Special training issues will be defined, including curriculum topics. The workshop introduces participants to materials for teaching community and school-based programs. This session should particularly benefit those who are interested in helping youth develop the skills for becoming productive citizens. This session should particularly benefit those who want to learn more about their role within a stepfamily as well as increase their basic understanding of this unique family unit. More homes have televisions than telephones.
Schools have more computers than teachers.
Children know more about the hardware involved in telecommunication technologies than their own parents. Whether you know how to set the clock on your VCR, re-program your satellite dish or telnet to the newest website to download a JPEG file, you can feel confident in parenting children using technology with many guides and activities offered in this session. This session should particularly benefit those who are responsible for providing resources to parents or for teaching some skills to non-technical parents or childcare providers. The didactic content of this workshop will focus on the different types of parent involvement within schools, the barriers to parent involvement and best ideas related to increasing parent involvement. The workshop format will include didactic presentation and interactive discussion.