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New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of General Academic Education. – 1986
This booklet has been prepared primarily to assist parents as they strive to be active partners with the school in the education of their children. It is designed to provide information and practical suggestions on how this teamwork can be accomplished. The introduction cautions parents that, when noting the characteristics of a particular age…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Zepeda, Marlene; Morales, Alex – 2001
California's Proposition 10, the "Children and Families Act," has targeted three general areas for improvement in support of families and young children: improved family functioning, improved child development, and improved child health. Proposition 10 views parents as critical to the development of young children. Noting that parent…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Development, Cooperative Programs, Family Programs
Pinellas County School Board, Clearwater, FL. – 1992
This guide is designed to help facilitators tailor the Reach and Teach program to their clients' individual needs. Reach and Teach is a family literacy project designed to improve the parenting and basic skills of clients of family agencies in Pinellas County, Florida. The program emphasizes enhancing the parent's role as the child's nurturer and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Child Development, Family Literacy
Hutchins, Nancy Gigoux; And Others – 1984
This parent education curriculum manual, developed by the Parent Education program at North Seattle Community College, defines and describes the parent education program and presents program materials for use as a curriculum guide for instructors and for program participants. First, the parent education program is described and the educational…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
Gowen, Jean Wixson; Nebrig, Judith Brennan – 2002
Noting that during the first 2 years of life, children form attachments with caregivers that profoundly affect their emotional lives, this book presents a relationship-based reflective approach to help professionals who work with families of young children to nurture those crucial bonds, giving parents the support and guidance they need. The book…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Child Rearing, Early Experience
Lengel, James G. – 1982
This handbook describes ways that families, schools, and child-care centers can work together to achieve Vermont's state goals for early childhood education. The following topics are presented: (1) the goals and principles guiding Vermont's early education program; (2) the role of kindergarten in a child's educational career; (3) the need to shift…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Development, Community Involvement, Day Care Centers
Alberta Education Response Centre, Edmonton. – 1989
This resource inventory is for the use of parent groups and others who are concerned with parent education and support services. The inventory contains the titles of articles, copies of which are available through the Alberta Education Response Centre. The articles and publications listed cover a wide range of topics related to child development…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Development
Amundson, Kristen – 1992
There is a growing awareness today of the critical impact of the preschool years on a child's later academic success. Some studies indicate that many children today are less well prepared for school than were children beginning school 5 years ago. This publication examines what is known about school readiness; discusses the reasons why some…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Welfare, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
Keeling, Maud; And Others – 1983
The pamphlet describes three Hogg Foundation-funded Texas programs (one exclusively hospital-based, one hospital-based with extensive linkages to community resources, and one community-based) which serve predominantly high-risk, low-income Mexican American families. First described are social work services connected with the Driscoll Foundation…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Community Health Services, Cultural Context
Halfon, Neal; Shulman, Ericka; Hochstein, Miles – 2001
As part of a series of reports designed to support the implementation of Proposition 10: The California Children and Families Act and to provide comprehensive and authoritative information on critical issues concerning young children and families in California, this report reviews the research about early childhood brain development, examines the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Brain, Child Development
de la Brosse, Beatrice – 1988
The Spanish translation of this guide offers information to Spanish-speaking family day care providers who desire to expand their knowledge of early childhood development in order to work with infants and young children with special needs in their day care settings. The first of four chapters answers common questions and concerns of day care…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis, Developmental Disabilities
Swenson, Janet, Ed.; Rosenthal, Gail, Ed. – 1980
A training manual, intended to foster cooperative, coordinated approaches to resolving Indian child welfare cases, uses the case study approach to help tribal social service and court workers recognize strengths of American Indian and Alaska Native families. The first chapter covers primary aspects and needs of children of all cultures, from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Case Studies
Child Welfare League of America, Inc., Washington, DC. – 2003
This guide was developed to help child welfare professionals design an effective strength-base process for working mutually with kinship families to assess their ability and willingness to provide care for a relative child in their home. The guide, designed for use with an accompanying curriculum, is organized into four parts. Part 1 introduces…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Family Characteristics
Cunningham, Laurie; Mathews, Joanne; Budlong, Michael; Brown-Manning, Robyn; Moore, Jane; Satterfield, Mattie; Watson, Janet; Zuskin, Ron – 2003
This facilitator's guide serves as a framework for a comprehensive 6-module, 9-session curriculum, providing kinship caregivers with 27 hours of information and support related to kinship care. Sessions are designed to facilitate interaction and the sharing of experiences and support among participants. Meetings utilize a task-based,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Development, Child Welfare, Curriculum Guides
Thornton, Timothy N., Comp.; Craft, Carole A., Comp.; Dahlberg, Linda L., Comp.; Lynch, Barbara S., Comp.; Baer, Katie, Comp. – 2000
This sourcebook, which builds on a 1993 publication, "The Prevention of Youth Violence: A Framework for Community Action," offers insight into best practices to prevent violence by children and adolescents. It was developed with input from people working to prevent youth violence and people whose positions made them likely to play a role…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Child Behavior, Child Development
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