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Mahoney, Gerald; Powell, Amy – Journal of Special Education, 1988
The Transactional Intervention Program was designed to modify interaction patterns between parents and their handicapped children, aged zero to three, in a home-based intervention program. Results of program implementation with 41 children showed decreases in parents' interactional dominance and frequency of directives, increases in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Development, Developmental Programs, Disabilities
National Council of Jewish Women, New York, NY. Research Inst. for Innovation in Education. – 1976
This is a report on Home Activities for Toddlers and their Families (HATAF), an ongoing Israeli intervention program designed to provide home-based, educationally enriching activities for disadvantaged preschoolers and to enable mothers to participate in enhancing the intellectual development of their children. The report describes two sample…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Home Instruction, Home Programs
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Serna, Loretta A.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
A communication program was implemented with the families of three adolescents with behavior problems. Skill teaching resulted in parent-adolescent dyads learning to use the skills in the teaching setting, but competent use of the skills in the home was not observed until an in-home family conference phase was implemented. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Wolfe, Barbara, Ed.; Herwig, Julia, Ed. – 1986
Developed to help the home visitor build an effective home-based program for Head Start children and their families, this handbook is intended to serve as a blueprint for parent-focused home visits that assist the child and family to meet their full potential. The first chapter lays a foundation for the program that includes a home-based…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Criteria, Family Counseling, Family Environment
Paz, Ruth – 1982
This report reviews activities carried out from 1980 to 1982 under Project Education and Community Development, a home intervention program designed to enhance the social and educational environment of minority group families in Ofakim, Israel. After a brief introduction (Part I), the accomplishments of each component program are considered…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Development, Community Programs, Disadvantaged