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Shulman, Cory; Meadan, Hedda; Sandhaus, Yoram – Infants and Young Children, 2012
This article aims to analyze early intervention programs in Israel according to the Developmental Systems Model (Guralnick, 2001), in an attempt to identify strengths and areas for further development for service delivery for young children with disabilities in Israel. Early intervention in Israel is part of a comprehensive healthcare model…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Young Children, Early Intervention
Ashkenazi, Michael – 1991
By 1985, almost 2,500 Ethiopian Jews, who call themselves Beta Israel, had settled in Israel, with more than 1,600 in permanent housing in 2 major areas. This mass immigration caused strains on Israeli society and on the immigrants. The Bernard van Leer Foundation funded the Community and Education Project for Beta Israel to assist in the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community Change, Community Development, Cultural Differences
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Tzuriel, David; Kaniel, Shlomo; Kanner, Ella; Haywood, H. Carl – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1999
Examined the effects of Bright Start, an early-education program for providing children in Israel with the cognitive tools for school learning, on first graders' cognitive performance and achievement tests in math and reading comprehension. Found improvements in the test group's performance over all measures. (JPB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Developmental Programs, Elementary School Students
Klingman, Avigdor – Death Education, 1980
The use of texts from children's readers can help children and teachers deal with death topics indirectly and in a nonthreatening way. Proposed teaching strategies include extended discussion, by the way comments, reflective comments, and free writing. (JAC)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Coping, Death, Developmental Programs
Bernard van Leer Foundation Newsletter, 1994
This theme issue of the Bernard van Leer Foundation's "Newsletter" is devoted to approaches to working with disadvantaged children up to 3 years of age. An introduction describes the crucial period from before birth to 3 years, noting that although the mother's body provides the an essential part of the environment, other easily…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cultural Influences, Developed Nations