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Peer reviewedKagan, Sharon L.; Neuman, Michelle J. – Elementary School Journal, 1998
Reviews major federally initiated transition demonstration efforts of past three decades: Follow Through and Head Start Planned Variation; Project Developmental Continuity; Head Start Transition Project, National Transition Study; and National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Project. Asserts that findings are far…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Continuity, Program Descriptions, School Readiness
Download full textWest Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston. Office of Special Education Programs and Assurances. – 1995
The West Virginia Early Childhood Transition Initiative is an interagency systems change effort started in 1993 to develop a seamless system of service for children, ages birth to 5 years. The initiative's training and technical assistance component is known as Operation Tadpole. A state level steering committee coordinates the initiative on an…
Descriptors: Developmental Continuity, Early Intervention, Integrated Services, Preschool Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1997
Recognizing that children who experience continuity as they enter formal education are more likely to sustain their earlier gains than children who do not experience continuity, this document provides guidelines for preschool, Head Start, and elementary teachers and administrators on transition procedures. An executive summary begins the document.…
Descriptors: Developmental Continuity, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten
Neuman, Michelle J. – 2001
This paper explores efforts to link early childhood education and care (ECEC) with schools in countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), other than the United States. The first part of the paper discusses the context for children's transitions from ECEC to school, the ways in which transitions are understood,…
Descriptors: Day Care, Developmental Continuity, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), Tallahassee, FL. – 1997
Planning for smooth transitions of young children and their families receiving educational and other services evolved out of a concern for providing continuity in the environment of young children. This document of the SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), a consortium of educational organizations devoted to promoting and supporting…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Definitions, Developmental Continuity, Early Childhood Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Early Childhood and Family Education Unit. – 1996
This report has two aims: (1) to stimulate discussion on issues, strategies, and possible activities at the international level relevant to the links between early childhood development and education and primary education; and (2) to gather additional ideas and information on relevant experiences and structures, to be included in a more…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Developmental Continuity, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
