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Averi Pakulis; Nadia Gronkowski – First Focus on Children, 2024
Home visiting connects expectant parents, new caregivers, and their young children with a support person, called a home visitor. The home visitor meets regularly with the family, develops a relationship with them, and supports them to achieve their goals and meet their needs. To reach the thousands of additional families who could benefit from…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Home Programs, Models, Language Usage
De Leon, Izaak J.; Westerlund, Julie F. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
Although efforts have been made in the United States to increase diversity within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, the Latino population is still largely underrepresented. This novel study focused on Latino underrepresentation by exploring Latino parents' attitudes toward science. We organized 15 family science…
Descriptors: Scientific Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Hispanic Americans, STEM Education
Michele Capurso; Gaetano Catalano; Anna Calvaruso; Annalinda Monticelli; Calogero Taormina; Samanta Battiato; Francesca Paola Guadagna; Tania Piccione; Paolo D’Angelo; Delia Russo; Antonino Trizzino; Veronica Raspa – Continuity in Education, 2024
The quality of life for a child with a chronic illness depends on various factors, including the illness's severity, medical treatments, psychosocial and educational support, resource availability, and community involvement. These biopsychosocial factors become significant when the child receives care at home. This article presents and evaluates a…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Home Programs, Psychoeducational Methods, Family Programs
Singh, Sunita – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
This descriptive case study presents findings from a 2 year research study on an intervention program, "Reading with Animals," launched in a linguistically, ethnically, and racially diverse Central New York community. The local literacy coalition implemented the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (IL) program in two low-income zip codes…
Descriptors: Young Children, Books, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
Kirmaci, Mehtap; Buxton, Cory A.; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – Urban Education, 2023
Building upon a Freirean notion of dialogic education, the purpose of this multi-case study was to explore what happened when secondary science teachers came together with Latinx parents for their children's science learning in the context of a community-based science learning program. Constant comparative analysis of data revealed similarities…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Science Education, Community Programs, Family Programs
Kim, Soo Hyeon; Zimmerman, Heather Toomey – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate how families' sociomaterial experiences in engineering programs held in libraries and a museum influence their creative engineering practices and the creativity expressed in their products derived from their inquiry-driven engineering activities. Design/methodology/approach: This research project takes a…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Creativity, Inquiry, Family Programs
Wee, Jongsun – Reading Teacher, 2020
This study introduces parents' roles in the community Korean-English bilingual family literacy program named Family Storytime. It was offered at the Korean church for 30 minutes during lunch time on Sundays over 3 months. The Korean parents played two major roles: facilitators and participants. As facilitators, the parents advertised the literacy…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Parent Role, Family Literacy, Literacy Education
Center for the Study of Social Policy, 2020
The Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework, developed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP), has had a significant influence on how child- and family-serving programs operate and support healthy development and wellbeing. Many organizational partners and members of the Strengthening Families National Network are…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Community Programs, Social Justice, Needs Assessment
Taylor, Sarah; Xia, Yan – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2020
Family and consumer sciences (FCS) professionals frequently work as advocates for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). The purpose of this study was to explore IPV advocacy at the individual, relational, community, and societal levels of the Social Ecological Model (SEM) and to provide suggestions for FCS courses based on findings. This…
Descriptors: Home Economics Teachers, Family Violence, Advocacy, Higher Education
De Leon, Izaak J.; Westerlund, Julie F. – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2021
Diversity has been shown to improve the ability of groups to problem solve and make predictions, as well as guarding against groupthink and overconfidence. Marginalized groups within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields are still largely underrepresented despite various efforts to increase diversity in STEM. This…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Parent Participation, STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation
Skyhar, Candy; Nantais, Michael – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2020
Over the past decade, the international (PISA) and national (CMEC Pan-Canadian Assessment), standardized testing results have shown that students in Manitoba have relatively low results in the area of mathematics when compared to the rest of Canada. This article discusses a project that was devised as a means of reaching out to a school community…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Family Programs, College School Cooperation, School Community Programs
Backman, Desiree R.; Kohatsu, Neal D.; Padovani, Andrew J.; Dao, Crystie; Ritley, Dominique; Fleuret, Julia E.; McCracken, Camlyn R. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objectives: To (1) determine the weight-reducing effect of the Koa Family Program (KFP), a community-based, telewellness obesity intervention and (2) examine the impact of the KFP on improving weight-related health indicators. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Community-based in Sacramento, California, USA. Methods: Seventy women with…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Community Programs, Family Programs, Females
Tricia A. Zucker; Michael P. Mesa; Dana DeMaster; Yoonkyung Oh; Michael Assel; Cheryl McCallum; Valerie P. Bambha – Grantee Submission, 2024
Introduction: This article investigates an early STEM family engagement program offered during the pre-kindergarten (pre-k) year. Pre-k is an important juncture for community organizations to support children's STEM engagement and parental involvement in informal STEM learning. We evaluated a program called Teaching Together STEM, which offers a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Family Programs, Preschool Education, Community Programs
DeBoth, Kelle; Wendland, Madalynn; Bilinovic, Tyler; Sanford, Chelsea – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2021
Children with disabilities, such as those with sensory processing differences or motor impairments, often have limited opportunities for community participation. Moreover, the degree to which caregivers perceive community spaces to be accessible and appropriate for their children can be a determining influence. This study evaluated caregiver…
Descriptors: Perceptual Impairments, Museums, Urban Areas, School Community Programs
Schoorman, Dilys; Zainuddin, Hanizah; Sena, Sister Rachel – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2020
This study investigates the role of a family literacy program in facilitating critical literacy among Maya immigrant parents as evident in their ability to navigate inhospitable institutional structures, re-writing their role as advocates for their children in school decision making. The study highlights the conscientization that emerged among…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Maya (People), Immigrants, Family Literacy