This report is a description of experiences in the state of Wisconsin over the past four years in laying the foundation for testing the feasibility of the child advocacy concept. This experience with statewide child advocacy planning identified a number of critical issues. There was found to be a general lack of awareness, misunderstanding,…

Parents' preferences for day care services are compared with the major types of existing day care. Survey data on the types of services parents prefer is first summarized. Then the major types of available day care are described. Finally, each type of care is evaluated on the basis of available data concerning parents' satisfaction with and…

This annotated bibliography of books, articles, research papers, manuals, program reports, and Congressional acts and hearings that were examined by the Day Care Policy Studies Group revises and updates previous versions of "Day Care: An Annotated Bibliography," issued in October 1970 and February 1971. It contains 1,500 items related to those…

The generation of dynamic mental imagery is known to facilitate paired associate (PA) learning in older subjects. Wolff and Levin (in press) have reported that children who were apparently too young to generate mental imagery of this kind did benefit from self-generated motoric interactions involving pairs of toys. Since the result was obtained…

The home economics curriculum for the Fort Benton school system was designed with funds under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to help students develop into successful homemakers, family members, and/or wage earners. Major objectives of the curriculum are the improvement and strengthening of home, family, and community…

The intent of the programs described in publications cited in this bibliography is to help parents in the home setting to become better parents of their young children. Studies show that home programs in which the parent is involved as teacher benefit not only the target child, but also result in a beneficial diffusion effect to siblings. A total…

This project began with a theory about the prediction of errors in childrens' attempts to pronounce utterances modeled for them by adults. Subjects were children from 15 to 54 months old in all positions in the family. The sample from each child was an unprompted utterance judged to be an attempt to say something in English. Differences between…

The proceedings of the First National Home Start Conference are presented, based on reports of the sessions and activities of the meeting which was aimed at strengthening and supplementing child development in the home. Topics discussed include parent education, toy lending libraries, use of television, contributions of Head Start, early reading,…

This is a description of the Early Childhood Evaluation Unit (ECEU), which was established as a unified, comprehensive means of conducting evaluation and research activities regarding Early Childhood Programs in the School District of Philadelphia. Its responsibilities include fulfilling the evaluation requirements stipulated by federal, state, or…

The problem of concurrent validity of the Barber Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children is addressed by calculating product moment correlations for Self-Regard ratings and total Self-Concept and Motivation Inventory-Kindergarten From (SCAMIN) self-concept scores. The SCAMIN was admininstered to four and five year old children shortly after…

The purpose of the Learning to Learn Project was to ascertain if a comprehensive, early-childhood intervention program could effectively break the cycle of educational disabilities and inadequacies generally associated with the public school careers of poverty children, and insure their long-term educational success. Major findings of the…

This presentation reports the results of a national assessment study of parenting skills. The aim of this study was to provide direction for the development of a television series to improve and increase awareness of parenting skills among parents of young children and prospective parents. Over 200 existing media items were located and evaluated;…

This paper presents a psychodynamic approach to helping children who have been emotionally, socially, economically and perhaps affectively deprived. A methodology to understand and teach these children is presented so that they learn ways of coping in our increasingly complex society. (Editor)

Two types of information that should condition federal decisions about day care are summarized. These include data concerning the supply and demand for day care and the effects of day care on children's development. (Author)

The proliferation of State offices of child development and the advent of Social Security Title XX funds have been accompanied by confusion at every level of government and in the black community. The impact of these developments on availability of good day care for children is examined and recommendations are made. (Author/AM)