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Carr, Robert C.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Burchinal, Margaret R. – Early Education and Development, 2023
This study utilized data from the Family Life Project (FLP) to examine Head Start children's school readiness skills at the end of preschool in comparison to two other care groups: home-based care and other center-based care. The FLP study enrolled a birth-cohort of 1,292 children born in two historically low-wealth, rural regions of the U.S.,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Low Income, Disadvantaged Youth, African American Children
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Abdulaziz, Noor Amal – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
This study was intended to evaluate the impact of socioeconomically disadvantaged children's participation in the Texas home instruction for parents of preschool youngsters (TXHIPPY) program on their school readiness and academic achievement for grades K to eight. The study used a quasi-experimental design and applied optimal full propensity score…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Preschool Children, Home Instruction, School Readiness
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Yücel, U.; Öcek, Z. A.; Çiçeklioglu, M. – Health Education Research, 2014
The aim of this randomized-controlled trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive intervention to reduce children's environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure at their home compared with a minimal intervention. The target population of the study was the mothers of children aged 1-5 who lived in the Cengizhan district of Izmir in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Intervention, Health Promotion
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Nievar, M. Angela; Jacobson, Arminta; Chen, Qi; Johnson, Ursula; Dier, Shannon – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
This study investigated effects of Home Instruction of Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), a paraprofessional home visiting program, on parents and children. The program site served low-income, Spanish-speaking families. On average, mothers were 31 years old (SD = 4.78) and children were 3 or 4 years old (M = 3.92, SD = 0.92). Participants (n…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Minority Group Children, Family Environment
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Seung, H. K.; Ashwell, S.; Elder, J. H.; Valcante, G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: This retrospective study examined the efficacy of in-home father training on the communicative outcomes of children with autism. The in-home training consisted of two components: (1) expectant waiting; and (2) imitation with animation. Methods: Efficacy of parent training was examined by measuring the ratio of utterances produced by…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Imitation, Fathers, Autism
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Wasserman, Lewis – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2008
Special program and other school administrators regularly confront the issue of whether students under their charge are entitled to receive homebound instruction and if so, what procedures and criteria they should apply in coming to a proper decision. Where a student is entitled to such services the administrator must decide what subjects must be…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Administrator Role, Home Instruction, Homebound
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Beatch, Michelle; Le Mare, Lucy – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2007
In this qualitative study, over the period of one year, we assessed the appropriateness of a mainstream early childhood education intervention, the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) programme, in five on-reserve First Nations communities, by focusing on the experiences of the Aboriginal women who delivered the programme.…
Descriptors: Females, Early Childhood Education, Ownership, Home Instruction
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Lifter, Karin; Ellis, James; Cannon, Barbara; Anderson, Stephen R. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2005
Developmentally specific play programs were designed for three children with pervasive developmental disorders being served in a home-based program. Using the Developmental Play Assessment, six activities for each of three adjacent developmentally sequenced play categories were targeted for direct instruction using different toy sets. A modified…
Descriptors: Play, Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Toys
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Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; McConnell, David; Honey, Anne; Mayes, Rachel; Russo, Domenica – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
This study evaluated a home-based intervention for parents with intellectual disability to promote child health and home safety in the preschool years. The intervention improved parents' ability to recognize home dangers and to handle emergencies, increased their knowledge about illness and medicines, and increased the number of safety precautions…
Descriptors: Health Education, Home Instruction, Intervention, Mental Retardation
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Raven, John – Scottish Educational Review, 1980
Giving particular attention to the Lothian Region (Scotland) Preschool Educational Home Visiting Scheme, the author argues that such programs may be a gross interference in the lives of those concerned and that, far from teaching better mothering, home visitors may inhibit it by making mothers feel powerless and incompetent. (SJL)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Failure, Home Instruction, Intervention
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Schlaht, Dell H. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Describes how the Blackfeet Head Start Program uses professionals to train local residents as screeners and home trainers for preschool handicapped children. Notes that numbers of handicapped children and their families who receive services have increased as a result of using local home trainers and teachers as direct care providers. (JHZ)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Cultural Influences, Delivery Systems, Home Instruction
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Feldman, Maurice A.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1993
This study evaluated the effects of a home-based parent training program on the language development of young children of 28 mothers with mental retardation. Interaction training consisted of verbal instruction, modeling, feedback, and tangible reinforcement. After training, parent/child interaction scores were no longer lower than those of a…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Early Intervention, Home Instruction, Language Acquisition
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Bell, David; Leroux, Janice – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1992
This paper describes an accelerative instructional program in algebra provided to a sixth-grade boy, highly able in mathematics, by parental home tutoring. The boy's high intrinsic motivation and teaching sensitive to his needs and abilities led to successful achievement. (DB)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Algebra, Case Studies
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Paris, Ruth; Dubus, Nicole – Family Relations, 2005
Fifteen at-risk new mothers participating in a volunteer home-visiting program were interviewed about their experiences with these home-visitors and their relationships with close family and friends after their babies were born. Results of the qualitative analysis, viewed through the lens of Relational Cultural Theory (RCT), detail the social…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Emotional Development, Mothers, Infants
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Resetar, Jennifer L.; Noell, George H.; Pellegrin, Angie L. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2006
This study investigated the efficacy of a method of parent training and parent reading tutoring that built on past research. Parents of five first-grade children who were reading below grade level participated. Parents were trained to implement a tutoring procedure that included modeling, practice, phonics, fluency building, accuracy building,…
Descriptors: Parents as Teachers, Tutor Training, Reading Instruction, Grade 1
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