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Download full textAaronson, May; Phillips, Julie – 1977
The Preschool Preposition Test (PPT), a receptive language test for children ages 3 to 5, is a brief simple gross developmental screening instrument still in research status. For 985 normal subjects the test shows a significant correlation of scores with age. Significant correlations have been obtained between PPT scores and raw scores on the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Blacks, Child Development, Elementary Education
McDermott, Bill P. – 1981
The Senior Adult Education Program (SAEP) for Monroe County, Michigan, conducted a documentation and analysis of the program component that provides high school completion classes in two local nursing homes. Three general research questions were (1) benefits to nursing home residents from the programs, (2) design of classes in nursing homes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Gerontology
Deloria, Dennis; And Others – 1974
These summative evaluation results are part of the National Home Start Evaluation interim report. 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: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development
Rosa-Lugo, Linda I., Ed. – Florida Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
This volume of the Florida Journal of Communication Disorders contains the following featured articles: (1) Using Descriptive Language Assessment Procedure with African-American English Preschool Child Speakers: Advantages and Limitations (Kenyatta O. Rivers and Linda J. Lombardino), which discusses best practices for using descriptive language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Black Students, Cognitive Development, Communication Disorders
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Direct linkLien-Thorne, Stephanie; Kamps, Debra – Behavioral Disorders, 2005
This article describes a replication of the "First Step to Success" program (Walker, Stiller, Severson, & Golly, 1998) with at-risk students in the first and second grade to determine program effectiveness in decreasing inappropriate behaviors and increasing academic engagement time. This expands the "First Step to…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Early Intervention, Grade 2, Program Effectiveness
Knitzer, Jane; Lefkowitz, Jill – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2006
Compelling evidence from neuroscience about how early relationships and experience influence the architecture of the brain, and in turn early school success, has led to increasing policy and practice attention to implementing child development and family support programs like Early Head Start for infants and toddlers. But, there is also a group of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Toddlers, Infants, Child Development
Wolfe, Barbara L.; And Others – 1982
Containing content and materials for 14 workshops, this training guide has been developed to assist Head Start programs in developing and implementing individual service plans (ISPs) for high-risk preschool children. Differing from the public schools' individual education programs, the ISP addresses all educational needs of the child as well as…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Clinical Diagnosis, Educational Objectives, High Risk Persons
Flanagan, Malcolm; And Others – 1986
This manual is intended to assist assessment and teaching personnel in assessing and developing instructional plans for special needs students from early school to independent living and employment. It contains 10 chapters. The following topics are discussed in the first nine chapters: the purpose of career assessment; ethical issues…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Career Planning, Cognitive Tests
LESSER, ARTHUR – 1964
A HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE STUDY OF SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS, THIS REPORT PRESENTS STATISTICS ON (1) THE NATION'S CHILD POPULATION, (2) CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, (3) ILLNESSES OF CHILDHOOD, (4) SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES, AND (5) TRENDS IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN. THE REPORT EMPHASIZES THE GAPS IN CHILD HEALTH SUPERVISION…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Care, Children, Clinics
Lambert, Nadine M. – 1977
A representative sample of California school psychologists was surveyed to determine the extent of the use of the Adaptive Behavior Scale and the relationship between training in the use of the scale and perceptions of the efficacy of its measures. A large majority of psychologists had used the scale two or fewer times, though 30-45% had been…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Rating Scales, Black Students, Counselor Attitudes
University City School District, MO. – 1969
A 30-minute screening battery of tests and subtests selected from the complete 90-minute battery used in USOE Prekindergarten-Kindergarten research plus three locally developed instruments were identified as the most satisfactory single measures of cognitive, motor, auditory, visual, visual-motor coordination, and language development to provide…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Basic Skills, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Development
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 2005
This document is the quadrennial report of the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD) Branch to the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development (NACHHD) Council. The MRDD Branch is a vital, evolving entity within the Center for Developmental Biology and Perinatal Medicine (CDBPM) at the National Institute of Child …
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Child Health, Medical Research
Green, Muriel – 2003
This document, which is designed to assist managers, trainers, or assessors in work-based provision across the United Kingdom, shares the experiences of five work-based learning providers that sought to improve their initial assessment processes. Section 1 explains the purpose of initial assessment and presents guidelines for evaluating intake…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Case Studies
Berube, Barney – 1999
The report provides both statewide and school district summative data concerning language minority (LM) student demographics in Maine. Statewide data include a demographic overview, annual LM enrollments, high-concentration LM areas, distribution of minority languages, by language or language group, number of Maine public schools enrolling…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Roszmann-Millican, Michele – Diagnostique, 1999
This article describes the revised Transdisciplinary Play Based Assessment, a dynamic assessment for children functioning developmentally between infancy and six years that involves the child in play situations, which provide opportunities to assess cognitive, social-emotional, communication and language, and sensorimotor development. Its…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Communication Skills, Disabilities
