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Russell, Fay F.; And Others – 1985
Intended to help developers of early intervention programs for children with developmental disabilities, the book provides philosophy, methods, and procedures based on experiences of the Child Development Center of the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences. The first section presents a program description including information on…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Child Development Centers, Developmental Disabilities
Download full textCaldwell, Bettye M. – 1974
This paper describes a child development project implemented in an attempt to demonstrate that a full range of child development services can be centered in an elementary school. Child development services are defined as a broad array of support systems to children and their families which facilitate the children's progression through life--their…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Centers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Lynch, Connie; Pane, Diana – 1980
Intended for administrators interested in establishing a child development program for rural/migrant or urban disadvantaged children, ages 0-5, or for administrators of existing programs interested in implementing specific aspects of this program, this guidebook contains information and suggestions in the following areas: program funding,…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Day Care Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Guidelines
Zigler, Edward – 1971
A national indifference to children is indicated by the system of foster child care and by the treatment of mental retardates. Another manifestation is the attack on Head Start. Criticism based on the program's failure to raise standardized intelligence or aptitude scores is misplaced. Head Start is a broad developmental program having many…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Child Development Centers, Childhood Needs
Forrest City Public Schools, AR. – 1991
In 1988, the Forrest City Alternative School (Arkansas) began a program to provide care for the preschool children of teen mothers who wanted to obtain their high school diplomas. The children ranged in age from 8 weeks to 3 years in the infant/toddler group and 3-6 years in the child care group. These children were provided with care, preschool…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Development Centers
Toll, Sherran – 1975
The Philadelphia Prekindergarten Head Start Program is a child development program for three- and four-year old children from low-income families funded through the Philadelphia Anti-Poverty Action Commission. The approach stresses an interacting and multidisciplinary attempt to improve the child's physical and emotional health, his family…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Centers, Classroom Design, Classroom Observation Techniques
