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Goehl, Karen Curtice; Leffers, Pam – 1979
Home programs for young handicapped children have the potential for enhancing the partnership between home and school. In an effective home program the parent is viewed as the person most qualified to facilitate the child's development. This paper focuses on the philosophy of home programming and details some useful strategies which can be used by…
Descriptors: Disabilities, High Risk Persons, Home Programs, Infants
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Hall, Marilyn C.; Nelson, Dorellis J. – School Psychology Review, 1981
Responsive Parenting is a program designed to use parents in helping teach other parents to apply a behavior analysis approach in managing the behavior of their children. A description and evaluation of the adaptations for single-parents are discussed. Guidelines for program development and implementation are provided. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Programs, One Parent Family
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Leventhal, John M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2001
This commentary reviews progress towards the development and implementation of home-based services aimed at preventing abuse and neglect and promoting the health and development of the infant and mother. The effectiveness of the Healthy Families model and the Olds' model are highlighted, and challenges facing home visitation programs are…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education
Flores, Joe G., Jr. – 1987
The first annual report of the Disabled Children's Project, a 2-year project in Texas, provides information on project background, goal and objectives, approach, operations and accomplishments, and issues and problems. The project was designed to (1) provide training and support services to birth parents and foster parents of disabled infants and…
Descriptors: Children, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Kluger, Karen P. – 1992
This practicum addresses the problem of limited interaction between physical therapists and families of developmentally delayed/physically impaired preschool-age children. A program was developed in which the physical therapist was videotaped handling and exercising a child, while explaining the purpose of the movements and instructing the parent…
Descriptors: Exercise, Family Involvement, Home Programs, Interaction
Campbell, Sally – Zero to Three (J), 2005
Healthy Families America is a national, voluntary, home visiting program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a safe and healthy start. Since 1992, it has been successfully replicated in over 440 communities in the U.S. and Canada. This article describes the program's reflective, relationship-based model and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Caregivers, Home Programs
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Joffee, E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
A home-based orientation and mobility program was developed for blind/visually impaired infants and toddlers. Three stages in functional mobility were identified focusing on the development of gross motor skills, related conceptual activities, auditory awareness, orientation skills, and mobility skills. The program included parent education and a…
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Development, Delivery Systems, Developmental Stages
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
Walker, Pam – 1989
Special Training for Exceptional People (STEP) is a private, nonprofit agency serving children with developmental disabilities (0-22 years) and their families in the south-central section of Montana, encompassing Billings and a Crow Indian Reservation. One of the services provided by STEP is specialized family care, to prevent placement out of…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Utah State Univ., Logan. Dept. of Communicative Disorders. – 1996
This final report presents the outcomes of Project INSITE, a family-centered home intervention model designed to provide training to early intervention/childhood professionals working with infants and young children with multidisability sensory impairments and their families. In the INSITE model, an early intervention professional visits the home…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems