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Gfellner, Barbara M.; McLaren, Lorraine; Metcalfe, Arron – Child Welfare, 2008
This article is a 20-year evaluation of the Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP) of Child and Family Services in Western Manitoba. Following Levenstein's (1979, 1988) approach, home visitors model parent-child interchanges using books and toys to enhance children's cognitive development through appropriate parenting behaviors. The evaluation provides…
Descriptors: Home Programs, Home Visits, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship
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Rickett, Mary; Sheppard, Margaret A. – Journal of Drug Education, 1988
Teaching students decision-making skills is integral to many drug education programs. Conducted series of studies examining elementary and secondary school students' attitudes toward making decisions. Found different age groups perceived making decisions differently. Suggests practitioners need to take maturational levels into consideration when…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Decision Making
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Bonnier-Tremblay, Francine; And Others – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1974
This study is part of a longitudinal research into the intellectual development of Quebec children aged 4 through 7 to determine the differences at preschool level between underprivileged and affluent children and show what the nursery school has to offer to 4-year-old deprived children. (MS)
Descriptors: Affluent Youth, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth