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National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2020
We know that responsive relationships and language-rich experiences for young children help build a strong foundation for later success in school. The rapidly advancing frontiers of 21st-century biological sciences now provide compelling evidence that the foundations of lifelong health are also built early, with increasing evidence of the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Lifelong Learning, Biology
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Ann S. Masten; Aria E. Fiat; Madelyn H. Labella; Ryan A. Strack – School Psychology Review, 2015
Homelessness among children in poverty continues to confront schools, educators, and policymakers with major challenges. This commentary summarizes findings from 2 decades of research on academic risk and resilience in children experiencing homelessness. Recent research corroborates the early conclusion that although children experiencing…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Student Mobility, Risk, Resilience (Psychology)
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Fitzgerald, Meghan M.; Theilheimer, Rachel – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2013
This qualitative study of three Head Start Centers analyzed surveys, interviews, and focus group data to determine how education coordinators, teachers, and teacher assistants believed professional development activities could support teamwork at their centers. The researchers sorted data related to teamwork into four categories: knowledge and…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Feedback (Response), Faculty Development, Disadvantaged Youth
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Knowlden, Adam P.; Hill, Lawrence F.; Alles-White, Monica L.; Cottrell, Randall R. – NHSA Dialog, 2012
Tooth decay remains the most common chronic disease of childhood. The CincySmiles Foundation (CSF) developed an instrument to evaluate Head Start parents' knowledge of oral health care practices and to identify barriers Head Start parents face when seeking dental treatment for their children. Data from Head Start parents (n = 675) across 3…
Descriptors: Health Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Health, Dental Health
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McDermott, Paul A.; Rikoon, Samuel H.; Waterman, Clare; Fantuzzo, John W. – School Psychology Review, 2012
Given the importance of accurately gauging early childhood approaches to learning, this study reports evidence for the dimensionality and utility of the Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale for use with disadvantaged preschool children. Data from a large (N = 1,666) sample representative of urban Head Start classrooms revealed three reliable…
Descriptors: Evidence, Disadvantaged Youth, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies
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Bokony, Patti A.; Conners-Burrow, Nicola A.; Whiteside-Mansell, Leanne; Johnson, Danya; McKelvey, Lorraine; Bradley, Robert H. – NHSA Dialog, 2010
This article reviews the findings from our assessments of children and their families in two Head Start programs using the Family Map. Specifically, we used the Family Map assessment tool to identify risks to children associated with alcohol and drug use in families with young children. Practical suggestions are offered to administrators about the…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Disadvantaged Youth, Child Welfare, Drug Use
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Ayoub, Catherine; O'Connor, Erin; Rappolt-Schlictmann, Gabrielle; Vallotton, Claire; Raikes, Helen; Chazan-Cohen, Rachel – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2009
The purposes of the present study were to examine associations between risk factors and the cognitive performance from one to three years of age of children living in poverty, and to investigate the protective and/or promotive effects of EHS on children's cognitive skill performance. Analyses were conducted using data from the Early Head Start…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Poverty, Mothers, Disadvantaged Youth
Malone, Lizabeth; Hulsey, Lara; Aikens, Nikki; West, Jerry; Tarullo, Louisa – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. Successive nationally representative samples of Head Start children and their families,…
Descriptors: Credentials, School Readiness, Reading Readiness, Disadvantaged Youth
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Collins, Molly F.; Dennis, Sarah E. – NHSA Dialog, 2009
Among risk factors associated with reading difficulties, poverty and underdeveloped oral language skills can be particularly detrimental to reading success. The City Early Reading First (CERF) project implemented a comprehensive curriculum, professional development, intensive mentoring, and home supports to enhance children's language, literacy,…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Early Reading, Oral Language, Disadvantaged Youth
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Davie, Ronald – Early Child Development and Care, 1979
Examines the concept of "risk" in relation to its use in service delivery to children and their families and considers the various problems, theoretical and practical, attendant upon the use of such a concept. (MP)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Health Services
Newman, Lawrence S.; Ramey, Craig T. – 1979
The purpose of this study is to understand how parental attitudes affect the development of children at risk for psychosocial retardation. The investigation employs measures of maternal attitudes toward self, toward parenting, toward the child, a measure of the quality of the home environment, and measures of children's self-concept, school…
Descriptors: Black Mothers, Black Youth, Child Development, Comparative Analysis
Hofferth, Sandra L.; And Others – 1994
This report examines whether educationally disadvantaged or at-risk preschool children have access to center-based early childhood programs similar to the access enjoyed by advantaged children, and whether the programs are of comparable quality. Eight risk factors that represent gross indications of educational disadvantage are examined, including…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers, Disadvantaged Youth