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van Otterloo, Sandra G.; van der Leij, Aryan – Annals of Dyslexia, 2009
Children (5 and 6 years old, n = 30) at familial risk of dyslexia received a home-based intervention that focused on phoneme awareness and letter knowledge in the year prior to formal reading instruction. The children were compared to a no-training at-risk control group (n = 27), which was selected a year earlier. After training, we found a small…
Descriptors: Intervention, Phonemes, Dyslexia, Foreign Countries
Versluys, Hilda P. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1986
The article describes a Netherlands model for support and assistance to families of handicapped children. "Practical Help at Home" is an outgrowth of the Parents' Initiative Movement and relies on volunteers to provide a range of services including respite and training. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Home Programs
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Leseman, P. P. M.; van Tuijl, C. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2001
Reports the results of an intensive 2-year home-based educational program for 4-6 year old Turkish minority children in the Netherlands. Mothers who worked with their children at home carried out the structured program in Turkish. Overall, results indicate that involving parents in their children's education through a structured home-based…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Foreign Countries, Home Programs, Language Minorities
Slot, N. Wim; Jagers, Hans D. – 1990
Since 1981, five Kursushuis ("course house") programs for delinquent youth have been established in the Netherlands. Although similar in many ways to Achievement Place (AP) programs, Kursushuis programs differ from AP programs in that they place fewer children in a course house and use a social competence model that allows task-specific…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Cordus, Joyce; van Oudenhoven, Nico – 1997
Since 1995, UNESCO and the Averroes Foundation have collaborated to develop early childhood education programs. This report describes Averroes intervention programs currently used in the Netherlands with young at-risk children. Following a Foreword which describes various UNESCO early childhood activities, the report is divided into six parts.…
Descriptors: Action Research, At Risk Persons, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Rearing