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Thurmon, Christine – 1980
The Exercises to Encourage Development (EXTEND) Program for developmentally delayed students is described and evaluation results presented. Designed to provide attention to the child with developmental lags in the areas of motor skills, perceptual sensations, or expressive-receptive language, the program attempts to prevent potential academic…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Home Programs, Parent Participation
Caro, Francis G. – 1982
Several conventional approaches to conceptualization and the measurement of objectives in publicly funded, long-term home care for the non-institutionalized elderly are reviewed critically. The formulation of objectives which focus on immediate, desired consequences of services, and lend themselves to behavioral measurement, is proposed. The…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Family Programs, Family Role, Gerontology
Simboli, Tim; Darou, Wes G. – 1988
The use of home-based treatment programs has become increasingly popular over the last few years. Such a program is offered by the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa-Carleton through its Detached Worker Program. This program uses paraprofessionals who employ an eclectic combination of behavioral, client-centered, family and reality therapies. Two…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
Rule, Sarah; And Others – 1986
The paper describes the 26-unit program called "Let's Be Social Home Program" intended to encourage parents to teach social skills to young handicapped children. The program was developed to supplement the "Let's Be Social" preschool program. The home program allows parents a choice in the amount and type of teaching activities…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Disabilities, Home Programs, Interpersonal Competence
Larner, Mary; And Others – 1987
It is argued that health-oriented home visiting programs during pregnancy and the postpartum period can be an important element in a comprehensive maternal and child health package. This discussion, which draws on the experience of a group of demonstration home visiting programs sponsored by the Ford Foundation's Child Survival/Fair Start…
Descriptors: Child Health, Demonstration Programs, Health Education, Home Programs

Ettema, James S. – 1983
A study was conducted to determine who, within a target user group, used and benefitted from a videotex system. The subjects were large-scale farmers who agreed to have videotex terminals installed in their homes to receive a wide range of informational and commercial transaction services provided by a bank holding company. At the end of an…
Descriptors: Banking, Communications, Cost Effectiveness, Farmers
Keigher, Sharon M.; And Others – 1988
States' policies vary widely on paying friends and family rather than home care agencies to care for the elderly. This analysis explored two state programs which exemplify different payment options: Michigan, which pays clients' informal caregivers, and Illinois, which generally pays agencies to provide services. It asked how different payment…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Family (Sociological Unit), Home Health Aides, Home Programs
Dietrich, Coralie – 1988
Chronic pain occurs most frequently in the elderly. Unfortunately, most pain clinics are located in large urban areas and are not readily accessible to the rural elderly. Recent advances in behavioral medicine have provided pain relief techniques that can be used by a wide variety of professional and paraprofessional workers who do not have…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Coping, Home Programs, Home Visits
Raschko, Raymond – 1988
This document describes services for the elderly provided by the Spokane Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) in Spokane, Washington. It begins by stating several reasons that the elderly are often unserved or underserved by health and social service agencies and by noting the need for community efforts to identify and locate the subpopulation of…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Services, High Risk Persons
Luppens, Jean; And Others – 1984
An attempt was made to determine predictors of service need, use, and outcome among chronically impaired adults and aged who were living in the community and using the home-based, long term care services of the Chronic Illness Center (CIC) of the Cuyahoga County Hospitals (Ohio). Randomly selected consumer service records (N=200) were coded for…
Descriptors: Adults, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Evans, Mary E.; Boothroyd, Roger A.; Holohean, Edward J., Jr. – 1996
This paper describes the Home-Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) program in New York and the outcomes of a study that investigated the effectiveness of the program. The HBCI program provides short-term intensive in-home services to families with children who are at-risk for out-of-home placements. Counselors work with families to prevent psychiatric…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Counselors, Crisis Intervention
Levenstein, Phyllis – 1979
This paper provides a checklist of 10 potential ethical problems associated with intervention in families through home-based programs. Problems which directly involve program participants are (1) pressure on parents to join the program, (2) violation of confidentiality, (3) intrusiveness, (4) need to respect the family's style of living, (5)…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Confidentiality, Early Childhood Education, Ethics
Meehan, Merrill L.; Walsh, Sandra; Swisher, Angie; Spring, Janet; Lewis, Harry – 1999
The Even Start Family Literacy Program is a national program that addresses the literacy and educational needs of adults in eligible families, teaches effective parenting skills, and addresses the preschool readiness needs of young children in the family. The Monongalia County (West Virginia) Even Start Program was unusual in that it took place in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Home Programs
Fleisher, Dorothy; Kaplan, Barbara H. – 1982
Project LINC (Living Independently through Neighborhood Cooperation) was a three year demonstration project designed to enable older people to remain in independent living by strengthening their neighborhood-based informal support systems. To determine if LINC met its goals and reached the elderly population it was designed for, a pre- and…
Descriptors: Gerontology, Helping Relationship, High Risk Persons, Home Programs
Silver, Starr E.; Kugler, Judith L. – 1996
This conference paper discusses the results of a study that investigated the effectiveness of the Total Family Strategy (TFS), a home-based family support program funded by the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, Florida. The program was initiated as a means of introducing a family empowerment model of early intervention into the array of…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Counseling
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