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American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1970
In 1967 Neighborhood House joined with the Seattle Day Nursery, an agency which has provided quality child care for many years, to institute a Head Start day care program for children from low-income families. The program established has two components: the St. James Head Start Center which has three classrooms and the Day Care Home Program which…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Child Care, Day Care, Employed Women
Painter, Genevieve – 1968
This investigation evaluated a group of 20 8-month to 2-year-old culturally disadvantaged children who were given a 1-year structured educational program as a means of environmental intervention. The program involved language training, conceptual training, and sensory-motor training. The study is the first phase of a longitudinal study to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Early Experience
Child Development Services Bureau (DHEW/OCD), Washington, DC. Project Head Start. – 1973
Films that are relevant for people involved in Head Start Child Development Programs are described. The 34 films are available on a free-loan basis, and instructions for ordering them are included. Description information for each film includes film content, length in minutes, and whether black and white or color. (DP)
Descriptors: Child Development, Discipline, Film Libraries, Films
Learning Inst. of North Carolina, Durham. – 1973
The primary objective of this conference was to provide Head Start program representatives with information and descriptive materials on approaches to home-based education for preschool children with the parent as the focal point. Descriptions of six different programs outline objectives, services, advantages, and disadvantages, cost, evaluation…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation, Home Programs
Barbrack, Christopher R.; Horton, Della M. – DARCEE Papers and Reports (George Peabody College for Teachers), 1970
The present study compared the relative effectiveness of three home visiting projects whose purpose was to train low income mothers to use commonly available materials and everyday events for the educational stimulation of their preschool children. The home visiting projects varied in terms of expense and professional qualifications of the home…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Costs
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Gnatt, Judy M.; Terrell, Edward L. – Journal of Environmental Health, 1987
Discusses a study designed to determine if successful completion of a community hygiene course by sanitarians resulted in measurable changes in acquired knowledge and behavior and skills related to job performance. Results indicated that both knowledge and skills improved significantly and that both participants and supervisors perceived an…
Descriptors: Environmental Technicians, Health Education, Health Personnel, Home Programs
Hourcade, Jack J.; Richardson, Cynthia L. – Academic Therapy, 1987
When parents of learning-disabled nine- to eleven-year-olds (N=12) used a teacher-made game for a home program designed to provide additional practice on reading vocabulary lists, a clear and positive relationship was found between the number of minutes spent playing the game and the number of words learned. (CB)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Home Programs, Home Study
McKenzie, Jamieson A. – Media and Methods, 1984
Provides a glimpse into future uses of videotex in schools, libraries, and homes and reviews the present status of this important educational tool. Several videotex applications which educators have failed to fully utilize are discussed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
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Sawyer, 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
Melda, Kerri, Ed. – 1997
This guide discusses participant-driven managed support in which people with disabilities and their families steer their own futures by having more control over the money used to provide long-term supports. After an introductory chapter, chapter 2, "What Is Managed Care," describes managed care, traditional managed care players, and the 10 tools…
Descriptors: Adults, Decision Making, Disabilities, Health Maintenance Organizations
Peers Early Education Partnership, Oxford (England). – 2000
The goal of England's Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) is to support early communication and literacy skills and to support parents as their children's first educators through both home- and group-based programs. The program is currently offered to all children under 5 years of age and their families in a disadvantaged area of Oxford. This…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy
Ispa, Jean; Sharp, Elizabeth; Brookes, Sheila; Wolfenstein, Miriam; Thornburg, Kathy; Fine, Mark; Lane, Valeri – 2000
Noting that families in home visiting early intervention programs receive only about half the number of intended visits, this research used quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate how personality and other factors affect the mother-home visitor relationship and thereby, influence home visit intensity. Participating in the study were 5…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Early Intervention, Home Programs, Home Visits
Harrington, Charlene; LeBlanc, Allen J. – 2001
Federal Medicaid long-term care regulations do not require states to offer home and community-based service (HCBS) alternatives; rather, they are offered at the discretion of each state. The two most significant Medicaid HCBS programs are the Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS waiver programs and the Medicaid Title XIX personal care services (PCS) optional…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Community Health Services, Disabilities
Cohen, Cafi – 2000
This booklet is the second in a series designed to assist parents who are home-schooling their adolescent children. The articles in the booklet are: (1) "Less is More," encouraging home-schooling families to take advantage of local, free resources before buying materials from a curriculum fair; (2) "Putting Together an Eclectic Curriculum,"…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Home Programs, Home Schooling
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Baker, Bruce L.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1980
Ninety-five families who had completed a 20-week behavioral training program for parents of retarded children (ages 3 to 14) were recontacted 14 months later. Parents had retained their knowledge of programing principles, and the children had retained their original skill gains. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies, Home Programs
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