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Wolfe, Barbara, Ed.; Herwig, Julia, Ed. – 1986
Developed to help the home visitor build an effective home-based program for Head Start children and their families, this handbook is intended to serve as a blueprint for parent-focused home visits that assist the child and family to meet their full potential. The first chapter lays a foundation for the program that includes a home-based…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Criteria, Family Counseling, Family Environment
Child Welfare League of America, Inc., New York, NY. – 1968
Published as a preliminary statement, rather than as standards, the document outlines the development of social work service for children in their own homes and provides a definition of the service. Further information is presented on social work practice in providing the service, and on intake, continuing services for parents, working with the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Lambie, Dolores Z.; And Others – 1974
This booklet describes and evaluates an experimental home teaching program based on Piagetian developmental theory. The project was designed to stimulate infants' cognitive development and help mothers become more effective teachers of their children. Sixty-five infants, primarily from low socioeconomic status homes, were enrolled in the program…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Family Environment, Home Programs
Smith, Linda E. – 1995
Home visiting programs provide support services to families in their own homes, touching on social services, education, mental health, nutrition, health, or general welfare concerns. Twenty home visiting programs in California were surveyed to determine standards, best practices, areas needing improvement, and to develop training and support…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Family Health
Grogan, Marian; And Others – 1976
This volume, part of the evaluation of the Home Start Program is an informal compilation of the ideas, experiences and insights gained by members of Home Start staffs during three years of family-oriented education and services. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) home-based demonstration program for low-income families with 3- to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education