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Longo, Judith A. – 1986
Ocean County College (OCC) has had a long-standing commitment to serving all those who might benefit from higher education. One of its efforts to serve the disabled is its Telecollege Program for Confined Adults, which began in fall 1978. Through the program, homebound students select and schedule courses through a counselor, who also arranges for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Opportunities, English Instruction, Home Instruction
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1983
As part of its program for 1981-83, Unesco convened a study group meeting on new forms of early childhood education. Participants from Afghanistan, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, as well as observers from India, UNICEF, and UNHCR, met to share experiences regarding programs for children from disadvantaged environments and to…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Developing Nations, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Characteristics
Houk, Katharine – 2000
Cooperative learning centers can provide educational activities for home-schooled children as well as support networks for home-schooling parents. This guide recounts development of a cooperative learning center founded by parents of over 70 home-educated children in upstate New York. Part 1 of the book details the development of The Alternative…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Home Programs
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
Wnek, Linda; And Others – 1980
The document consists of a program manager's manual for the Parent Infant Program (PIP), an early intervention program designed to foster effective parenting of infants with developmental disabilities and delays. Section 1 provides a program overview. Three program goals are: to build parental confidence as primary teachers/facilitators of their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Programs, Home Programs
Shively, Joe E.; And Others – 1975
This document contains the plans for conducting the field studies of Appalachian parents of young children which are part of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Home-Oriented Preschool Education Program (HOPE). HOPE is an integrated approach to education for preschool and kindergarten children being developed by AEL's Marketable Preschool…
Descriptors: Child Development, Demography, Early Childhood Education, Field Studies
Browne, Carol S.; Martin, Heather M. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Explores the advantages of beginning or continuing a home visitation program as a method for developing positive school-home relationships. Reveals that home visitation is not widely practiced due to unavailable or uncooperative parents, lack of time, and safety concerns. Addresses strategies to overcome obstacles and program management concerns.…
Descriptors: Children, Family School Relationship, High Risk Students, Home Programs
Trans-Management Systems, Inc. – 1993
This guide provides ideas and procedures to help agencies in providing services to children and families through the home-based program option of Head Start. It is designed to assist program administrators who are beginning Head Start Home-Based programs for the first time as well as those seeking to strengthen existing programs. The chapters are:…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Development, Community Needs, Home Instruction
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Hutinger, Patricia L.; And Others – 1978
Six papers focus on aspects of the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project, a rural home based program to assist parents and their handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers. The first paper discusses the role and operation of home visits, with emphasis on the functions of the child development specialist (CDS). The second paper describes the…
Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children
Snider, Marie – 1972
This materials preparation guide is one of seven publications designed to implement the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) program which uses televised, mobile classroom, and parent instruction to educated 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. The materials production team which provides all the basic materials for the program is described. Materials…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Educational Television
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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
Thompson, Marie – 1989
The paper addresses the development of early intervention programs with hearing impaired infants and toddlers and their families. It stresses the importance of working cooperatively with parents, the multidisciplinary approach, appropriate assessment of both child and family, appropriate intervention including monitoring of progress, and…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Check Lists, Communication Skills, Curriculum
LIMBACHER, JAMES L. – 1967
THIS HANDBOOK FOR PROGRAM PLANNERS HAS CHAPTERS ON EVERY TYPE OF FILM USE, WRITTEN BY PEOPLE ACTIVE IN THE FILM FIELD IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES--PROGRAM PLANNING, FILM EVALUATION, PRESENTATION AND PROMOTION, FILMS IN SMALL TOWNS, IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES, IN MUSEUMS, USED FOR DISCUSSION GROUPS, COMMUNITY AND COLLEGE FILM SOCIETIES, SCHOOL, CHURCH, AND…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Church Programs, Colleges
Shively, Joe E.; And Others – 1975
A total of 699 Appalachian families with preschool children were surveyed to gather information on the availability and use of television, radio and telephone in their homes. The survey was designed to assess the practicality of using television as one of the components of the Marketable Preschool Education (MPE) Program, an extension of the…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Color, Commercial Television, Early Childhood Education
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1985
This guide for operating the Head Start home-based program option is based on experience gathered in the initial Home Start program and in the decade spanning 1974 through 1984. Its purpose is to offer the tested ideas and procedures gained in those years to organizations wanting to provide home-based child/family development services. The Guide…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives, Family Programs
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