NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Beatch, Michelle; Le Mare, Lucy – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2007
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.…
Descriptors: Females, Early Childhood Education, Ownership, Home Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Allen, 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
Fewell, 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
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Frost, Joe L. – Childhood Education, 1975
A comprehensive overview of significant research on intervention programs for high risk infants and young children. (CS)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children, Home Instruction, Institutional Environment
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
Bert, Diane K.; Levenson, Joan – 1973
This short paper describes the Parent Readiness Education Project (PREP), a successful innovative effort to ameliorate the deficiencies of preschool children by training parents to enrich their home environment and improve interactions with their children through a specific program of daily home activities. PREP identifies 4-year-old children with…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Family Life Education, Family School Relationship, High School Students
Walton, Mildred L. – 1973
In keeping with the trend toward greater parent participation in the education of their children, a preschool intervention program designed to improve the educability of children who would enter kindergarten at the start of a fall term was conducted in one elementary school. The major purpose of the project was to determine if mothers would accept…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Family School Relationship, Home Instruction, Intervention