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Download full textOffice 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
Sandler, Allen; Coren, Andrea – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1981
An integrated home/school program model for training parents of young handicapped children was evaluated by 26 participating mothers. Parents reported a high level of satisfaction with each of the components of the program, which included videotaped practice teaching sessions by the parent and coordination of home and school efforts. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Home Programs, Individualized Education Programs, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedGotts, Edward E. – Childhood Education, 1980
A progress report of research on the long-term effects of a home-oriented preschool program. (CM)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Educational Television, Home Programs
Gray, Susan W.; Ruttle, Kristi – 1976
Fifty-one low-income families, each with a toddler, plus at least one other child under age 5, participated in a 5-year home-based intervention study designed to help mothers become more effective educational change agents. One group received a 9-month treatment specifically designed for the needs and characteristics of the individual families;…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Family Characteristics, Home Programs, Home Visits
Peer reviewedO'Connell, Susan R. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Describes a program to improve problem-solving skills of children by incorporating parents as partners in cooperative learning experiences with the children. Research results indicate that students working with parental partners displayed higher problem-solving ability on posttests than those not working with partners. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Home Programs
Love, John M.; And Others – 1976
These findings and implications are part of the final report on the 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…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development
Raven, John – 1980
The results of an evaluation of an educational home visiting (EHV) program in Scotland that utilized home visitors (attached to nursery schools) to promote parents' involvement in their children's educational development are presented in this report. Two assessment strategies were employed. One strategy (S1) was used to investigate the practical…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
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
