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Family Engagement in Early Childhood: A Resource Guide for Early Learning Challenge Grant Recipients
Direct linkHarvard Family Research Project, 2012
In 2011, the U.S. Department of Education invited states to apply for the Race to the Top--Early Learning Challenge (RTTT-ELC) to help states' efforts in supporting young children and their families through the development of more unified early learning systems, better information sharing among educators, and an increase in access to quality early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Journal Articles, Grants, Resource Materials
Peer reviewedCalley, Nancy G. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2012
One hundred and seventy three male juvenile offenders were followed two years postrelease from a residential treatment facility to assess recidivism and factors related to recidivism. The overall recidivism rate was 23.9%. Logistic regression with stepwise and backward variable selection methods was used to examine the relationship between…
Descriptors: Parent Rights, Recidivism, Delinquency, Family Programs
Kagotho, Njeri – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
Close to one and a half million Kenyans reportedly live with HIV/AIDS. Using qualitative in-depth interviews this study explores the ways in which parents living with HIV/AIDS navigate their social and economic environment to provide educational opportunities for their children. Barriers identified include the economic costs of a free primary…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Primary Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Opportunities
Davenport, Helen – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
Using stories from two employees in the UK Sure Start initiative, this paper offers insight into the complexity of developing a professional identity within a newly established, nebulous role of "outreach worker". Such a role is highly diverse in terms of its duties and the people with whom it engages. As such, it poses challenges for…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Professional Identity, Womens Studies, Interviews
The Value of a Learning Community to Support Telepractice for Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss
Behl, Diane D.; Houston, K. Todd; Stredler-Brown, Arlene – Volta Review, 2012
For a variety of reasons, professionals are taking greater control over their own professional development and demonstrating a commitment to lifelong learning. Online resources and social media outlets have provided new ways for professionals to connect and form learning communities to build core knowledge and set standards of practice. The…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Early Intervention, Partial Hearing, Communities of Practice
St. John, Mark – Inverness Research, 2014
The Community Science Workshops (CSWs)--with funding from the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation--created a network among the CSW sites in California. The goals of the CSW Network project have been to improve programs, build capacity throughout the Network, and establish new sites. Inverness Research has been…
Descriptors: Workshops, Networks, Program Improvement, Program Development
Download full textHahn, Heather; Isaacs, Julia; Edelstein, Sara; Steele, Ellen; Steuerle, C. Eugene – Urban Institute, 2014
"Kids Share 2014: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2013," an eighth annual report, looks comprehensively at federal spending and tax expenditures on children. Total federal expenditures on children were up from 2012, but below spending in 2010. Broader budgetary forces will continue to restrict spending on children over…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Federal Aid, Children, Budgets
Anderson, John D.; Newby, Rachel; Kehm, Rebecca; Barland, Patricia; Hearst, Mary O. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Objectives: Successful childhood obesity intervention models that build sustainable behavioral change are needed, particularly in low-income, ethnic minority communities disparately affected by this problem. Method: Families were referred to Taking Steps Together (TST) by their primary care provider if at least one child had a body mass index…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Family Programs, Obesity, Intervention
Siller, Michael; Morgan, Lindee; Turner-Brown, Lauren; Baggett, Kathleen M.; Baranek, Grace T.; Brian, Jessica; Bryson, Susan E.; Carter, Alice S.; Crais, Elizabeth R.; Estes, Annette; Kasari, Connie; Landa, Rebecca J.; Lord, Catherine; Messinger, Daniel S.; Mundy, Peter; Odom, Samuel L.; Reznick, J. Steven; Roberts, Wendy; Rogers, Sally J.; Schertz, Hannah H.; Smith, Isabel M.; Stone, Wendy L.; Watson, Linda R.; Wetherby, Amy M.; Yoder, Paul J.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie – Journal of Early Intervention, 2013
Given recent advances in science, policy, and practice of early identification in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), questions about the effectiveness of early intervention have far-reaching service and policy implications. However, rigorous research evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of intervention programs for toddlers with ASD faces a…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Schmit, Stephanie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2013
In 1994, the federal Early Head Start (EHS) program was created to address the comprehensive needs of low-income pregnant women and children under age 3. EHS was created almost 30 years after Head Start was established in 1965 to serve low-income 3- and 4-year-old children and their families with comprehensive early education and support services.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Low Income Groups, At Risk Persons, Holistic Approach
Gerhardt, Peter F., Ed.; Crimmins, Daniel, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2013
Promoting better social skills and behavior is a top priority for anyone who works with learners with autism--but which practices really improve outcomes? Find out in this cutting-edge volume, a reader-friendly synthesis of the latest findings from more than 20 of today's top researchers in the field. Coordinated by the highly respected…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Adjustment (to Environment), Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Akins, Polly J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Parent education programs have been shown to be effective family-based interventions for preventing child abuse and neglect; however, to ensure their effectiveness, they must be continually evaluated. The purpose of this quantitative study was to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the effectiveness of the Nurturing Parenting Program for…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Program Evaluation, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Valdez, Carmen R.; Mills, Monique T.; Bohlig, Amanda J.; Kaplan, David – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2013
This person-centered study examines the extent to which parents' language dominance influences the effects of an after school, multi-family group intervention, FAST, on low-income children's emotional and behavioral outcomes via parents' relations with other parents and with school staff. Social capital resides in relationships of trust and shared…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Language Dominance, Social Capital, Path Analysis
Rebell, Michael A.; Wolff, Jessica R. – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2011
This fifth in a five part series, states that, if comprehensive educational opportunity is conceived as a right, then the state must commit to providing it and must develop a policy infrastructure to assure broad access, uniform quality, regularized funding, and firm accountability strictures to ensure all students a meaningful opportunity to…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Low Income Students, Civil Rights, Public Policy
Tsantefski, Menka; Humphreys, Cathy; Jackson, Alun C. – Child Welfare, 2011
The meaning of human rights for children is a contested issue; the notion of rights for unborn babies poses additional complexity. Drawing on data from a prospective case study of a specialist drug and alcohol obstetric provider and the statutory child protection service, this article discusses family engagement within a child-rights framework,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Child Abuse, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Programs
