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Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2013
Making Connections was the Annie E. Casey Foundation's signature place-based, community-change initiative of the 2000s. It sought to build on previous work and launch an effort focused firmly on the framework of family strengthening. The Foundation started Making Connections in 22 places, focusing eventually on first 10, then seven sites. It…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Change Strategies, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Flowers, Nancy B.; Mabry, N. Kemp – Education, 1980
An intensive parenting program has significantly increased parent contact with the faculty and counselors at the Marvin Pittman School on the Georgia Southern College Campus. (Author/JC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Student Relationship
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Pond, Elizabeth F.; Gilbert, Charlotte M. – Children Today, 1987
Describes the development of a parents' support group in Augusta, Georgia which offers parents of hyperactive and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) children an opportunity to share experiences and explore problem-solving strategies for coping with and managing their children. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Helping Relationship, Hyperactivity, Parent Associations
Burwick, Andrew; Bellotti, Jeanne; Nagatoshi, Charles – US Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Bureau, 2004
Father involvement enhances children's well-being. A growing body of research supports this conclusion, showing that children with involved fathers exhibit greater school readiness, increased cognitive development, higher levels of empathy, and other positive characteristics (Administration for Children and Families 2004a). Research also indicates…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Participation, Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs