Reviews past, present, future and parent education. Three models of parent education and intervention, designed to have impact through the family, school, or community. (SB)

This report describes the longitudinal research conducted in an early intervention program since 1966. The program is characterized by the use of paraprofessionals serving as home visitors and parent educators. Data collection has included measures of children's behavior and development, parent-child interactions, and parent variables such as…

First, what parents do with their young children does influence child intellectual performance; second, we cannot categorize any group of parents; third, many parents are now doing the right thing"; fourth, parent education is a reasonable effort. (Author)

A Parent Education Program is developed in which a paraprofessional person teaches mothers a set of specific activities to enhance the intellectual and personal development of the child. (MF)

Describes the impact of the Parent Education Model upon school, community, and parents as indicated by ten communities in nine different states. (MP)

This paper reports on the assessment of parent involvement in the Parent Education Follow Through Program (PEFT) which focuses on the development of a home/school/community partnership and stresses the importance of the home learning situation. A pluralistic evaluative approach was used to assess the program. Case study data were collected in…

This report contains descriptions of 44 exemplary parent oriented early childhood education programs plus a locator system designed to facilitate access to the information in these program descriptions. The program descriptions are organized into four sections: (1) programs in which school systems are the agencies responsible, (2) programs in…

This document is a first year report on a project which examines the effectiveness of (1) teaching the mother versus teaching the infant, and (2) using a professional versus using a paraprofessional as the intervening agent. Also being studied is the relationship between the sex of the infant and the way he is taught and the effectiveness of…

Approximately 258 mothers and their children (aged 3 months to 3 years) participated in a home visit program using paraprofessionals as home visitors on a once-a-week basis in the first two years of life, combined with a small-group setting for four hours a week for children 2 to 3 years old. Findings indicate that such a Home Learning Center…

The overall aim of this project is to continue the investigation of the effectiveness and practicability of a home-centered technique for cognitive, language and personality development of mother and child to help break the proverty cycle. The plan represents an innovation in family services which, if effective, would extend the reach of the…

This monograph considers the effects of the family on the intellectual and personal development of the child, and the effects of culture upon the family's way of life, and thus, on the child. In a survey of early compensatory education projects, university based programs, and school and community programs are described. Program organizational…

Activities of the Institute for Development of Human Resources provide the information contained in this document. This first large-scale project of the institute was in parent education of disadvantaged mothers in the north central Florida area. The purpose of the project was to investigate a way in which early intervention into the lives of…