To increase parent involvement and meet the need for adult help in classrooms, a preschool director implemented a practicum in a church-owned, nondenominational preschool serving 250 children from an upper-middle-class community in the Northeast. The intervention offered a wide range of parent involvement activities, including the formation of a…

The study, involving 31 mothers of handicapped children enrolled in North Carolina preschools, addressed the parents' perspectives on preschool services for themselves and their children. A two-phase interview strategy was used in which the parents were treated as "experts" who would provide answers to the previously identified broad…

One of 10 documents developed by the Preschool Program for Handicapped Children of the Putnam/Northern Westchester (NY) Board of Cooperative Educational Services, the report details accomplishments during the 1980-81 school year. The following are reported as major accomplishments: Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) unanimous approval;…

The Preschool Program, Center on Human Development at the University of Oregon is described in terms of objectives, rationale, structure, staff, curriculum design, parent involvement, support services, training and dissemination, and research and evaluation. The project has accommodated five major shifts in generally held concepts about young…

The report describes the development and accomplishments of the Early Start Preschool Program (Vineland, New Jersey), a project to overcome developmental delays in communication and learning through a structured curriculum, parent training and participation, and a model nutrition program. Six outcome objectives, including objectives of gain in…

As part of a series of publications reporting the promising practices gleaned from pre-elementary Right to Read programs, this guidebook introduces its readers to the format used to describe the promising practices, provides statistical and descriptive information about the pre-elementary Right to Read programs, and describes each of the four…

A project designed to serve two purposes in serving urban children is described. The purposes are: (1) to provide preschool education based on Sesame Street viewing, and (2) to provide an experimental framework to evaluate three possible approaches of parental involvement which might further enhance the gains of children viewing Sesame Street. The…

This document evaluates the first three years of a preschool project in Kalamazoo School District which was funded by Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The program aims to maximize the potential of each preschool child and to involve parents and community agencies in the project. This report describes the objectives of the…

A Louisiana school district, required to provide public preschool services to academically-gifted three- to five-year-olds, developed an effective and cost-efficient screening and identification procedure using a parent questionnaire, a preschool teacher questionnaire, and a standardized test instrument. (Author/CB)

Analysis of 21 early intervention projects approved by the JDRP (Joint Dissemination Review Panel) revealed that the projects reflected stress on parent involvement, early intervention, and structured programing, and had demonstrated feasibility of early intervention and developed curriculum and assessment materials. The frequency of serious…

Remarks of nationally recognized leaders in gifted education are summarized from a 1982 meeting to discuss development of preschool gifted programs in Louisiana. Discussion focuses on identification, curriculum, teacher preparation, evaluation, and parent participation. (CL)

This paper explains the Head Start on Science and Communication Program (HSSCP) developed by the Laboratory of Student Success (LSS) at Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education (CRHDE). This program uses an inquiry approach and teaches problem solving skills to students. The program consists of a 2-week summer…

This document consists of the 15 issues of the "National Head Start Bulletin" published during the three-year period 1993-1995. The bulletin is devoted to subjects of concern to Head Start teachers and administrators; each issue focuses on one topic. A main article and several smaller articles discuss various aspects of the topic for…

Article considered the merits of playgroups versus nursery schools, the needs of preschool children, and the role of parents in educating their children. (RK)