ERIC ED425231: Guiding Parents in Helping Children Learn. Technical Aid Packet.

84 Pages·1998·1.4 MB·English

by  ERIC

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Guiding Parents in Helping Children Learn. Technical Aid
TITLE
Packet.
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health
INSTITUTION
Schools.
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS),
SPONS AGENCY
Washington, DC. Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
1998-00-00
PUB DATE
NOTE
83p.
Non-Classroom
Guides
Collected Works
General (020)
PUB TYPE
(055)
MF01/PC04 Plus Postage.
EDRS PRICE
Elementary Secondary Education; Internet; *Learning
DESCRIPTORS
Problems; *Parent Child Relationship; Parent Influence;
*Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Parents
as Teachers; Reference Materials; Resource Materials;
Technical Assistance
ABSTRACT
This booklet for parents and other nonprofessionals contains
information on helping children learn. Part I is divided into the following
"Get Set...";
"The Wonder of It All";
brief sections:
"Ready?";
(3)
(2)
(1)
(8) "Learning
"Dilemmas";
"Decisions";
"Dialogues";
"Go!";
(7)
(6)
(5)
(4)
"Feeling Good about Helping."
"Problem-Solving"; and (10)
Experiences";
(9)
An added note helps parents understand learning problems. Part II contains
lists of six Internet and four agency resources and some print resources
professionals can draw on to help parents and other nonprofessionals enhance
children's learning and performance. Part III lists several guides and other
basic resources parents can use to enhance children's learning and
performance. These are grouped into resources for helping a child with
homework and a consumer guide for self-help.
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Guiding Parents in Helping
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The Center is co-directed by Howard Adelman and Linda Taylor and operates under the auspices of the
School Mental Health Project, Dept. of Psychology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563 --
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Preface
Those of you working hard
to address barriers to student
learning and promote healthy development
need ready access
to resource materials. The Center's Clearinghouse
compiles,
supplements, and disseminates
resources on topics fundamental
to enabling students to learn. Among the various
ways we
package these
resources are our Technical Aid Packets.
This Technical Aid Packet is designed
for use by those who
work with parents and other nonprofessionals.
It contains
three types of aids.
The first aid is a "booklet" written for nonprofessionals
(1)
to help them understand what is involved in helping
children learn. In
some cases, this can be offered
directly as material to read
-- in sections or as a total
package; in other cases, the material
can be used as a
resource and guide in preparing presentations.
(2)
The second aid consists of information about
basic
resources professionals can draw on to learn more about
helping parents and other nonprofessionals
enhance
children's learning and performance.
The third aid includes additional guides
and basic
(3)
information to share with parents
as resources they can
use to enhance a child's learning and performance.
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Guiding Parents in Helping
Children Learn
Contents
A booklet for parents and other
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nonprofessionals
Helping Children Learn: Ready?
Get Set... Go!
The Wonder of It All
Ready?
Get Set...
Go!
"Dialogues"
Decisions
Dilemmas
Learning Experiences
Problem-Solving
Feeling Good About helping
An Added Note on Understanding
Learning Problems
II.
Basic Resources Professionals Can
Draw on to Help Parents
and Other Nonprofessionals Enhance
Children's Learning
and Performance
Internet and Agency/Organization
Resources
A Few Selected References
III. Guides and Other Basic Resources
Parents Can Draw Upon
to Enhance Children's Learning and
Performance
Helping Your Child with Schoolwork
Consumer Guide for Self-help
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The Wonder of It All
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Get Set
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Go!
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"Dialogues"
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Decisions
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Dilemmas
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Learning Experiences
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Problem-Solving
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Feeling Good About Helping
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An Added Note on Understanding Learning Problems
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Helping children learn
can be such a wondrous
experience. Their eyes light
up, the world opens wide
to them, and they develop
a sense of being somebody.
They are often delighted and
amazed. And, at the
very
least, they feel just
a little bit smarter. Through their
questions we are reminded of
the wonder of it all.
"I wish I had asked
more questions when I was your age."
"How come?"
"So I could
answer more of yours."
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