THE FAMILY IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT AND PARENTAL COOPERATION IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IS IMPORTANT. HOW TO INVOLVE PARENTS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, BENEFICIAL TYPES OF PARENT PARTICIPATION, PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO ASSURE THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF THE CHILDREN, AND SUPPLEMENTARY PARENT PROGRAMS ARE DISCUSSED. THE…

Legislative alternatives for providing a mechanism within State government to plan and coordinate early childhood programs are presented and analyzed. The alternatives addressed are: (1) placing early childhood responsibility in an existing agency; (2) creating a new office of child development as an independent State agency; and (3) creating a…

Interviews were conducted with 18 key management decision makers at the national level of the Parent and Child Center (PCC) program, and a wide variety of relevant providers and consumers of management information of the local level of the program. The purpose of the study was to develop recommendations for a management information system (MIS)…

Discusses the ways early childhood programs presently fit into community colleges, describes five related issues (i.e., the ambiguities of the early childhood field, the open-door policy, faculty responsibilities, power structures, and funding), and makes suggestions for further development of the community college/early childhood relationship.…

Discussed is a day program which has provided psychiatric treatment for 135 emotionally disturbed children under 5 years of age and their parents. (DB)

The planning and development of a new education center at Particino in Sicily is described. Based upon a maieutic approach to education, the program emphasizes both theoretical and practical processes of collective exploration which takes as its starting point the experience and intuition of the individual student. (SM)

Article discusses the origins and development of the Child Development Associate Program for training professional staff in child care. (GB)

In a program designed to instill confidence in students who have never before been given responsibility, individuals, formerly left to exist in a mental limbo, are taught that they can function as productive teachers. (Author/RK)

Results of the study indicate that the strongest abilities of the children graduated from Head Start centers are least correlated with readiness and achievement, while their weakest abilities are most correlated. The abilities that are highly related to school achievement are those in which they show the greatest deficiency. (Author)

Compares roles and functions of private, public school, and university reading clinics and discusses considerations to be made in organizing and evaluating the purposes and products of such clinics. (MD)

The authors look at the developments and events that grew out of the Learning Disability Act of 1969 (P.L. 92-20), particularly in relation to the role of Child Service Demonstration Centers (CSDCs). It is concluded that CSDCs spread the philosophies and technologies of the field of learning disabilities. (SW)

Reviews the initiation of child care services at Northern Virginia Community College and concludes that both the college and the community have come to recognize this service as an essential and integral part of the programs and services provided by the college. (JG)

A review of the literature on educational outcomes for children of early childhood education can provide relevant information for policymakers. Research suggests that the quality of programs offered in early childhood centers affects the extent to which children experience education. On the basis of the studies, the main characteristics of low…