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Download full textIowa Univ., Oakdale. School of Social Work. – 1982
Compiled as a project of the National Resource Center on Family Based Services, this document contains an annotated directory of a representative listing of family-based services existing in 24 of the United States. (Family-based service programs provide humane, quality and cost-efficient services to families in the least restrictive environment,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Resources, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Nauta, Marrit J. – 1975
This field procedures manual for community interviewers and site coordinators, one of a series of documents on the evaluation of the National Home Start program (NHS), describes specific testing procedures for collecting family data. A federally funded demonstration program, NHS is aimed at providing home-based services (such as health, education,…
Descriptors: Administration, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs, Guides
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
Waltrip, Jean B. – 1978
The checklist and manual are designed to measure changes in parental skills as a result of both group and individualized programing in a home based prescriptive infant program. Guidelines are also given on setting behavioral goals for parents that can be addressed by program activities. The inventory is divided into seven skill areas: parental…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Disabilities, Family Relationship, Home Programs
Gotts, Edward E. – 1977
This report describes the 1977 activities of the Marketable Preschool Education (MPE) Program conducted by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. The report describes both completed activities and those in progress at the end of 1977. The following activities are described: (1) the final preparation of the Home Visitor Training Package for…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Persons, Home Programs
Bayer, Helen; Ray, Margaret – 1969
The 5-year project reported in this paper sought initially to examine the home environments both of isolated, intact rural white families and of single parent AFDC Negro families. The information thus gathered was to be compared to what is known about middle class white families in hopes of isolating the differences that result in the poorer…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Family Environment
Rabinowitz, Melba – 1973
This workbook, directed toward the non-reader, was designed for the New Orleans Parent Child Developmental Center's Infant Program. It offers parents day-by-day suggestions for stimulating infants from birth to six months. Experiences related to the child's visual, auditory, muscular and language development, as well as hints on routine and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disadvantaged, Family Environment, Home Programs
Kapfer, Sherry – 1973
A report of the second national Home Start Conference, held in Houston in September 1972, is presented. The report is designed to serve Head Start programs around the country which are considering the inclusion of a home based program in their services. Directors and key staff of the demonstration Home Start programs discussed evaluation…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Conference Reports, Conferences, Early Childhood Education
Children's Bureau (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1972
Definitions, standards, and activities of good day care are outlined in question and answer form in this evaluation booklet. Topics included are: services of the family day care home and the day care center; the availability and offerings of day care; types of children who need it; ways it can help; financial arrangements; and daily routines of…
Descriptors: Certification, Community Involvement, Community Services, Day Care
Peer reviewedKinney, Jill – Children Today, 1978
Describes an intensive in-home crisis intervention approach to help families experiencing severe crisis stay together. (BR)
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Family Problems, Family Relationship, Home Programs
Sandall, Susan R.; And Others – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1986
The Computer-Assisted Program (CAP) serves 42 developmentally delayed or otherwise educationally underserved children (ages 0-3) who live in remote areas of the United States or overseas and lack access to early intervention programs. The program develops individualized computer generated Home Activity Packages and monitors child progress.…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Disabilities, Distance Education, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedWatkins, Susan – American Annals of the Deaf, 1987
A longitudinal study measuring language, academic achievement, and social functioning was conducted of four groups of hearing-impaired children (N=23 per group). Those who had received home intervention were found to perform better in most areas than no-intervention children, with slight advantages found in those receiving earlier intervention and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Hearing Impairments, Home Programs, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedScarr, Sandra; McCartney, Kathleen – Child Development, 1988
Effects of the Mother-Child Home Program (MCHP) were evaluated with a broad range of measures on cognition, social behavior, and emotion. Findings indicated that children in Bermuda scored above U.S. norms on cognitive tests and were functioning well in the preschool period. The MCHP had few demonstrable effects on any segment of the sample. (RH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Home Programs
Peer reviewedGreene, Vernon L.; Monahan, Deborah J. – Gerontologist, 1987
Compared data from family caregivers who participated in support and education groups and caregivers who enrolled but did not participate. Found care receivers of participants had statistically significantly lower institutionalization rates than did care receivers of non-participants. Savings from deterred nursing home use more than offset program…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Cost Effectiveness, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Family Role
Swassing, Cabrini S. – Pointer, 1984
Parents can help their children with learning and/or behavior problems adjust to junior high school by implementing a home-school contingency plan in which certain privileges are made contingent on good social or academic behavior at school. Suggestions are offered for establishing, implementing, and terminating (or continuing) a successful plan.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Home Programs
