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Download full textAspen Systems Corp., Rockville, MD. – 1997
This guide is intended for use in training Head Start staff working with families to plan and implement the program's curriculum through an individualized child development and education approach. The guide focuses specifically on enhancing staff skills in carrying out the four steps in the individualizing process: screening; evaluation; planning;…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Family Involvement, High Risk Students
Sexton, David, Ed. – Focus on Infants and Toddlers, 1998
These four quarterly newsletter issues address various topics of interest to child caregivers. Each issue focuses on a theme and includes an article on that theme, along with regular columns. The Fall 1997 issue focuses on play in the world of infants, stressing its importance and advising parents and caregivers in using play to facilitate…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Gallagher, James J., Ed.; Fullager, Patricia K., Ed. – 1992
This paper reports on a symposium of experts in child and family development and health care which met to discuss integrated systems of services. The symposium was part of the Carolina Policy Studies Program which is addressing policy implementation of Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The paper notes IDEA's…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Child Development, Delivery Systems
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Adult Education and Literacy. – 1990
Abstracts of 46 projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Even Start program in 1990 are presented. Each project is from a different public school, public school district, board of education, or regional educational cooperative. Among the projects reported are the following: Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education
Wallach, Lorraine B. – 1991
The first part of this paper on the developmental consequences of children's exposure to chronic violence provides background information on the problem of violence. Developmental consequences of exposure to domestic and community violence for children at various developmental levels are briefly outlined. Consequences for children include: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Child Development, Crime, Dramatic Play
Gold, Ruth; Spivack, Frieda – 1983
The report is designed as a guideline for preservice and inservice teacher education programs and the New York local education agencies providing preschool services to handicapped children. A set of competencies was reviewed, rated and discussed by professionals in the field at two workshops and in consultation with preschool program…
Descriptors: Child Development, Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
de la Brosse, Beatrice – 1988
Practical information and sample teaching activities for child caregivers who work with young developmentally disabled children in family day care settings are provided in this manual. Each chapter shares a typical experience a caregiver may have with a particular child. Chapter 1 focuses on getting to know a new child, initial expectations, and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Stages
de la Brosse, Beatrice – 1988
Practical information and sample teaching activities for child caregivers who work with young developmentally disabled children in family day care settings are provided in this manual. Each chapter shares a typical experience a caregiver may have with a particular child. Chapter 1 focuses on getting to know a new child, initial expectations, and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Stages
Miller, Louise; Gelardi, Sal – 1980
The text of this syllabus, addressed primarily to American Indian teacher aides (TA), defines the role of the TA in the classroom and provides information that will assist the aides in carrying out their duties and will assist the teacher in understanding and effectively utilizing the TA. Information covers: the aide in American Indian programs,…
Descriptors: Activities, American Indian Education, Check Lists, Child Development
Opravilova, Eva, Ed. – 1980
This three-volume annotated bibliography cites 986 articles covering a variety of issues related to preschool education in several Eastern and Western countries, including England, France, Italy, Russia, Czechoslovakia, and Germany, as well as the United States. Entries are classified into 13 main categories: social and ideological basis of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Development, Educational Environment
Powell, Marjorie; And Others – 1980
The final volume in a series of six evaluation reports, this document provides a summary of the results of the evaluation of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC), conducted when the evaluation study's cohort of children had completed grade 1. Begun at 15 sites in 1974 with the purpose of ensuring that disadvantaged children receive continuous…
Descriptors: Child Development, Control Groups, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Lasher, Miriam G.; And Others – 1978
This guide to mainstreaming emotionally disturbed preschoolers is one of a series of eight manuals on mainstreaming preschoolers developed by Project Head Start. The guide is addressed to parents, teachers, and other professionals and paraprofessionals. Chapter I presents information on the meaning, benefits and implementation of mainstreaming and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, Child Development, Emotional Disturbances
Cooper, Pamela; And Others – 1980
This discussion of the development of children's competency in nonverbal communication is divided into three major sections; (1) review of literature, (2) methodological concerns, (3) implications for teachers. The review of literature focuses on post-1970 studies using non-institutionalized children. Findings are organized according to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Body Language, Child Development, Developmental Stages
HOLMES, DOUGLAS; HOLMES, MONICA BYCHOWSKI – 1966
THREE HEAD START PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED TO INVESTIGATE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FOUR GROUPS OF CHILDREN IN THE AREAS OF INTELLIGENCE, COGNITION AND ACHIEVEMENT, ENVIRONMENT, AND PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS. THE FOUR GROUPS WERE (1) THE SR GROUP IN WHICH THE CHILDRENS' PARENTS SOUGHT OUT ENTRY FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM, (2) THE SAP…
Descriptors: Achievement, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing
Etaugh, Claire – 1978
Research on the effects of nonmaternal care on preschool children and writings of childrearing authorities on this topic in the popular press indicate that: (1) high quality nonmaternal care does not appear to have adverse effects on the young child's maternal attachment, intellectual development, or social-emotional behavior; (2) child-care books…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs
