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Morse, Joan – Rehabilitation Literature, 1979
Presents a model for the care of multiply handicapped children (from infancy to about age eight). TEMPO (Training, Evaluation, Home Management, and Parent Orientation) is a program designed to increase understanding of the multiply handicapped child and to develop a combined family-community support system to ensure the child a quality life. (PHR)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Family (Sociological Unit), Home Management, Home Programs
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Long, Toby; And Others – Infants and Young Children, 1989
The Chronically Ill Infant Intervention Project at Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) initiates treatment in the special care nursery for chronically ill infants and infants with multiple health problems. The project's interdisciplinary team provides developmental evaluations, direct intervention in the hospital and in the home, and parent…
Descriptors: Child Development, Chronic Illness, Clinical Diagnosis, Handicap Identification
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Edwards, Rosalind – Gender and Education, 1989
Preschool home visiting projects have been used in England since the 1970s to work with disadvantaged mothers and children; the strategies of education for prevention and parent participation are common themes. This article studies participating mothers' expectations and experiences, and finds their lack of confidence or sense of influence…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Foreign Countries, Home Programs
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Strain, Phillip S.; Danko, Cassandra D. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1995
This study represents an attempt to build a home-based intervention package wherein caregivers encourage positive interactions between young children with autism and their siblings. Using a previously validated, classroom-based social skills intervention package, caregivers in three homes were able to produce substantial improvements in sibling…
Descriptors: Autism, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers
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Perry, Mary; Garber, Malcolm – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
The Parent Outreach Program in Toronto, Ontario, was developed to assist parents in home teaching of children with developmental delays. The program uses computers in direct service delivery, for assessment of adaptive behavior and goal attainment, development of teaching activities, and telecommunications. (JDD)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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Dawson, Peter M.; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1991
Paraprofessionals provided informal social support to 92 low-income parents during pregnancy and for a year afterward. Mother-infant interaction was better at four months in the home-visited families than in controls, especially with teen and Hispanic mothers. Positive and irritable or fearful mothers appeared to benefit more than passive or…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Home Programs, Home Visits, Infants
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Mosher-Ashley, Pearl M. – Gerontologist, 1994
Studied 180 community and nursing home clients who received psychotherapy through community mental health center program. Reviewed case records to identify factors associated with persistence in therapy and drop-out patterns. Persistence in treatment was associated with nursing home residence, religious beliefs, and receiving therapy at home; not…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Health Services, Dropouts, Home Programs
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Jarrett, Marian H.; Katz, Kathy S.; Sharps, Phyllis; Schneider, Susan; Diamond, Linda T. – Infants and Young Children, 1998
Describes the Pride in Parenting Training Curriculum developed by an interdisciplinary team to reduce infant mortality in minority populations. The program has been used to train lay home visitors to deliver a home-visiting curriculum focused on effective use of health-care services and improved infant development. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Health Services, Home Programs, Home Visits
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Thomaidis, Loretta; Kaderoglou, Efthalia; Stefou, Marvi; Damianou, Sophia; Bakoula, Chryssa – Infants and Young Children, 2000
A study compared the progress of 12 Greek children (ages 8 months to 5 years) with disabilities who received a weekly educational visit from early interventionists for 2 years with that of 12 controls. Results showed significant gains for treated children in overall functioning level and in different domains of development. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Foreign Countries
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Alleman, Janet; Brophy, Jere – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1998
States that strategic out-of-school learning opportunities (home assignments) can enrich social studies learning by providing for life applications of what is taught in school. Describes how to create a curricular unit, the purposes and functions of home assignments, and the parental involvement initiated because of these assignments. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Experiential Learning, Grade 2, Home Programs
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Albert, Steven M.; Simone, Bridget; Brassard, Andrea; Stern, Yaakov; Mayeux, Richard – Gerontologist, 2005
Purpose: New York City's Medicaid Home Care Services Program provides an integrated program of housekeeping and personal assistance care along with regular nursing assessments. We sought to determine if this program of supportive care offers a survival benefit to older adults. Design and Methods: Administrative data from New York City's Medicaid…
Descriptors: Community Study, Older Adults, Community Health Services, Program Evaluation
Online Submission, 2007
This practice/policy brief focuses on early childhood home visiting as a place-based family strengthening strategy that supports parent/caregivers as a key influence on the lives of young children. ("Place-based family strengthening" means that "children do better when their families are strong, and families do better when they live in communities…
Descriptors: Social Services, Parenting Styles, Caregivers, Child Rearing
Lines, Patricia M.; And Others – 1996
This brochure highlights educational materials for parents who teach their children at home. Many of the sources are available through libraries, public schools, government agencies, nonprofit institutions, and online services. The pamphlet lists 12 magazines and newsletters now available to homeschooling families, 8 electronic sources, and 17…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Programs, Home Schooling
Reedy, Yvonne B.; Walls, Robin – 1996
Family needs assessment is mandated within Head Start programs. Cen-Clear Child Services, Inc., a Head Start program in Pennsylvania, set out to evaluate and revise its approach to information-gathering and to involve families in the planning process using plans based on family strengths and designed to meet family goals. Based on a model designed…
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Family Involvement, Family Programs, Home Programs
Morgan, Elizabeth C. – 1995
The VIISA (Vision Impaired In-Service in America) training model provided early intervention/childhood professionals with training that would help them better serve preschoolers, ages birth to five, with blindness and visual impairment. Materials and procedures for two courses were developed and taught to 344 participants in 9 states over a 3-year…
Descriptors: Blindness, Distance Education, Early Intervention, Home Programs
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