ERIC Number: EJ1232229
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Head Start Impact on Fathers' Involvement and Black Children's Development
Lee, Kyunghee; Rispoli, Kristin
Journal of Social Work Education, v55 n4 p777-797 2019
This study examined Head Start's impact on fathers' school-based involvement and associations with Black children's cognitive, behavioral, and social-emotional skills. With a sample of 1,354 Black children, fathers' involvement was measured as attendance at school meetings, teacher conferences, school events, and/or volunteering at school events. Children's cognitive skills were literacy, language, and mathematics scores. Parents reported on the parent-child relationship, children's social skills, and behavioral concerns. Non-resident fathers in Head Start were more involved in Black children's schooling than not enrolled in Head Start. Unexpectedly, fathers' school-based involvement and Head Start enrollment were not related to children's developmental outcomes at kindergarten age. Head Start serving impoverished Black families should consider implementing targeted school-based father involvement initiatives that directly influence children.
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Cognitive Ability, Literacy, Interpersonal Competence, Enrollment, Child Development, Correlation, Social Development, Emotional Development, Meetings, Parent Teacher Conferences, School Activities, Mathematics Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Achievement Tests, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary, African American Students, Blacks
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Wechsler Individual Achievement Test; Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test
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