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Download full textLuborsky, Barbara – NAMTA Journal, 2014
Barbara Luborsky explores the commonalities between occupational therapists and Montessori guides, such as their focus on the prepared environment, following the child, task analysis, and multi-sensory learning. She describes many types of sensory processing disorders including their symptoms, treatment, and the many resources and adaptations that…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Montessori Method, Educational Environment, Task Analysis
Zachry, Elizabeth M.; Schneider, Emily – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2010
One of the greatest challenges that community colleges face in their efforts to increase graduation rates is improving the success of students in their developmental, or remedial, education programs. This literature review seeks to examine research on developmental education strategies and reforms and identify the most promising approaches for…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Developmental Programs, Remedial Instruction, Adjunct Faculty
Nievar, M. Angela; Jacobson, A.; Dier, S. – Online Submission, 2008
The Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program promotes school readiness by providing services directly to parents through home visitation. This study describes the outcomes of the HIPPY program for Latino immigrant families in a large Southwestern city. A quasi-experimental design compared 48 families on the program…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Intervention, Mothers, Marital Satisfaction
Simner, Marvin L. – 1985
Involving 619 preschool children, a longitudinal investigation evaluated a new test for identifying preschool children who produce an excessive number of form errors in printing. All children participating were fluent in English and were in the appropriate grades for their ages, either pre-kindergarten or kindergarten, when they were given the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCurry, Nancy E. – Young Children, 1990
Presents views conveyed to Pennsylvania's State Board of Education about what has been learned from poor and quality practices in early childhood education, and how to apply that knowledge to ensure the best education for young children. Recommends public school classes for preschool-aged children to prevent or remediate environmental and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices
Askins, Billy E.; And Others – 1977
This paper describes an external evaluation study of the Responsive Environment Early Education Program (formerly known as the Responsive Environment Program for Spanish American Children), an educational intervention program for "high risk" (low birth weight) 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children in Clovis, New Mexico. Major goals of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Handicapped, Bilingual Education, Body Weight
