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* Are key applied articles

† Are key multi-area / overview / theory / paradigm / research articles

Multi-Area, Overview, Theory, And Paradigms

1.17 Guerney, B.G., Jr., & Ford, D. H. A Multi-Level Strategy for Understanding Family Dynamics and for Designing Marital and Family Therapy, 1996, manuscript in progress.

* 1.23 Guerney, B. G., Jr., Vogelsong, E. Relationship Enhancement® Demonstration Tapes (audio cassettes). IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1981.

Parent And Foster Parent Training

* 2.B1 Guerney, L. Parenting: A Skills Training Manual. IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1980.

* 2.B2 Guerney, L. The Parenting Skills Program: Leader's Manual. IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1987.

* 2.B3 Guerney, L. Adolescent Supplement to Parenting: A Skills Training Manual. IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1990.

2.B4 Guerney, L. A program for training agency personnel as foster parent trainers. Child Welfare, 1975, 55(9), 652-660.

2.B5 Guerney, L. A description and evaluation of a skills training program for foster parents. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1977, 5(3), 361-371.

2.B6 Guerney, L., & Wolfgang, G. Long-range evaluation of effects on foster parents of a foster parent skills training program. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 1981, 10(l), 33-37.

2.B7 Guerney, L. & Gavigan, M. A. Parental acceptance and foster parents. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 1981, 10(l), 27-32.

2.B8 Guerney, L. The effectiveness of foster care as supplemental Parenting. In M. E. Kostelnik & H. E. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Child Nurturance: A Biennial Series (Vol. II). New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1982, 131- 180.

2.B9 Guerney, L. Foster Parent Training: A Manual for Trainers. IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1985.

2.B10 Guerney, B. G., Jr., Vogelsong, E., & Wolfgang, G. Foster Parent Skills Training Program: First Year Evaluation. IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1977, 180 pages.

2.B11 Guerney, B. G., Jr., Wolfgang, G., & Vogelsong, E. Second Year Evaluation of Foster Care Systems Training Project. IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1978, 180 pages.

2.B12 Guerney, L. Foster Parenting Training Project Final Report, Part I: Descriptive Information About Foster Parents Associated with Public Child Welfare Agencies in the Western Region of Pennsylvania. IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1976, 58 pages.

2.B13 Guerney, L. Foster Parenting Training Project Final Report, Part II: Description and Evaluation of the Foster Parent Skill-Training Program for Parents and for Agency Personnel. IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1976, 122 pages.

2.B14 Coufal, J. D. An Experimental Evaluation of Two Approaches to Parent Skills Training: Parent-Child Participation Versus Parents Only. Post session paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations meeting, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1982.

2.B15 Guerney, L. The Education of Foster Parent Educators. Impact, 1982, 7.

† 2.B16 Brown, D. L. A Comparative Study of the Effects of Two Foster Parent Training Methods on Attitudes of Parental Acceptance, Sensitivity to Children, and General Foster Parent Attitudes. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, 1980 (summary segment).

2.B17 Coufal, J. D., & Brock, G. W. Changing parent-child relationships by bringing children into parent education. Mimeographed manuscript.

* 2.B18 Coufal, J. D., & Brock, G. W. Parent-Child Relationship Enhancement: A ten-week education program. Skills Learning Press, 1913 Blairmore Road, Lexington, KY 40502, 1983.

Foster Parent Training

6.A13 Guerney, L. The Training of Foster Parent Trainers, IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, VHS video, 1974.

6.A14 Guerney, L. Foster parents. American Psychological Association Division 37 Newsletter, Summer, 1989, 12(3), 4, 18, and 19.

6.A15 Ginsberg, B. G. Training Parents as Therapeutic Agents with Foster/Adoptive Children in Private Practice and the Clinic Using the Filial Approach. The Family Psychologist, Winter, 1991, 7(1), 4-5.

6.A16 Ginsberg, B. G. Training Parents as Therapeutic Agents with Foster/Adoptive Children Using the Filial Approach. Chapter 17 in C. E. Schaeffer & J. M. Briesmeister, (Eds.) Handbook of Parent Training: Parents as Co-Therapist for Children's Behavior Problems. John Wiley & Sons, NY 1989, 442-478.

Other Special Settings/Populations

6.A4 Avery, A. W. Communication skills training for paraprofessional helpers. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1978, 6, 583-592.

† 6.A7 Guerney, B. G., Vogelsong, E., & Wolfgang, G. Evaluation of the Caseworker Staff Training Workshop. IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1979, 85 pages.

6.A8 Guerney, B. G., Vogelsong, E., & Wolfgang, G. Summary of Evaluation of the Caseworker Staff Training Workshop. IDEALS, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056, 1979, 15 pages.

† 6.C20 Hatch, C. L. Training parents of underachieving Black elementary students in communication, child management, and tutoring skills utilizing community paraprofessionals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, 1983 (summary Segment).