Parental involvement

In summary, although the mechanisms by which parental involvement impacts the treatment of pediatric anxiety remains unclear, these initial findings suggest that involving parents in the treatment of pediatric... 

Mendlowitz, S.L., Manassis, K., Bradley, S., Scapillato, D., Miezitis, S., and Shaw, B. (1999) Cognitive-behavioral group treatments in childhood anxiety disorders the role of parental involvement. / Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 38 1223-1229. 

Spence, S.H., Donovan, C., and Brechman-Toussaint, M. (2000) The treatment of childhood social phobia the effectiveness of a social skills training-based, cognitive-behavioral intervention, with and without parental involvement. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 41 713-726. 

Increasing focus on having family (especially parental) involvement in prevention programs. 

Parental attitudes and involvement in drug use, crime, and violence—In famihes where parents involve children in their own alcohol or other drug behavior (e.g., asking the child to Ught the parents cigarette or get the parent a beer), there is an increased risk of later drug abuse by the children. Parental approval of moderate drinking by minors, even under parental supervision, is associated with an increased risk of the use of marijuana by the children. 

Within the EMLA arena, safety professionals should be aware of the proposed Balancing Act of 2009, which would amend and increase the scope of the EMLA to include 12 weeks of paid leave for family issues, 7 days of paid sick leave, parental involvement leave, domestic violence leave, and other expansions of the current EMLA. Under the proposed Healthy Family Act, companies and organizations would be required to provide 1 week of paid sick or health-related leave each year. 

Get parents involved from the beginning Protect students religious expression Protect students other rights of expression Determine whether the policy should be voluntary or mandatory... 

Cultural disregard for education Records parental involvement extra-curricular Engagement in process performance in line with potential... 

Chinapali( 1989) in discussing counselling forphysically disabled students, but features little in the literature on parental involvement in advocacy. 

Father s qualifications Parental involvement with Class year... 

Length of gestation school score Parent s vocabulary score Parental involvement with... 

Parental involvement with Standardized height school score Number of cigarettes... 

Parental involvement with school score Self-initiated parental visits to school, attendance at interviews and parents meetings, child s visit to school with parent before starting, discussing child s progress at school. A higher score indicates more parental involvement. 

Lawson, H., Briar-Lawson, K. (1997). Connecting the dots Progress toward the integration of school reform, school-linked services, parent involvement and community schools. Oxford, OH The Dan-forth Foundation and the Institute for Educational Renewal at Miami University. 

Comer, J. P., Haynes, N. M. (1991). Parent involvement in schools An ecological approach. The Elementary School Journal, 91,272-277. 

Hampton, F., Mumford, D. (1998). Parent involvement in inner-city schools. Urban Education, 98(33), 410-428. 

In response to the inadequacy of counseling-focused, school-based, mental health programs for urban low-income families, school-based models need to expand their focus to adapt services to the needs and competencies of teachers, parents, and children in order to capitalize on schools unique opportunities to provide mental health-promoting activities for children in these communities (Atkins et al., 1998). We propose fom key foci for school-based mental health programs in urban communities (1) focus on children s academic performance, (2) teacher collaboration and support, (3) parental involvement, and (4) reliance on indigenous resources. The rationale for each goal will follow. 

Evidence from our initial study of a model for school-based mental health services provided support for a broadly defined parental involvement program (Atkins, Adil, Jackson, Talbott, et al., 2001). Extensive efforts to recruit and engage families in services resulted in initial recruitment rates above 90%, and of those 60 families, 86% remained involved in services at 9-month follow-up (Atkins et al., 2001). Because only about half of the families attended one or more parent groups, and fewer than a third attended sessions regularly, all families received home-based services in addition to consultation with the child s teacher and other... 

Harry, B., Allen, N., McLaughlin, M. (1995). Communication versus compliance African-American parents involvement in special education. Exceptional Children, 6, 364-377. 

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