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Bloom, Barbara – Special Education in Canada, 1982
A training program taught community people to work with parents of rural preschool children at risk for handicaps. Paraprofessionals received nine days of preservice instruction and a weekly inservice session on such topics as child development, assessment, and teaching strategies. Results have shown positive signs in children, parents, and…
Descriptors: High Risk Persons, Home Programs, Inservice Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel
SCHWARTZ, ANTHONY N.; AND OTHERS – 1965
AN INTENSIVE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM OF HOME TEACHING AND GUIDANCE WAS CONDUCTED WITH 30 RURAL AREA DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. THE SAMPLES WERE GROUPED INTO (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP THAT RECEIVED 21 WEEKS OF HOME TEACHING, (2) A CONTROL GROUP THAT RECEIVED ATTENTION THROUGH HOME VISITS, AND (3) A CONTROL GROUP THAT RECEIVED ONLY THE TESTING. THE…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Television, Home Instruction, Home Programs
Peer reviewedSawyer, Walter E.; Sawyer, Jean C. – Research in Rural Education, 1982
Readiness skills measured effects of no treatment, home based programs, formal preschool programs, and a combination of the latter two on 90 incoming kindergarteners. Conclusions indicate cooperative home/school bonds are important for improving preschool readiness skills and home based programs can provide important developmental experiences in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Home Programs, Nursery Schools
Peer reviewedPerkins, Cybil; Walter, Marilyn – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1987
Describes a program which addresses the needs of underserved handicapped children who live in isolated rural areas of Nevada. Covers the program's computer-assisted, home-based curricula and video-assisted, home-based assessment and instruction as well as evaluation methodology and results of preliminary child-progress data. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Home Programs, Outreach Programs
Peer reviewedClark, Thomas C. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
The Sensory Impaired Home Intervention (SKI*HI) Model provides services for rural, hearing impaired children at an average annual cost of $1,400 per child. Weekly home visits are provided by nearby or local part time parent advisors, thus minimizing travel costs and eliminating employment problems associated with long travel hours. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Family Involvement, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedRural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Describes a program that trains parents as support personnel in classrooms serving handicapped preschoolers, a program that combines computer technology and professional expertise to assist families without access to early intervention programs, and a program that uses parents to mediate an instructional program for handicapped children from birth…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum, Delivery Systems
Download full textLehnhoff, Nora; And Others – 1976
Intended to suggest types of early childhood education programs which may be implemented in rural areas at reasonable cost and which capitalize upon the rural environment's unique characteristics, this booklet describes 12 programs (many of which use Elementary and Secondary Education Title I or III funds) currently operating in rural areas. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation, Group Instruction
Peer reviewedThompson, Marie D.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Designed for rural areas in Washington state, the Early Childhood Home Instruction Program for Young Hearing Impaired Children (ECHI) provides an opportunity for hearing-impaired children and their families to receive individual training, acquire information, address concerns, and promote child development within the familiar surroundings of their…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Experience, Family Involvement, Handicap Identification
Reese, E. Rosalie – 1983
Hearing impaired children from birth to age 5 in rural areas throughout the state of Utah are served by a home-based program which trains parents to communicate effectively with their hearing impaired child. The program is based on the following premises: (1) the preschool years are critical for developing communication skills; (2) the home is the…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Delivery Systems, Hearing Impairments
Lenz, Diane – 1985
The Paraprofessional Program of the Institute for Human Development has proven to be an effective means of providing early intervention services in northern Arizona's sparsely populated, culturally diverse rural communities. The program model includes identification and comprehensive professional evaluation of young handicapped children and hiring…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Programs
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. – 1980
Home-based intervention, using paraprofessional teachers and the concept of "parent as teacher," was provided by this 3-year project (1977-1980) for handicapped children aged birth through 4 and their families in 10 rural West Texas counties comprising approximately 9,100 square miles, with 14 to 20 people per square mile. Most families…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement
Bunse, Carol; Deardorff, Pamela – 2001
This project was designed to provide training to personnel serving infants and young children with disabilities and their families. The outcome was increased capacity for state and local service agencies in Oregon, California, and Idaho to deliver quality home-based services for young children (birth through six) with disabilities and their…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Consultants, Disabilities, Diversity (Student)
Bunse, Carol; Deardorff, Pamela – 2000
The Family Consultant Model (FCT) was designed to provide training to personnel serving infants and young children with disabilities and their families. This was accomplished through the replication of the FCT Model within local programs presently serving infants, toddlers and their families. Training in the FCT model was provided to…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Consultants, Disabilities, Diversity (Student)
