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Laura M. Justice; Hui Jiang; Julie Planke; Kelly Purtell; Logan Pelfrey; Rebecca Dore – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
Background: Home-visiting programs are an often-used intervention for supporting the well-being of families with young children, and there is long-standing interest among researchers in ensuring the effectiveness of this practice. Especially, retention and attrition play important roles in achieving desired outcomes of the intervention. Objective:…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, School Transition
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Walz, Amber; Wang, Mian; Bianchini, Julie – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Introduction: Literature suggests that although behavioral therapy is an effective means of intervention for children with disabilities, family participation in these programs is often lacking. Several barriers exist to meaningful parent education and parent-professional partnerships, which can lead to lower quality outcomes for both the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Parent Education, Intervention, Positive Behavior Supports
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Rainforth, Beverly; Salisbury, Christine L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1988
A model is proposed for developing home occupational/physical therapy programs for parents of children with physical disabilities, based on naturally occurring teaching opportunities in the family's daily routine. Potential barriers to the collaborative development of such programs are highlighted, and a case study illustrates the application of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement
Levenstein, Phyllis – 1979
This paper provides a checklist of 10 potential ethical problems associated with intervention in families through home-based programs. Problems which directly involve program participants are (1) pressure on parents to join the program, (2) violation of confidentiality, (3) intrusiveness, (4) need to respect the family's style of living, (5)…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Confidentiality, Early Childhood Education, Ethics
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Bribitzer, Marjorie P.; Verdieck, Mary Jeanne – Child Welfare, 1988
Evaluates the Family Program, a family-centered program in northern Virginia which provides intensive in-home support and treatment to families with children in the custody of county child welfare departments. The sample comprises 42 closed cases. Results show that families that are at risk benefit significantly from extensive support systems.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Family Characteristics