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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Describes an intensive in-home crisis intervention approach to help families experiencing severe crisis stay together. (BR)

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.…

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…

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)

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…

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.…

Compared the relative effectiveness of individual home training and traditional group training for foster parents (N=29). All parents received combined behavioral/reflective parent training. While there were few differences in outcome related to attitudes and knowledge, measures of child behavior improvement and parent satisfaction favored home…

A behavioral analysis of parental teaching style was performed to determine what variables in mothers' interaction patterns facilitated the greatest learning in their preschool handicapped children (n=11). Analyses indicated that the changes in parents followed the changes in their children, rather than the reverse. (Author/PN)