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Schweinhart, Lawrence J. – 1985
This paper describes the problem and consequences of preschool poverty and outlines the potential contributions of high quality preschool child development programs towards lessening the magnitude of the problem. Data indicate that among children under 6 years of age one in four is now living in poverty, and in 17 states more than one fourth of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Competence, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1980
The guide, a support document to the Oklahoma State Plan for Special Education, presents a policies and procedures manual for special education in Oklahoma in accordance with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). The manual is intended to establish the minimum standards for special education program approval, to establish…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Due Process, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Sandler, Howard M.; And Others – 1971
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a 12-week intervention in 6 black and 9 white low income homes in order to modify maternal teaching behavior and influence child functioning. Home visitors worked with the mothers once a week mainly utilizing objects and events in the home for educational purposes. It was hypothesized that a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research
Cohen, Monroe D., Ed. – 1976
This publication contains six papers presented at the 1975 Texas Conference on Infancy. The papers present discussions of (1) intervention studies and programs for infants and families, (2) the interaction between infants and their caregivers, (3) mutual adaptation of mother and child, (4) discontinuous mothering, and (5) the emergence of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Butler, Annie L. – 1970
This publication is particularly concerned with research and writing performed on the outcomes of early childhood education programs during the last five years. The chapters in this research review discuss the following: 1. The Current Scene--Conflicting Philosophy in Early Childhood Education; Difficulties in Analyzing the Research on Values in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Creativity
Education Development Center, Washington, DC. – 1995
The manual contains technical assistance, information, and suggested strategies for staff who work with children enrolled in Head Start who are affected by substance abuse. The information is intended to bring about change and improvement in the developmental potential of these children. Chapter 1 presents general information on children affected…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alcoholism, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare
Lockwood, Elizabeth Loring, Ed.; Pistono, Kathleen – 1989
This compilation of guidelines presents standards for assessment and eligibility determinations and direction for planning services for speech-impaired and language-impaired students in Michigan. The first section, on eligibility considerations, emphasizes the expanded responsibilities of teachers of speech/language-impaired students as they serve…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Behavior Rating Scales, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Storch, Ivy S. – 1987
This paper reviews instructional strategies for dealing with learning-disabled preschool children in mainstreamed classrooms. It focuses on the teacher's role in developing the child's abilities in the areas of social skills, choices and anxiety, sequencing and routine, transition periods, and motor skills. To enhance social skills, peer…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Development, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Weiss, Rita S. – 1980
Evaluation of the 1974-77 INREAL (INclass REActive Language) demonstration model project, initially serving 518 children (aged 3-5 years), focused on the Colorado program's objectives of increasing language handicapped and bilingual (Spanish) children's language development significantly and preventing later language-related learning problems in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Students, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Dept. of Education. – 1980
Results of the secondary analysis of data obtained in a study of Head Start graduates in the public schools are presented and discussed in this final report. Unforeseen circumstances prohibited the full implementation of the original longitudinal research design, and, consequently, only one test battery was administered to first-grade students.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Early Experience, Economic Status, Ethnicity
Askins, Billy E.; And Others – 1977
Formerly the Responsive Environment Program for Spanish American Children, REEEP is an educational intervention program for "high risk" (of low birth weight) 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children, living in the Clovis, New Mexico area. Goals of REEEP, an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III program, are: to prevent school failure…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Handicapped, Bilingual Education, Demonstration Programs
Askins, Billy E.; And Others – 1976
Formerly the Responsive Environment Program for Spanish American Children, REEEP is an educational intervention program for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old "high risk" (of low birth weight and with various handicaps) Spanish American children. Goals of REEEP, an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III program, are to: prevent school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Handicapped, Bilingual Education, Demonstration Programs
Whitney, Edward N.; And Others – 1975
In studies conducted in the Baltimore City Public Schools by the Office of Pupil and Program Monitoring and Appraisal (OPPMA), pre-kindergarten pupils were found to be "growing scholastically". A program, Early School Admissions Program (ESAP) was based on nine objectives established to prepare pre-schoolers for "reading…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Early Admission, Evaluation Methods
Siegel-Causey, Ellin – 1996
This volume is a guide for assessing children with dual sensory or severe impairments between birth and age 5. It begins by discussing a functional-ecological three-step assessment process for children birth to three years, and the steps for assessing preschoolers from three to five years old. It then describes six steps to guide the use of the…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Early Identification, Evaluation Methods, Family Involvement
Alsop, Linda; Blaha, Robbie; Kloos, Eric – 2000
Designed to increase awareness and understanding about interveners and their role in the field of deafblindness, this paper describes the work of interveners in early intervention and educational settings provided under the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and the Individualized Education Program (IEP) for children and youth who are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Classroom Environment, Deaf Blind
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