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Allen, Kim; Gudino, Alejandra; Crawford, Christina – Journal of Extension, 2011
Extension has long been successful at recruiting and serving diverse audiences, and with the rapid growth of Latino families across the United States, many Extension professionals are discovering an increased need to recruit and serve Latinos. This article shares successful recruitment strategies incorporated in a project that recruited low-income…
Descriptors: Family Life Education, Hispanic Americans, Recruitment, Low Income Groups
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Hausman, Bonnie – Educational Horizons, 1989
Missouri is the only state with a statutory mandate to provide parent education and family support services in every school district. Parents as Teachers is designed to enhance child development and scholastic performance by reaching out to families before a child is born. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Early Childhood Education, Parent Education, Parents as Teachers
Missouri Univ., St. Louis. Parents as Teachers National Center. – 1989
This report records the first decade (1981-1989) of the Parents As Teachers program of the School of Education at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Documentation concerns: (1) implementation of a pilot project, New Parents As Teachers (NPAT), in four Missouri public school systems in 1981; (2) establishment of the Commissioner's Committee…
Descriptors: Educational History, Federal Government, Financial Support, Government Role
Winter, Mildred M. – 1988
Missouri's Parents as Teachers (PAT) program is a state-funded nontargeted early prevention service that is provided by all 543 school districts in the state. Professional educators involved in the program provide parents with the tools they need to effectively teach and nurture their young children. The PAT curriculum was designed to strengthen…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Government Role, Infants, Information Dissemination
Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA. – 1992
This booklet is part of a series on state-level family support and education policy published by the Harvard Family Research Project. It is based on a more detailed set of studies collected in "Innovative Models to Guide Family Support and Education Policy in the 1990s." Connecticut's Parent Education Support Centers program offers…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Family Programs
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Ehlers, Vicki L.; Ruffin, Micca – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1990
The Missouri Parents as Teachers project developed in response to a 1984 state mandate requiring parent education and serves about 85,000 families with children, ages birth through 4. Components include home visits, group meetings, and early childhood developmental screenings. Discussed are the project's historical perspective, project evaluation,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Delivery Systems, Educational Legislation, Home Instruction
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Howze, Yvonne; And Others – 1996
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a federally supported program to provide services for children with deaf-blindness in Missouri. The project focused on the development, implementation, and evaluation of a four-component statewide comprehensive service delivery model to serve 193 deaf-blind children and youth through:…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Curriculum, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems
Missouri School for the Blind, St. Louis. – 1999
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a federally supported program to provide services for children with deaf-blindness in Missouri. The project focused on the development of partnerships to coordinate service networking and to provide systematic training to build local capacity for early intervention, educational,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Early Identification