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Does Adding Parent Education and Workforce Training to Head Start Promote or Interfere with Children's Development?
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Terri J. Sabol; Elise Chor; Teresa Eckrich Sommer; Lauren A. Tighe; P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale; Amanda Sheffield Morris; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Christopher King – Child Development, 2024
This study explores the effects of the two-generation program Career"Advance"--which combines education and training for parents in healthcare with Head Start for children--on children's academic, language, mathematics, and inhibitory control followed for 3 years. The sample (collected in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 2011 to 2018) includes 147…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, Early Childhood Education
Subgroups within a Heterogeneous Population: Considering Contextual Factors That Influence the Formation of Dual Language Learner Profiles in Head Start
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Lisa M. Lopez; Matthew E. Foster; Shaunacy Sutter; Karen Nylund-Gibson; Dina A. N. Arch – Grantee Submission, 2024
Emerging research suggests English and Spanish proficiencies of young Latine dual language learners (DLLs) are heterogeneous, including subgroups characterized by varying levels of English and Spanish dominance and proficiencies. However, there is limited understanding of contextual factors associated with the formation of DLL profiles. This study…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, Preschool Children
Subgroups within a Heterogeneous Population: Considering Contextual Factors That Influence the Formation of Dual Language Learner Profiles in Head Start
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Lisa M. López; Matthew E. Foster; Shaunacy Sutter; Karen Nylund-Gibson; Dina A. N. Arch – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Emerging research suggests English and Spanish proficiencies of young Latine dual language learners (DLLs) are heterogeneous, including subgroups characterized by varying levels of English and Spanish dominance and proficiencies. However, there is limited understanding of contextual factors associated with the formation of DLL profiles. This study…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, Preschool Children
Engaging with Health Programming in Head Start: Parents' Perspectives
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Forrest, Dara; Lee, Amy; Hegde, Archana V.; Dev, Dipti; Saum, Diana; McMillan, Valerie; Stage, Virginia C. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore parents' common experiences with healthy eating and physical activity-focused (HE-PA) programming in one Head Start (HS) program (two centers) in eastern North Carolina (NC). Researchers conducted 13 in-depth semi-structured telephone interviews November 2017-May 2018. Participants were parents of preschool…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Health Behavior, Physical Activity Level, Parent Attitudes
Effectiveness of an Enrichment Program for Young Children Enrolled in Head Start Programs
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Lee, Supawadee Cindy – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2023
The Developmental Screening, Monitoring, and Enrichment (DSME) program for low-income children and families is an initiative developed to support the goal of the Healthy People 2020 and 2030 that aims to increase the number of healthy young children to be ready for school. The 8-week DSME program focuses on reducing health disparities and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Enrichment Activities, Early Intervention, Access to Health Care
Super Parents: Preliminary Findings of a Group-Based Parenting Intervention
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Jens E. Jespersen; Cara D. Bosler; Ruth S. Slocum; Jennifer Hays-Grudo; Jerry Root; Laura Hubbs-Tait; Amanda Sheffield Morris – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2023
Super Parents is a group-based, Extension-led parenting program developed to enhance the parent-child relationship. Implemented by trained Head Start staff using the train-the-trainer model, this effort is achieved by teaching positive parenting practices, increasing parents' knowledge of child development, instructing parents in activities and…
Descriptors: Parents, Group Activities, Parenting Skills, Extension Education