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Brown, Jennifer A.; Garzarek, Jessica E.; Donegan, Katharine L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2014
The purpose of this multiple baseline study across participants was to examine a narrative retell intervention with guided self-monitoring on narrative macrostructure skills in low-income African American young children at risk for language disorders. Three target 4-year-old children in a mixed-age kindergarten class of nine students participated…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, At Risk Students, African American Children, Personal Narratives
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Martin, Kathleen; Emfinger, Kay; Snyder, Scott; O'Neal, Marcia – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
This paper presents results of Year 2 of an Early Reading First project in a low-income, primarily African American community. Goals of Early Reading First include preparing at-risk preschoolers for school success. This project provided professional development, classroom coaching, books, and materials in support of a literacy-focused preschool…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Intervention
Puma, Michael; Bell, Stephen; Cook, Ronna; Heid, Camilla; Lopez, Michael – Administration for Children & Families, 2005
The Congressionally-mandated Head Start Impact Study is being conducted across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate agencies. Approximately 5,000 newly entering 3- and 4-year-old children applying for Head Start were randomly assigned to either a Head Start group that had access to Head Start program services or to a non-Head Start group…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles