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Incarcerated Fathers' Experiences in the Read to Your Child/Grandchild Program: Supporting Children's Literacy, Learning, and Education
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Prins, Esther; Stickel, Tabitha; Kaiper-Marquez, Anna – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2020
In response to rising parental incarceration, some correctional facilities and outside organizations offer family literacy programs for parents in prison. However, research on these correctional education initiatives is scant. This paper uses qualitative data to analyze how 11 fathers in a rural Pennsylvania prison were involved in their…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Fathers, Rural Areas
The Influence of Positive Mother-Child Verbal Interactions on Adolescent Mothers' Literacy
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Baron, Heather-Lee M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this six-month qualitative microethnographic case study was to determine what influence a family literacy program based on positive mother-child verbal interactions would have on the participating adolescent mothers' literacy skills. The design of the program was founded on the Hart and Risley study (1995) and their findings…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Family Literacy, Literacy Education
Lebanon Community Library, Final Performance Report for Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title VI, Library Literacy Program.
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Kline, Patricia A.; Long, Sandy – 1994
The Lebanon County Family Literacy Program, a project of the Lebanon Community Library (Pennsylvania), targeted intergenerational/families and focused on coalition building, public awareness, training, and collection development. The Lebanon Community Library serves as: a centralized location for storing and disseminating materials and handouts on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Family Literacy, Federal Programs, Grants