This study examined the effects of parent participation in a Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) group on their child‐rearing attitudes as measured by the Parent Attitude Survey (PAS) and on the self‐concepts of their learning disabled children as measured by the Primary Self‐Concept Inventory (PSCI). Subjects were 50 mothers and their LD children who were randomly assigned to experimental and control conditions. Treatment consisted of parent group sessions which included didactic presentations, group discussions, and homework assignments, designed to increase parents’ democratic child‐rearing attitudes and understanding of their children. On the post‐test measures, multivariate analysis of variance yielded significant differences between experimental and control group parents (F (5,40) = 13.96; p < .01) and their children (F (3,32) = 6.86; p < .01). Parents in the experimental group scored higher on the PAS subscales of Acceptance and Trust (p < .01) and their children scored higher on the PSCI subscales of Personal‐self (p < .05) and Social‐self (p < .01). The STEP program appears to hold promise for assisting both parents and their LD children.