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Download full textSouthwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1983
This report describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Home Secrets Program, in which parents of Head Start through fourth-grade students are invited to work with their children at home using a packet of teacher-developed activity sheets. Packets are available for each grade level; to receive them, parents must attend…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Home Programs, Learning Activities
Lombard, Avima D. – 1994
The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) is a home-based, early intervention program for young, disadvantaged children and their families to enhance their potential for academic success when they enter school. This book describes the components of the program and reports on the research related to HIPPY's effects on the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Intervention, Home Instruction, Home Programs
Banta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1979
This paper describes an evaluation of the Child Health and Development Project (CHDP), a home-based early intervention program designed to promote parenting skills and to foster the physical, social, and intellectual development of children from birth through 6 years. The project served families from six counties in East Tennessee through funding…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Health Services, Home Programs
Schrock, John H. – 1975
This report describes the development, implementation and evaluation of a pilot early intervention program for parents and their infants 1 to 36 months old. Parents were trained by paraprofessionals (under the direction of professionals) to increase their psychomotor areas. The pilot project included 90 families with children under three years of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Childhood Education, Guides
Peer reviewedEpstein, Joyce L.; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1996
The Baltimore School and Family Connections Project is a collaborative effort to design comprehensive partnership programs and evaluate their results. This case study explores one school's efforts to involve middle-grades students and their families in learning activities at home during the summer break. Marginal students who worked on the home…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Community Involvement
Lawhon, Del A. – 1977
The Classroom Activity Files and Day Care and Home Learning Activities Files contain approximately 900 learning activites each, and were designed to promote competencies in children at different developmental ages. Twelve Head Start, kindergarten and preschool programs participated in a field study to evaluate the usability, content, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Basic Skills, Child Development, Compensatory Education
Johnson, Dale L.; And Others – 1976
This final report describes the development and evaluation of a parent education program, the Houston Parent Child Development Center in Houston, Texas. Funded by the Office of Child Development the Houston Model was especially developed to meet the needs of low income Mexican American families with preschool children. Major components of the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Rearing, Community Services, Cultural Influences
John, Thomas – 1976
This is an evaluation study and final report on the Lenox Early Childhood Outreach Program for Parents (LECOPP), a program implemented to correct educational problems among children in low-income families. Conducted from August 1975 through July 1976 at the Lenox Elementary School, the program focused primarily on training the parent to regularly…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Family Environment
Parham, J. D.; And Others – 1982
This volume consists of a background discussion, coordinator's manual, and training manual dealing with developing programs for the in-home respite care (IHRC) of the developmentally disabled. Addressed in the background information unit are the nature of developmental disabilities; program variables, planning, and funding; and practical…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs
