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Peer reviewedKarnes, Merle B.; And Others – Child Development, 1970
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Home Programs, Infants, Intervention
Download full textOffice of Child Development (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
Following a discussion of the Home Start program and its evaluation plan, the 16 Office of Child Development-funded Home Start projects in the United States are described. Home start is a 3-year Head Start demonstration program, aimed at the 3-5 years of age range, which focuses on enhancing the quality of children's lives by building upon…
Descriptors: Child Development, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Home Programs
Eilers, Ulinda; And Others – 1977
Language development is the topic of three papers from the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project, a home based program for rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers. Cooperative efforts between the project and university speech and hearing services are described in the first paper. The second paper, addressed to parents, covers ways to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delayed Speech, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedUnwin, Cynthia G. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes a home-based family literacy intervention with a mother and her four children. Highlights the importance of motivation and family involvement in developing literacy skills.(SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Home Programs, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedGotts, Edward E. – Childhood Education, 1980
A progress report of research on the long-term effects of a home-oriented preschool program. (CM)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Educational Television, Home Programs
Peer reviewedPerkins, Cybil; Walter, Marilyn – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1987
Describes a program which addresses the needs of underserved handicapped children who live in isolated rural areas of Nevada. Covers the program's computer-assisted, home-based curricula and video-assisted, home-based assessment and instruction as well as evaluation methodology and results of preliminary child-progress data. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Home Programs, Outreach Programs
Peer reviewedRural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Describes a program that trains parents as support personnel in classrooms serving handicapped preschoolers, a program that combines computer technology and professional expertise to assist families without access to early intervention programs, and a program that uses parents to mediate an instructional program for handicapped children from birth…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum, Delivery Systems
Verbal Interaction Project, Freeport, NY. – 1978
This report to the Joint Dissemination Review Panel of the Office of Education and the National Institute of Education provides an overview of the Mother-Child Home Program of the Verbal Interaction Project: a voluntary, home-based early education program for low-income pre- preschoolers (2- and 3-year-old children), their mothers and other adults…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Home Programs, Interpersonal Competence, Low Income Groups
Clark, Thomas C.; Watkins, Susan – 1978
The SKI HI program, a home intervention model for hearing impaired infants and their families, is described. An overview of the program is provided, followed by separate sections on administrative, direct service, and support service topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): child identification and processing (statewide hearing screening model,…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Auditory Training, Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum
Peer reviewedThompson, Marie D.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Designed for rural areas in Washington state, the Early Childhood Home Instruction Program for Young Hearing Impaired Children (ECHI) provides an opportunity for hearing-impaired children and their families to receive individual training, acquire information, address concerns, and promote child development within the familiar surroundings of their…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Experience, Family Involvement, Handicap Identification
Peer reviewedO'Connell, Susan R. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Describes a program to improve problem-solving skills of children by incorporating parents as partners in cooperative learning experiences with the children. Research results indicate that students working with parental partners displayed higher problem-solving ability on posttests than those not working with partners. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Home Programs
Love, John M.; And Others – 1976
These findings and implications are part of the final report on the National Home Start Evaluation. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) home-based demonstration program for low-income families with 3- to 5-year-old children was designed to enhance a mother's skills in dealing with her own children and to provide comprehensive…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Parenting and Community Education Office. – 1991
This document, which is designed to serve as a resource for school districts that are formulating comprehensive parent involvement programs, provides a representative sampling of parent involvement programs in California. Section 1 lists programs operating at the local educational level that: (1) help parents develop parenting skills and foster…
Descriptors: Community Services, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship
Johnson, Dale L.; And Others – 1976
This final report describes the development and evaluation of a parent education program, the Houston Parent Child Development Center in Houston, Texas. Funded by the Office of Child Development the Houston Model was especially developed to meet the needs of low income Mexican American families with preschool children. Major components of the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Rearing, Community Services, Cultural Influences
