This dissertation examines the experiences of Latino/a/x parents in early childhood special education and the ways that special education teachers shape those experiences. While Latinx children continue to be a large population in special education, the majority of special education advocacy and evidence-based practice is led by and tested with…

Research Findings: Home-based early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a popular form of small-group ECEC, with potential to facilitate high-quality conversations during shared book reading. To investigate how home-based early childhood educators (ECEs) take advantage of learning opportunities, educators read two storybooks with children…

The report focuses on evaluation of the Hearing and Speech Infant-Parent Program (HIP), a diagnostic-remedial program for children (0-3) with communication disorders. Results of teacher and parent interviews, class observations, analysis of case records and followup surveys are drawn on to evaluate the following HIP aspects: instruction and…

In this qualitative study, over the period of one year, we assessed the appropriateness of a mainstream early childhood education intervention, the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) programme, in five on-reserve First Nations communities, by focusing on the experiences of the Aboriginal women who delivered the programme.…

Provided in the booklet are suggestions that school districts may use to develop home instructional programs for trainable mentally retarded (TMR), hearing impaired, visually handicapped, language and speech handicapped (as a result of physical or mental handicaps), and physically or multiply handicapped children from birth to 5 years of age.…

Provided are suggestions and activities to be used by parents in working with their preschool children. Ten suggestions deal with questions such as how much time should be spent, how to praise the child, and what to do if the child misuses the materials. Specific instructions are given for 15 activities such as puppets, puzzles, teaching songs,…

The Direct Home Services Program provides weekly services of home teachers called Child Management Specialists to approximately 145 families with mentally retarded and developmentally delayed children (birth to 6 years old). (SBH)

Research entered into the ERIC system in the 1980s strongly endorses supplementary home instruction as a way for parents to improve their children's chances of success in school. At children's earliest ages, parents seem most successful when provided with information on child development and activities useful at certain stages of children's…

This manual aims to help both teachers and family members maintain a coordinated program of educational principles and techniques to teach self-help skills to young Down Syndrome children both at school and at home. Section I focuses on general teaching techniques and strategies that can be used to teach many different skills, such as task…

Children in a sparsely populated district in Oregon receive first-rate preschool training at a fraction of the cost of customary kindergartens. (Editor)

The document contains the final report of the HIP (Hearing and Speech Agency Infant Parent) Project, a program which provided 19 communicatively handicapped children (0-5 years old) with a home-center based language program. Sections focus on the direct and supplementary services for children (including a description of the project population and…

Presented is a description of the Portage Project, an early intervention program with a home-based delivery system which serves 163 children (0-6 years old) with exceptional educational needs. (SB)

Described is the approach used by the parents of a 5-year-old deaf boy to teach him to read. (Author/SBH)