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Buell, Martha J.; Hallam, Rena A.; Beck, Heidi L. – 2000
Using the same approach of family involvement and empowerment that has guided Head Start, Early Head Start offers its services to pregnant women and children, birth to age 3. One of the characteristics that differentiates Early Head Start from traditional Head Start is the mandate to offer full-day, full-year services to infants and toddlers. The…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Day Care, Family Programs, Infants
Deiner, Penny L.; Whitehead, Linda C. – 1988
The Delaware FIRST Program is designed to meet the needs of handicapped infants and toddlers through trained family day care providers. The program is based on a developmental family systems approach. It strives to provide families with ongoing support by offering mainstreamed family day care or respite care, by developing and/or facilitating an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Family Day Care, Family Involvement
McCormick, William; And Others – 1987
Reported are findings and recommendations of Delaware's 1986 Governor's Early Childhood Education Study Committee. Most of the committee's work was carried out by five focus groups, each of which investigated one of these topics: (1) the first 60 months of life; (2) child care; (3) 4-year-old pilot programs; (4) a curriculum for 4-year-olds; and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Government Role, Individual Development, Individual Needs