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Download full textKarnes, Merle B. – 1969
This approach to preschool education of the disadvantaged uses a teacher training program which was developed only after each component of the program had been empirically tested. Teachers were retrained through course work and workshops to teach disadvantaged preschool children. These teachers then taught mothers and older siblings of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Family Involvement, Home Programs, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Cocks, Errol – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1979
The paper describes the transition of service provision for 240 intellectually handicapped Australian children and their families from a relatively traditional service delivery system to one emphasizing home and family involvement and placement of services closer to home. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Exceptional Child Research, Family Involvement, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBribitzer, Marjorie P.; Verdieck, Mary Jeanne – Child Welfare, 1988
Evaluates the Family Program, a family-centered program in northern Virginia which provides intensive in-home support and treatment to families with children in the custody of county child welfare departments. The sample comprises 42 closed cases. Results show that families that are at risk benefit significantly from extensive support systems.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Family Characteristics
Silver, Starr E.; Kugler, Judith L. – 1996
This conference paper discusses the results of a study that investigated the effectiveness of the Total Family Strategy (TFS), a home-based family support program funded by the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, Florida. The program was initiated as a means of introducing a family empowerment model of early intervention into the array of…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Counseling
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
Strong, Carol J.; Clark, Thomas C. – 1992
The effects of home-based programming for infants and young children with hearing impairments and their families were studied, with a focus on the SKI*HI program, which includes identification/screening, home visits, support services, parent advisors, and a program management system. The study analyzed data on 5,178 children (ages birth to 5) with…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Family Involvement
Direct linkGolas, Julianna C.; Horm, Diane; Caruso, David A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2006
Early Head Start services are typically offered through home- or center-based delivery models. A formative evaluation of an example of each service delivery model was conducted. The purpose was to examine the issues involved in the implementation of these two service delivery models relative to the content of services, intensity of services,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Program Implementation, Formative Evaluation, Family Involvement
Rast, Jim – 1998
This paper reflects on lessons learned from the implementation of KAN Focus, a demonstration project to develop a system of care for children with severe emotional disturbance in rural southeast Kansas. It notes trends toward providing more and younger children with community-based support services which provide family centered services,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Children
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. – 1980
Home-based intervention, using paraprofessional teachers and the concept of "parent as teacher," was provided by this 3-year project (1977-1980) for handicapped children aged birth through 4 and their families in 10 rural West Texas counties comprising approximately 9,100 square miles, with 14 to 20 people per square mile. Most families…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement
