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Margalit, Malka; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
This article proposes a home computing intervention program aimed at empowering children with learning disabilities and their parents. The program aims to promote children's academic performance and emotional growth, and is based on a sense of coherence construct. Two suggested strategies are viewed as representing a continuum of parent-child…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs, Home Programs
Gadjo, Henry; Knapp, William – 1974
Experience gained from the 1973 summer teaching/training session of the Sodus Migrant Program constituted the planning core for the 1974 summer school program. In this 6 week session, 200 children (K-6) participated in individualized instructional activities and relationships focused on the program theme "Learning for Life." Academic…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Programs, Health Services, Home Programs
Roth, Jeffrey – 1996
Family literacy programs have arisen in an attempt to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and illiteracy. Numerous federally-supported family literacy programs have recognized the importance of instructing parents and children in a home setting. The legislation of Even Start seeks to integrate parenting education, adult basic education,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Early Childhood Education, Educational Theories, Family Environment
Kjerland, Linda; Eide, Kathleen Corrigan – 1990
This booklet presents principles of Project DAKOTA, a demonstration project to provide services to infants and young children with disabilities via their families and community. Project goals are listed, including a focus on those needs considered essential by parents and the use of natural settings and resources for intervention. Guidelines are…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods
National Preschool Coordination Project, San Diego, CA. – 1991
This document describes programs that serve migrant preschool children and their families or that would be adaptable to the migrant population. Model programs illustrate trends in the direction of a "whole family" approach to early childhood education, respect for the importance of proficiency in the child's first language with regard to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Early Intervention, English (Second Language), Family Programs
Development Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
Successful coordination of social service agencies, aimed at serving eligible families with children from the prenatal period to age 8, has been the focus of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP) in Salem, Oregon, one of 11 sites in this Head Start affiliated program. The Salem program also includes an infant-toddler program emphasizing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Day Care, Delivery Systems
Development Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This report describes and evaluates the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP) in St. Petersburg, Florida, one of 11 demonstration sites of this Head Start-affiliated program. The cooperation of community service agencies and the combination of the roles of homebased teacher and social worker into the role of home visitor were major strengths of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Batson, Nancy F.; Quick, Jennifer; Bennett, Theresa – 1998
This final report discusses the activities of the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. Two levels of training activities were implemented. The first…
Descriptors: Children, Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Family Programs
Development Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
An infant-toddler program of parent training in child growth and development, based primarily in the home, has become the major focus of the Child and Family Resource Program (EFRP) in Las Vegas, Nevada, one of 11 sites in this Head Start affiliated program. This report describes and evaluates: (1) the goals and operational objectives of the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Kapfer, Sherry – 1977
This report of selected sessions from the national conference on "Parents, Children and Continuity" in May 1977 deals with topics of immediate concern to Home Start (home-based) Programs and Child and Family Resource Programs. It is based on notes taken at conference sessions and consists of brief summaries of topics discussed. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Schools, Child Welfare, Conference Reports, Curriculum Evaluation
Hollingshead, Lorie; Harris, Kristy – 1998
This training module on family centeredness is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. The first part of the module, "Trainer…
Descriptors: Children, Definitions, Early Intervention, Environmental Influences
Quigley, Patrick A.; And Others – 1976
The final report of the four-year (1972-1976) Choctaw Family Education Project identifies the major goal, "to demonstrate a workable early childhood model for rural reservation groups," and consists of an executive summary, a comprehensive report, and a personalized report. Objectives of the project, carried out in 6 Choctaw reservation…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Development
Stremel, Kathleen – 1998
This training module on integrating communication skills into functional routines and activities is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. The…
Descriptors: Children, Communication Skills, Early Intervention, Environmental Influences
Hollingshead, Lorie; Harris, Kristy; Stremel, Kathleen – 1998
This training module on embedding intervention targets into caregiving routines and other activities of the families' choice is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Early Intervention