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Parette, Howard P., Jr. – 1994
This study examined the assessment and prescriptive practices used in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) efforts throughout the country. Project Directors (N=50) of projects funded under the Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act were surveyed. The survey instrument was designed to assess Project…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Developmental Disabilities
Zero to Three, 1994
This special issue focuses on infant and toddler child care. The title article, by J. Ronald Lally and others, examines the sources of problems in the management and planning of quality child care. It also explores six key components of early group experience: group size, quality of the physical environment, primary caregiving assignments,…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Day Care
Kamerman, Sheila B.; Kahn, Alfred J. – 1994
This report on European developments in infant and toddler care services was prepared to help define issues and options for the improvement and expansion of infant and toddler care and family support systems in the United States. Introductory comments suggest that advanced industrialized countries have almost unanimously elected universal but…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education
Kopacsi, Rosemarie – 1990
This study evaluates the Barringer School-Based Child Care Center Project, a program within a traditional Newark (New Jersey) high school designed to provide a comprehensive system of support and services for adolescent parents. The evaluation design uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to describe program structure and implementation,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adolescents, Child Rearing, Day Care
Young, Kathryn T.; Marx, Elisabeth – 1992
This paper discusses ways in which communities can enhance a family's ability to foster learning in the first 3 years of their child's life so that the child will be academically, emotionally, and socially competent in the transition to preschool and school. The paper focuses on model community-based programs that serve high risk families with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Welfare
Jordan, June B., Ed.; And Others – 1988
Twelve author-contributed papers address current issues in service delivery to infants and toddlers (birth to age 3) with handicapping conditions. Issues focus on the legislative mandate of Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986. An introductory chapter by James J. Gallagher summarizes major questions for the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Clinical Diagnosis, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Wu, Fang; Li, Xingbang; Wei, Quihong – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2004
Through the 2002 Early Childhood Education Initiative, Shouguang City in the Shandong province of China expanded its early childhood education program to include children below the age of three. The strategies which were applied to ensure the successful implementation of the program included: (1) creating a three-tiered professional development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Chen, Deborah – 2001
This report identifies key issues for providing early childhood special education services to young children who are visually impaired and for working with families of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. First, it discusses the incidence of visual impairment and associated disabilities among young children, the process of early…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Disabilities
Holder, Loreta – 1977
This final report describes a federally-funded project that was designed to provide a model for service delivery to severely physically involved infants and their families living in the highly rural area of West Alabama. The project developed and refined an eclectic treatment approach known as Developmental Physical Management Techniques (DPMT).…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Curriculum Development, Early Intervention, Infants
Bennett, Theresa – 1998
This training module on transitioning young children with disabilities into preschool programs is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Early Intervention, Educational Legislation, Family Programs
Barry, Virginia M., Ed.; Cantor, Patricia, Ed. – Focus on Infants and Toddlers, 2000
These four quarterly newsletter issues address various topics of interest to child caregivers. Each issue focuses on a theme and includes articles on that theme, along with regular news or vice president's columns. The Fall 1999 issue addresses family play and seeks to encourage families to regard play as a way of relaxing and finding contentment…
Descriptors: Brain, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers
Gandini, Lella, Ed.; Edwards, Carolyn Pope, Ed. – 2001
This book describes Italian experiences in providing early care and education, focusing on four cities--Milan, Parma, Reggio Emilia, and Pistoia--with outstanding city-run systems designed to serve children under 3 and their families. The book considers specific strategies or practices used, and interprets the significance of the Italian…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Documentation
Alabama Inst. for Deaf and Blind, Talladega. – 1999
This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of a 4-year federally funded project designed to meet the critical need in Alabama to provide effective practices in the delivery of educational services to children and youth with deaf-blindness from birth through 21 years of age and to their families and service providers. The project…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children, Deaf Blind
Incorporating Developmental Therapy in Early Childhood Programs: Challenges and Promising Practices.

Hanft, Barbara; Striffler, Nancy – Infants and Young Children, 1995
This article identifies challenges to incorporating occupational, physical, and speech-language therapy into early childhood programs under Parts B and H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Challenges include transforming traditional medical model services, meeting the need for qualified personnel, and adequately preparing…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Stremel, Kathleen – 1995
This final report describes a pilot project, "Quality Service Provision for Infants and Young Children with Deaf-Blindness: A Mechanism for State Intervention Teams," developed and implemented at the University of Southern Mississippi. The project developed a model of an intervention team that provides intensive training and technical…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Disability Identification