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Mohr, Paul B. – 1979
The Norfolk State College (VA) has a multifaceted approach to the inservice training of special education teachers. The model has four main components. The first component is personnel; not only have teachers been served, but also administrative personnel, and more recently parents and paraprofessional personnel have taken courses offered at the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Course Content, Delivery Systems, Handicapped Children
Download full textHarriman, Lynda – 1978
This booklet for parents provides a brief explanation of how babies and young children learn to communicate with others (through actions and words) and suggests specific ways parents can help their children learn to communicate effectively. (RH)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Guides, Infants
Gordon, Ira J.; And Others – 1979
This paper reports on the assessment of parent involvement in the Parent Education Follow Through Program (PEFT) which focuses on the development of a home/school/community partnership and stresses the importance of the home learning situation. A pluralistic evaluative approach was used to assess the program. Case study data were collected in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Models, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education
Rubin, Roberta; And Others – 1979
In response to the need for a comprehensive child services program, the Parent Education Follow Through Program was developed. It combines a program of social action with emphasis on functional relationships between the home and impinging social systems. The major features of the program include the following: (1) comprehensive services (social,…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Home Visits, Models, Parent Child Relationship
Friedman, Dana E., Ed. – 1979
This conference report defines the need for community solutions for child care, discusses community child care provision and funding, and suggests strategies for child care advocates. The first two sections of the report discuss the results of the Family Circle Magazine Child Care Survey and foundation, government, labor and industry funding…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Child Advocacy, Child Care, Community Involvement
Espinoza, Renato; And Others – 1980
Using an ethnographic approach, three Parent Education Programs were studied to describe the social setting in which they took place and to document their impact upon parents. The programs were conceptualized as social service organizations designed to change the parental roles of participants. Each program was observed, interviews were conducted…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Ethnography, Influences, Interviews
Boyd, Richard D.; And Others – 1977
The collection of readings for children was developed as part of the Portage Project which serves approximately 150 rural preschool handicapped and nonhandicapped children by providing them with a home teacher who instructs parents on how to teach their children. Readings cover the following topics: definitions of terms to know; the home teaching…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Disabilities, Home Instruction
Weber, Susan J.; And Others – 1975
The guide provides information on procedures used in the Portage Model, an early home intervention program for rural preschool children with all types of handicapping conditions as well as children functioning within the normal range. Following an introduction (which presents the rationale for parent involvement, rationale for home based programs,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Home Instruction, Home Programs
Noone, John J. – 1980
The document provides reports on 92 model programs serving families with developmentally disabled individuals. Programs range from the avoidance of residential care, through an active parent staff intervention activity, to the outreach by staff into the home of the child where the parent has been trained to carry out a number of activities, to the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs, Fathers
Gannon, Ann – 1979
The Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA) has prepared this resource guide to assist preschool and child care providers in locating resources and materials for effective parent education and parent involvement in early childhood education. The first section of this guide discusses ideas for involving parents in early childhood education and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Resources, Federal Programs, Films
Philadelphia School District, PA. – 1979
This report covers nearly three years of the Parent Partnership Program activities initiated by the School District of Philadelphia to promote parent participation in the education of their children from the age of three and onward. Three major programs were designed to achieve this goal: the Parent Partnership Program, The Books for Tots…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Childhood Education, Educational Programs, Language Arts
GARRETT, PAULINE GILLETTE – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WERE COMMON OPINIONS ABOUT THE ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL LEADERS OF HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PARENTS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI. FIFTY-EIGHT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS PARTICIPATED IN A STRUCTURED INTERVIEW USING A DECK OF 60 TWO-SORT CARDS, EACH…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Disadvantaged, Factor Analysis, Home Economics Education
Sexton, Ronald P.; And Others – 1980
Project Sunrise, a home based parent training model, was designed to serve preschool handicapped children living in rural areas of Montana. Literature was reviewed on when to begin educational intervention, the results of early intervention, the types of intervention most effective, the positive effects of parent education, and the benefits of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Home Programs, Home Visits
Carlson, Nancy A., Ed. – 1979
The final report discusses achievements of a 3 year project to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of integrating young handicapped children into existing early childhood programs. The project is conceptualized from a socioecological model, operationalized as a technical assistance support system, and located within an interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Mainstreaming
Grossman, Michael; And Others – 1980
This document consists of summaries of six closely-related studies which investigated empirically the determinants of children's health with particular reference to home and local environmental variables. The first study examined the relationship between a number of family characteristics and the health of white children (6 through 11 years of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Environmental Influences
