The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of the Natural Teaching Strategies (NTS) parent training intervention on parent and child behaviour during free play. A pretest/posttest experimental design was used with families recruited from Head Start programs. Measures of observed behaviour were used to determine the use of contingent…

"Rethinking Early Childhood Education" is alive with the conviction that teaching young children involves values and vision. This anthology collects inspiring stories about social justice teaching with young children. Included here is outstanding writing from childcare teachers, early-grade public school teachers, scholars, and parents.…

This report presents an evaluation of a state implemented prekindergarten program for disadvantaged 4-year-old children in Texas in light of the program's impact on the largest urban school districts. The purpose of the program was to break the cycle of school failure and underachievement of disadvantaged and limited English proficient children.…

This report describes the development of a story-reading program called Story Telling and Retelling (STaR), and its effects on the language and comprehension of disadvantaged prekindergarten and kindergarten children. Following an introduction, an initial section describes the development of this program as part of an urban school restructuring…

Fifty-one low-income families, each with a toddler, plus at least one other child under age 5, participated in a 5-year home-based intervention study designed to help mothers become more effective educational change agents. One group received a 9-month treatment specifically designed for the needs and characteristics of the individual families;…

This study of a parent education program associated with a medical facility investigated two questions: (1) Was the medical facility a valid site for recruiting and training parents for an educational intervention program to be carried out at home? (2) Would a short term intervention program have an impact on the performance of preschool children…

TWENTY-SEVEN DISADVANTAGED 4-YEAR-OLDS PARTICIPATED IN A STRUCTURED PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH STRESSED LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE CHILDREN WERE PLACED IN EITHER A MORNING OR AN AFTERNOON CLASS. THESE CLASSES WERE SUBDIVIDED INTO 3 ABILITY GROUPS, EACH WITH ITS OWN TEACHER WHO STAYED WITH HER CHILDREN. CONTENT AREA MATERIALS USED IN…

This collection of 27 essays, some published elsewhere, is a product of Project TRUE (Teachers and Resources for Urban Education), which has been conducted at the Hunter College Curriculum Center since 1962. The essays have been used experimentally in a number of classes at Hunter College and other institutions providing special courses for…

Intended as a guide, not as a curriculum, the manual presents activities designed to improve communication and information processing skills in culturally disadvantaged preschool children, as well as to ameliorate deficits. Generally following the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, except for a section on visual closure derived from…

This booklet briefly describes the activities of the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE), including the basic philosophy of the DARCEE approach, the application of that philosophy in the classroom, the three different classroom training centers, the intervention program, and research and training programs. The purpose of…

In 1968, a project entitled "Accelerated Training Programs in Underprivileged Environments" attempted to investigate possibilities of preventive mental health techniques through early implementation of behavior modification procedures. The general objects of this project were: to alter the pre-school environment of children aged 0-5 from…

Presented is the final report of the South End Project of the Boston University Head Start Evaluation and Research Center. In a Head Start community a setting was created to study and service preschool children with emotional and social disturbances from low income homes. During the 3-year project, 112 children were seen, families interviewed,…

A construct of psychoneurological efficiency provides the guiding framework for developing early identification procedures and compensatory training for Head Start children whose inefficient information processing skills interfere with their cognitive development. Psychoneurological efficiency is the ability to process information through the body…

This study evaluates the impact of the first year of "Sesame Street" on preschool televiewing audiences in five sites (Boston, Mass., Durham, N.C., Phoenix, Ariz., suburban Philadelphia, and northeastern California). Chapter I introduces evaluational questions and the research strategy. Chapter II presents sampling procedures for pretest…

The Saturday School model for Home School Coordination was based on a 5-year development program for rural disadvantaged Delta Negroes, Ozarkan Caucasians, and non-reservation Indians. Broad objectives of the program were: (1) to develop parent education curriculum to supplement the learning experiences of the children; and (2) to develop a…