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Download full textLove, John M.; Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Ross, Christine M.; Schochet, Peter Z.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Boller, Kimberly; Paulsell, Diane; Fuligni, Allison Sidle; Berlin, Lisa J. – 2001
Early Head Start began with 68 programs in 1995 and today, almost 650 programs serve some 55,000 low-income families with infants and toddlers. This two-generation program provides high-quality child and family development services, a focus on staff development, and a commitment to community partnerships. A rigorous national evaluation, including…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Programs, Infants, Low Income Groups
Roberts, Rosemary, Ed. – 2001
The Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) has been in operation in Oxford, England for 5 years, with the aim of raising educational attainment, especially in literacy, by an entire community of children from their birth. This book recounts how PEEP started and its operation over the 5 years, focusing on the impact of the program and the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Family Programs, Foreign Countries
Hanrahan, Marian, Ed.; Prinsen, Bert, Ed. – 1997
The development of community-based programs to support inexperienced parents through home visits by experienced mothers, who are in turned facilitated by child health and development professionals, has become an increasingly common approach in Europe and the United States. This edited volume presents proceedings from an invitational conference on…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Programs, Community Support, Family Programs
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1999
This skill packet presents strategies for training parents to be involved in their children's education. Section 1 focuses on understanding the relationship between positive self-esteem and academic achievement. Section 2 discusses the purpose of parent-teacher conferences and how to enhance communication. Section 3 focuses on research supporting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Toth, Anne E. – 1999
This report discusses the outcomes of a practicum designed to address the lack of parent participation in American Sign Language (ASL) training by parents of children with hearing impairments. Using a pretest-posttest design, 46 parents of children who are deaf and receive services from a school for the deaf were surveyed. Based on the needs…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Data Analysis, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Parette, Phil; Hourcade, Jack – 2003
This paper examines the cultural dimensions of assistive technology (AT) for families of students with disabilities. First, goals and potential outcomes when working with families across cultures are identified, including immediate benefits of AT, change in level of functioning, acceptance in the community, immediate and ongoing access to AT,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Technology, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
I Am Your Child Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA. – 2000
Noting the importance of early experiences for the healthy growth and development of children, these three videotapes for parents explore children's health and nutrition, literacy, and safety. Each videotape is 20-25 minutes long. The first video, "Your Healthy Baby," presents information parents need on children's health and nutrition.…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Rearing, Child Safety, Children
2000
This instructional program with accompanying videotape is designed to guide parents through the process of teaching good decision making skills to their children in kindergarten through grade 5. The user's guide contains the following sections: (1) "About the Program," with learning objectives, suggestions for using the program, and a program…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Rearing, Children, Decision Making
O'Connor, Pat – 1999
Dramatic increases in single parenthood and the number of employed mothers have led to the articulation of policies and programs designed to strengthen the family in Ireland. This report examines the experience of Community Mothers' Programme in Limerick City. Based on the assumption that the understanding, advice, and support of an experienced…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Home Visits
Leitner, David – 1999
A study reports on the Nevada Even Start Family Literacy Program (NEST), which provides educational opportunities to parents and children as a family unit through core services such as adult, parenting, and early childhood education. Questions asked in the study were who the program serves, what services are received, how funding is allocated, how…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Literacy
1999
Noting that parenting is a learned experience and that the source of information on parenting has changed considerably over the last 100 years, this videotape examines the history of parent education over the past 100 years, highlighting events influencing family life, policies and legislation to assist families, and parenting theories for each…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Early Childhood Education, Family Life
Wingo, Robin R.; Mertensmeyer, Carol – 1994
This guide is designed to help professionals working with African American parents to be better prepared to select culturally sensitive materials, to program more effectively, and to draw from the richness within the African American culture. The guide is one in a series of culturally specific guides produced as part of ParentLink's Review of…
Descriptors: Black Family, Black Mothers, Blacks, Child Rearing
Wingo, Robin R.; Mertensmeyer, Carol – 1994
This guide is designed to help professionals working with Native American parents to be better prepared to select culturally sensitive materials, to program more effectively, and to draw from the richness within the Native American culture. The guide is one in a series of culturally specific guides produced as part of ParentLink's Review of…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Child Rearing, Culturally Relevant Education
Wingo, Robin R.; Mertensmeyer, Carol – 1994
This guide is designed to help professionals working with Hispanic/Latino American parents to be better prepared to select culturally sensitive materials, to program more effectively, and to draw from the richness within the Hispanic/Latino American culture. The guide is one in a series of culturally specific guides produced as part of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation
Denton, David R. – 1999
To assist state policymakers in using limited resources to enhance young children's readiness for school, this report examines the development and effectiveness of prekindergarten and parent support programs in the Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB's) 16-state region. States in the region are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Early Intervention, Family Programs, Parent Education
