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Peer reviewedAllen, Deborah A.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1982
The Parent Behavior Progression (PBP) was completed regularly over a two-year period by staff of a home based, relationship focused intervention program for handicapped and high risk infants. PBP ratings and trends in ratings for individual families were related to reliable, independent observations on an established measure of the home…
Descriptors: Disabilities, High Risk Persons, Home Instruction, Infants
Download full textFewell, Rebecca R.; Sandall, Susan R. – 1985
Two studies investigated the effectiveness of a parent-implemented intervention to teach nine Down Syndrome infants social-communicative behaviors. The intervention took place in the infants' homes and consisted of teaching parents: (1) to recognize social-communicative behaviors; (2) to use specified turn-taking strategies in games and routines;…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Downs Syndrome, Home Instruction
Hearing and Speech Agency of Metropolitan Baltimore, Inc., MD. – 1977
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…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children, Home Instruction
Peer reviewedGray, Davon – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1980
Case of a severely handicapped preschooler illustrates advantages of home-based infant stimulation program. Initial goals were: work toward physical separation of mother and child, shape and reinforce child's behavior to extinguish crying, shape and reinforce mother's behavior to enrich home environment, and stimulate and reinforce a developmental…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research
Greenburg, Mark T. – 1982
The effects of an early intervention program for 24 profoundly deaf children under 3 years of age were compared to outcomes for 12 deaf children who did not receive special intervention. The Counselling and Home Training Program, which serves families in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, is based on the philosophy of total communication with…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Home Instruction
Ypsilanti Public Schools, MI. – 1969
Results of the first 6 months of the Ypsilanti-Carnegie Infant Education Project are provided, including quantitative data and a case study, a discussion of the curriculum employed in the home and illustration of curriculum practices, and research design changes. The purpose of the project is to assess the effectiveness of systematic intervention…
Descriptors: Child Development, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Experience
Badger, Earladeen – 1968
Twenty mothers of culturally disadvantaged children took part in a program of self-help which was both child- and mother-centered. Two groups of ten mothers each met weekly with two staff members over an 8-month period and were trained to tutor their infants (1 to 2-years-old) in their homes. Fifteen of the initial 20 mothers remained in the…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
Sonoma State Univ., Rohnert Park, CA. California Inst. of Human Services. – 1982
Activities and accomplishments of the Napa (California) program for disabled infants, birth to 5 years old, are summarized; and forms and program materials are presented. Components of the program, which served 25 children (birth to 3 years old) in 1981-1982, are discusssed as follows: early identification of children at risk; developmental…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developmental Stages, Disabilities, Early Identification
Bloom, Barbara; And Others – 1980
A manual for training paraprofessionals to provide home intervention and instruction to mothers of handicapped infants and preschool children is presented. The following objectives of the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, project are described: teaching mothers about child development; obtaining information about each child and the child's environment; and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Disabilities, Home Instruction
Dusewicz, Russell A.; O'Connell, Mary Ann – 1973
The program activities, curriculum, and evaluation of the Pennsylvania Research in Infant Development and Education (PRIDE) Project are described in this report. The project is an educational effort to accelerate the development of children, 12-52 months of age, by providing developmentally enriching experiences in a controlled environment which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Sampon, Mary Anne – 1988
Project LIFT is a 3-year model demonstration program designed to provide family-focused, home-based early intervention services to rural parents of handicapped children under 3 years of age. The LIFT model encompasses: (1) development of an Individual Family Service Plan, (2) case coordination to assist families in identifying and obtaining…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Development, Coordination, Delivery Systems
Palsha, Sharon A.; Rennells, Mary Sue – 1990
This study examined how personnel issues raised by P.L. 99-457, Education of the Handicapped Amendments (1986) were being met in North Carolina in 1985 and 1988. Data were gathered from the statewide network of home-based intervention services (Early Childhood Service), providing information about 139 staff and consultants in 1985 and 135 in 1988.…
Descriptors: Counselor Certification, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Employment Patterns
