help abused child and his/her parents by trying to ease tensions at home. Personnel concerned with child abuse should be well acquainted with various conditions that lead to child abuse. (SE)

This study concerned effects of maternal work hours, education, and sex of child on the amount of supervision and guidance of children's study and homework and the amount of cognitive stimulation provided by the mother. Analyses were conducted to examine the relative contribution of commitment to the parental role and role strain to parent-child…

In the traditional African society (TAS), the child is allowed to interact with learning materials and situations. Consequently, learning becomes relevant, meaningful, and purposeful in relation to the individual and the society. In the modern African society (MAS), education has been at best an experiment that is marked with inconsistencies in…

A summary of the research on adult literacy indicated factors which make an effective program: recruitment of students centered on personal contacts, individual intake conferences, and sensitive and compassionate teachers with high morale about the program. A summary of the research in preschool literacy programs stressed that factors associated…

Existing patterns of deinstitutionalization and group home placements funded through Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and private supplemental trusts can provide the means for independent living for developmentally disabled adults. Yet, because of the propensity of probate courts to refrain from alteration of written documents evidencing the…

Written for staff developers and resource personnel who work with parents, this curriculum guide is designed to develop leadership skills in migrant parents who have been elected to leadership positions in their respective Parent Advisory Committees. The booklet focuses on developing such skills as knowing how to use parliamentary procedure,…

The belief that fathers are becoming more involved in family life has filtered into psychological accounts of child and adult development. The "emergent" view recognizes the social changes which men are undergoing and claims that men are becoming more involved domestically. Yesterday's absentee father is being replaced by a man involved…

This issue examines the causes and effects of stress among parents of handicapped children and offers guidance for reducing and/or avoiding stress. The factors contributing to parental stress are identified, including unfounded guilt feelings, prolonged dependency of the handicapped child, extended care requirements, marital discord and family…