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Download full textAllen, Sally V. – 1973
Basic information that should be considered by a state when gathering data necessary to planning for child development programs, with emphasis on the five-year-old and under group, is provided. State assessment efforts are assumed to be comprised of at least four steps: (1) gathering the data, (2) assessing the data to determine needs, (3)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Data Collection, Guides, Information Processing
George, Shirley Collier – 1973
This report discusses two aspects of the status of early childhood development services in Oklahoma: (1) a survey of the present efforts, programs, and supportive services in the state; and (2) a proposed plan to establish a new state office of early childhood development. The report reflects the philosophy that every child in the state has a…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development, Child Responsibility, Models
Hochstein, Miles; Halfon, Neal – 1998
This report, seventh of eight in a series, discusses the views of California parents about the significance of a child's early years, their preparation for parenting, and how well their communities meet their child care needs. The California Center for Health Improvement's (CCHI) Children and Youth Survey asked California parents several questions…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Day Care
Peer reviewedEhlers, Vicki L.; Ruffin, Micca – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1990
The Missouri Parents as Teachers project developed in response to a 1984 state mandate requiring parent education and serves about 85,000 families with children, ages birth through 4. Components include home visits, group meetings, and early childhood developmental screenings. Discussed are the project's historical perspective, project evaluation,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Delivery Systems, Educational Legislation, Home Instruction
Harbin, Gloria L.; And Others – 1989
A survey was conducted to determine states' progress towards developing a definition for developmentally delayed infants and toddlers as required by Public Law 99-457, Part H. Results of the survey, conducted in the summer of 1988, indicated that many states had made a great deal of progress toward developing a policy regarding the definition of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Content Analysis, Definitions, Disabilities
Friedman, Mark – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
To ensure that all young children enter school in good health, ready and able to learn, and are socially and emotionally well developed, states are challenged by the State Early Childhood Comprehensive System (SECCS) Initiative to assure that services are coordinated, integrated and well managed. States must not only plan the delivery of services,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Young Children, Accountability, Program Implementation
Zeanah, Paula; Nagle, Geoffrey; Stafford, Brian; Rice, Thomas; Farrer, Joanna – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
During the past three decades, there has been an increase in knowledge about early childhood development. Early experiences can function as either risk factors or protective factors for a child's future health and development. This has led to concern about how current health systems contribute to the quality of the earliest experiences of life.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Health Programs, Child Health, Risk
Thompson, Lisa; Uyeda, Kimberly – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
The federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) has launched a five-year initiative that will support state efforts to build comprehensive early childhood service systems. This initiative--the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative--provides planning and implementation grants to the state and territory Maternal and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Family Programs, Leadership, Home Visits
Thompson, Lisa; Halfon, Neal; Franke, Todd – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
The purpose of this report is to provide the Center for Excellence (CfE) in Early Childhood Development with a set of recommendations regarding how to measure school readiness in Ventura County. This report defines school readiness according to the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) which identified the following three important components of…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, State Programs, Program Development, Child Welfare
Thompson, Lisa; Tullis, Ericka; Franke, Todd; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
The UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities (CHCFC) has developed the School Readiness Critical Pathways (SRCPs) as an evidence-based conceptual model that links related outcomes and strategies. This helps to organize an array of broad and diffuse evidence regarding the strategies that produce school readiness outcomes for…
Descriptors: Young Children, Strategic Planning, School Readiness, Models
Friedman, Mark – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
The federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau has launched a five-year initiative that will support state efforts to build comprehensive early childhood service systems. This initiative--the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative (SECCS)--provides two year planning grants followed by three year implementation grants to the 50 state…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Federal Programs, State Programs, State Agencies
Sareen, Harvinder; Visencio, Diane; Russ, Shirley; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
If early childhood systems are to be effective at the population level then they must be able to provide family-centered care to all the racial, ethnic and cultural groups that they serve. Despite major policy driven and technological advances in healthcare, health disparities across different races and ethnicities persist. For example, the infant…
Descriptors: Pediatrics, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Differences, Parent Attitudes
Halfon, Neal; Uyeda, Kimberly; Inkelas, Moira; Kumar, Vani; Tullis, Ericka; Rice, Thomas – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
This report outlines the national and state environmental context for the SECCS Initiative in supporting MCH strategic planning in early childhood systems building. This strategic context has implications for roles, relationships, and activities within a planning process and ultimately an implementation process. It summarizes the opportunities and…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Child Health, Young Children, Agency Cooperation
Halfon, Neal; Uyeda, Kimberly; Inkelas, Moira; Rice, Thomas – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
This report is designed to support the planning and implementation of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative. It addresses a set of principles that these agencies can use to advance their planning process, reach out to new partners, develop collaborative strategies, and build a…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Figurative Language, Change Strategies, Child Health
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning
