Best practice in preventing severe problem behavior in schools involves implementing a continuum of effective behavior support. This continuum includes primary prevention strategies implemented with all students, secondary prevention strategies for students at-risk, and tertiary interventions for students who engage in the most severe problem…

The report details the accomplishments and slippages of Project PUSH-Outreach, a program for the early education of handicapped children, during the year June, 1977 to July, 1978. It is explained that the staff conducted five workshops during the years and the objectives, methods of presentation, number of contract hours, agency, number of…

This document is an edited transcript of a preschool educator's criticism of the Westinghouse Report on the federal Head Start program. The following points are made: (1) evaluations should be planned at the time the program is planned and this was not the case with the Westinghouse Report, and (2) an evaluation program should measure the factors…

This secondary analysis of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, a randomized study of program participation of children and families in Early Head Start (that is, enrolled in programming prior to children's first birthdays) investigated sociodemographic (race and ethnicity, income level, and maternal education level) and program…

A randomized-trials design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a preschool mathematics program based on a comprehensive model of research-based curricula development. Thirty-six preschool classrooms were assigned to experimental (Building Blocks), comparison (a different preschool mathematics curriculum), or control conditions. Children were…

This report presents findings of the fifth impact evaluation of Head Start's 15 Resource Access Projects (RAPs), offering data for the 1980-81 program year. RAPs are the designated liaison between Head Start grantees and state and local education systems, and they also train Head Start staff to work with handicapped children and their families.…

The paper presents an evaluation design for measuring the effectiveness of special education programs for handicapped preschoolers. Reasons for not selecting traditional evaluation designs are noted, and the use of a "change-index" is supported instead. A value-added analysis was selected to determine the value added by the program beyond that…

The document presents the 1978-79 final evaluation report for the North Central Louisiana Model Preschool Program for Handicapped Children, which provides a model program of services for 30 to 40 preschool children, demonstrates this model to other school districts throughout Louisiana, and assists those who desire to replicate it. The project…

Educational and social programs often develop from a weak or imprecise conceptualization relating the program's system of input variables to its claimed outcomes. Evaluation personnel can contribute both to the final development of a program and to the fair evaluation of such programs by learning to formally characterize programs and to construct…

A study of 45 preschools in Washtenaw County, Michigan was undertaken to examine integration of handicapped children in their programs. (BRT)

A short discussion of early childhood program licensing and regulation. Suggests that child care workers and licensing officials should work together to ensure quality programs. (BD)

A Head Start Program should foster an ethically valid situation. Such a situation would encourage the physical, mental, social, emotional and ethical growth and development of the four-year-old with due concern for his needs, interests and special potentialities. (Author)

This article considers two issues regarding preschool education. First, it provides a brief set of arguments for government funding of universal, pre-school education. Second, it explores the applicability of a voucher plan using a regulated market approach for the funding of universal, pre-school education. Four criteria are used to assess the…

This study examined the possibility that children's participation in a sexual abuse prevention program would lead to an increase in their fears of sexual abuse, benign touches, and normal childhood situations. Also examined was the relation of children's knowledge of sexual abuse prevention concepts to their fears of sexual abuse. Participants…

The report presents findings of an audit of preschool special education programs in Washington State. It was found that the enrollment had quadrupled since 1978-79, with the majority of programs center-based. Three school districts over-reported preschool handicapped enrollment, and suggestions are offered for revising enrollment audits and…