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Fagan, Carol Anne; Gurry, Susan – 1981
A home-based respite care program for children and young adults with severe and multiple disabilities was conceived and developed by a group of parents and community members. A needs assessment revealed the scarcity of respite care in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area. A pilot program was begun to test the model on a limited basis. Evaluation of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Home Programs, Multiple Disabilities, Parents
Download full textSimboli, Tim; Darou, Wes G. – 1988
The use of home-based treatment programs has become increasingly popular over the last few years. Such a program is offered by the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa-Carleton through its Detached Worker Program. This program uses paraprofessionals who employ an eclectic combination of behavioral, client-centered, family and reality therapies. Two…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
The proceedings of the 1985 hearing address issues in pediatric home care for children with long-term illnesses and disabilities. Statements of parents center on extreme expenses of home care and the difficulties of finding financial aid. Additional testimony is offered by representatives of home health care agencies, physicians involved in care…
Descriptors: Cancer, Diseases, Financial Problems, Financial Support
Wood, Sally M.; And Others – 1987
The FamiliesFirst project in Davis, California is a child abuse prevention project designed to keep abused children safely at home. During the first year of operation, FamiliesFirst provided in-home prevention services to 59 children in 26 families referred by county Child Protective Services as an alternative to out-of-home placement. Therapists,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness
Kuzovich, Cecelia A.; Yawkey, Thomas D. – 1982
The paper analyzes the significance of parents' play routines as an aspect of home intervention programing of play behaviors with developmentally delayed young children. Three sources of child development research are noted: the studies demonstrating a rationale for parent-child play, emphasis on the early aspect of intervention, and the use of…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Home Programs, Home Visits
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Office of Project Basic. – 1982
Described in this collection are activities designed to help parents provide informal home learning experiences for children in kindergarten through third grade. Each activity sheet provided is based on an objective or unit included in one of two programs implemented in the Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools: the Instructional Program in…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Home Programs, Language Arts, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedRohde, William L. – Social Work, 1975
This article discusses the trend away from large institutional placement toward small residences for troubled youth. The purpose, success, and recommended specifications for urban homes are mentioned. Also discussed are community attitudes and economic factors. (BW)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Delinquency Prevention, Family Environment, Family Life
Sherman, Linda – 1981
Project ESPIRIT (Educational System in Parenting for the Retarded with Infants and Toddlers) has provided home based services to 25 at risk children of mentaly retarded parents. Assessments performed at home are followed by development of individualized educational programs for both child and parent. Suggestions are given for establishing such a…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Home Programs, Infants, Mental Retardation
Kirk, Mimi – 1979
The report describes the Services in Counseling/Intervention and Life Skills Education (SCILSE) Program, a comprehensive program providing services to emotionally disturbed children in their own homes, under the auspices of the Southern Home for Children, a residential treatment center in Philadelphia. The history of the Southern Home for Children…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Family Environment, Family Involvement, Home Programs
LANGDON, 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
Botein, Sheila; And Others – 1980
The final report describes the development of a program to train neighborhood mothers as home visitors to families with a handicapped child under age 3. The following program aspects are detailed (sample subtopics in parentheses): population (referral sources, family and child characteristics); staff (changes in staffing pattern, hiring core…
Descriptors: Community Action, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Family 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
Boyd, Richard D., Ed.; Herwig, Julia, Ed. – 1980
The manual is intended to help home visitors, teachers, handicapped coordinators, parents, and others who work with young handicapped children in home based programs and to supplement training provided by the Home Start Training Centers. The manual contains 10 author contributed chapters. An introductory chapter by R. Boyd briefly considers…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities, Home Programs, Home Visits
McKee, Nancy; Bartnick, Diana – 1979
The booklet discusses the concepts of sharing centers and sharing center kits in the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project, a rural home based program to serve rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers. It is explained that sharing centers provide opportunities for parents to share experiences and learn new approaches to working with…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children, Home Programs, Infants
Barber, Lucie W. – 1974
This paper describes the Union College Character Research Project designed to study the development of self-regard in children, ages 2-5. Evaluation instruments and curricular materials were developed for parents to use at home with their children. Seven scales to measure the development of self-regard were constructed: (1) Socially Acceptable…
Descriptors: Home Programs, Instructional Materials, Parent Education, Preschool Children
