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Peer reviewedUpshur, Carole C. – Mental Retardation, 1982
Findings of an evaluation of a pilot home-based respite care program designed to serve 35 severely mentally retarded and disabled persons were reported. Results indicated that respite care services had never been previously received by 51.8% of the families. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Home Programs, Program Evaluation
Download full textLANGDON, MARGARET – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO APPLY CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TO REHABILITATING THE HANDICAPPED BY USING THE LABOR FORCE AVAILABLE IN SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND HOMEBOUND PROGRAMS. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED AS TASK FORCES IN CHICAGO, NEW YORK, AND LOS ANGELES WITH THE…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Handicrafts, Home Programs
Eastern Montana Coll., Billings. Inst. for Rehabilitative Service. – 1980
Final year achievements of a 3 year federally funded early education program for handicapped children in rural Montana are recounted. Noted are personnel aspects of the project, staff development activities and responses, objectives of technical assistance, child find data, and dissemination and demonstration activities. A section on program…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Handicap Identification
Nauta, Marrit J. – 1975
This field procedures manual for community interviewers and site coordinators, one of a series of documents on the evaluation of the National Home Start program (NHS), describes specific testing procedures for collecting family data. A federally funded demonstration program, NHS is aimed at providing home-based services (such as health, education,…
Descriptors: Administration, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs, Guides
Office 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
Jerome, Chris H.; And Others – 1974
One of a series of documents on the evaluation of the National Home Start (NHS) program this third year interim report of case studies describes program efforts and successes with 16 Home Start families throughout the nation. A federally funded demonstration program, NHS is aimed at providing home-based services (such as health, education,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demography, Demonstration Programs, Home Programs
Strong, Carol J.; Clark, Thomas C. – 1990
This program evaluation report presents information on Project SKI*HI, a home-based program for infants and young children with hearing impairments and their families. The program's major goals are early identification of hearing-impaired infants and a home program to facilitate child development. A parent advisor makes weekly home visits to each…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Early Intervention, Handicap Identification
Children First, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1977
This status report is an attempt to provide a comprehensive picture of Head Start home-based programs which aimed at helping parents provide children with the same kinds of activities and support in their own homes that children would receive in any quality child development center. Data was collected through: (1) Children (1st) First, Inc.'s…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Field Interviews
Cadman, Lois A. – 1979
The doument provides seven appendixes containing information on the PEECH (Program for Early Education of Children with Handicaps) Outreach Project. Appendix I contains a financial report form for the project. Outlined in Appendix II are PEECH Outreach goals and objectives (including the presentation of a Home Intervention Training Program),…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Home Programs
Coelen, Craig; And Others – 1974
This volume, part of the interim report on the National Home Start Evaluation, includes cost of the 16 Home Start projects and outcome data from the six summative sites. Findings and recommendations are presented on the intra-project cost-effectiveness of Home Start and the cost-effectiveness of Home Start as a Head Start option. Home Start, a…
Descriptors: Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis
Drezek, Wendy – 1976
The Infant-Parent Training Program is a model program providing day care, therapy-nursery, and home programs for handicapped children from 0 to 3 years old. Upon intake into the program, both parents and children attend four 1-hour diagnostic sessions during which children are assessed in the areas of cognitive functioning, language functioning,…
Descriptors: Day Care, Demonstration Programs, Diagnostic Teaching, Exceptional Child Education
Thompson, William W. – 1967
To train blind persons in the use of the long cane mobility technique and to reach a variety of clients, a demonstration used the trainee's home as a base of operation. Of 198 referrals during the 3-year project, 61 persons started training and 42 persons between the ages of 12 and 92 successfully completed the instruction. Trainees began to learn…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Attitudes, Blindness
Love, John M.; And Others – 1975
This is an executive summary of the interim report on 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 social-emotional,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
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This second report covers the activities of the Mt. Druitt Early Childhood Project during 1976. The project emphasizes a model that develops children's abilities to use particular skills to learn: making decisions, using resources, evaluating themselves, becoming more self reliant and developing a healthy self concept. The report is arranged into…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Behavior Change, Cognitive Development, Competency Based Education
Deloria, Dennis; And Others – 1974
This is the executive summary of the National Home Start Evaluation interim report. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) demonstration program home-based 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 social-emotional,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
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