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Download full textDouglas, Dorothy, Ed. – 1994
This comprehensive resource guide describes programs and services for young children (prenatal to age 8) and their families in Alaska. Information for the resource guide was collected from state departmental budget documents, program guides, annual reports, and program personnel. In compiling this information, certain trends concerning children's…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Child Health, Child Welfare, Databases
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, Washington, DC. – 1997
This bibliography is designed to help families identify the many materials available on the subject of problem behaviors, behavioral disorders, and positive behavioral support. This list identifies selected resources to help families understand and positively address the behavior challenges associated with disabilities such as autism,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Conflict Resolution
Meehan, Merrill L. – 1997
The Monongalia County (West Virgina) Even Start Program begun in 1993 to address family literacy and to prepare children for entrance into school, consists of three interrelated approaches: adult education, parenting education, and early childhood education. In June 1996, the program was serving 62 families (mostly low-income) with an average of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Family Literacy, Family Programs
Jacobvitz, Deborah; Crosby, Danielle; Wooley, John; Smith, Ralph – 1997
The 1996-97 school year marked the third year of a 4-year grant from the Texas Education Agency's Division of Adult and Community Education for funding the ASPIRE/Even Start program operated by Communities In Schools-Central Texas Inc. (CIS). The broad purpose of Even Start is to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy in families by…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
McDermott-Murphy, Dana – 1994
Visits to more than 900 schools revealed that what is most longed for by teachers and students is a more caring environment. The Learning How to Care: Education for Parenting program (LHTC) curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12 was created to teach youth an alternative to violence and to link the concepts of parenting and caring. Caring is…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Empathy
Grim, Nancy C. – 1999
This paper reports on a study that used Hestenes' Force Concept Inventory (FCI) to describe Newtonian force concepts and misconception belief systems held by preservice teachers in physical science and physics students attending an urban university in Chicago, Illinois. Results indicate that constructivist instruction in force concepts was of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Background, Force
Anderson, Beckie – 1999
Even Start programs integrate early childhood education, adult literacy or basic education, parenting education and support, and parent and child time to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy. This report describes the Even Start program in Colorado, and includes evaluation questions and methods. The report presents evaluation findings…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Early Parenthood
Wagner, Mary; Spiker, Donna – 2001
The Parents as Teachers (PAT) program is increasingly turned to as an option in broadening parent education and family support program offerings. In order to provide evidence of PAT's effectiveness in general and with low-income families in particular, a public-private partnership was formed to conduct a multi-site evaluation in three communities.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Home Visits, Infants
Goertz, Lori; Franklin, Barbara – 2000
This final report describes the activities and outcomes of the California Deaf-Blind Services (CDBS) program, a regionally based, family focused technical assistance and training project designed to improve services to children with deaf-blindness. The project conducted the following activities: (1) provided technical assistance to families and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education, Infants
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Career Exploration, College School Cooperation
Early Childhood Development Unit, Wellington (New Zealand). – 1997
This annual report outlines the mission and goals of New Zealand's Early Childhood Development Unit (ECDU), established in 1989 to promote the development and provision of high quality, accessible, and culturally appropriate educational and developmental facilities and services for families and young children. The report contains a directory of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Annual Reports, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1999
This final report describes accomplishments and activities of a four-year federally supported program to provide technical assistance and training focused on educational programming, language/communication, and assessment for children and youth with deaf blindness in Washington State. Overall, the state provided training to approximately 6,200…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Deaf Blind, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, Renton, WA. – 1991
The guide, intended for limited-English-speaking Korean parents in the United States and written entirely in Korean, discusses the nature and incidence of sexual assault and offers suggestions for keeping children safe from it. It includes several stories about attempted abduction and sexual assault of children and adolescents, defines sexual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Coping, Crime Prevention
2001
This report provides the framework for response to Nova Scotia's agreement with the government of Canada to invest in an early childhood development (ECD) strategy. The report begins with a list of guiding principles for child and family services. The major challenge for the ECD strategy is to identify the key areas of investment that will create…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Care, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Minnesota Higher Education Services Office, St. Paul. – 2003
This report highlights services and programs of the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office that provide access to postsecondary education, noting efforts to provide services efficiently through increased use of technology and collaborations. After an introduction which discusses the Office's functions, nine sections examine: (1) "Student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Libraries, Consumer Protection, Databases
