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Edelstein, Rosalind I. – Social Casework, 1972
In a Parent Child Center, disadvantaged mothers learn to stimulate cognitive growth in their children and, through other activities, gain in self-esteem. (DM)
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged
Zigler, Edward – 1971
A national indifference to children is indicated by the system of foster child care and by the treatment of mental retardates. Another manifestation is the attack on Head Start. Criticism based on the program's failure to raise standardized intelligence or aptitude scores is misplaced. Head Start is a broad developmental program having many…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Child Development Centers, Childhood Needs
Lally, J. Ronald; Honig, Alice S. – 1977
This final report of the Family Development Research Program contains a description of the program's comprehensive family service approach to promoting child development and the longitudinal findings on program effectiveness. The program offered comprehensive services to 108 families which were low in both income and education. Services included:…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Child Development Centers, Delivery Systems