A follow-up study was conducted to discover the effect of the Career Education Project (CEP) on its clients and to discover perceptions held by former clients regarding their need for career guidance and counseling services. (CEP, a model program funded by the National Institute of Education, offered telephone counseling to home-based adults in…

This abstract bibliography cites recent ERIC documents and journal articles focusing on various aspects of family/school relationships. Entries have been grouped into five sections: Family/School/Community Relationships; Parents and Teachers; School/Home Learning; Parents/School Supporting Services and General. Entries include resumes from…

This report describes the Detroit, Michigan, Parents and Children Together (PACT) project which provides an intensive, home based intervention service to low-income families who have, or are at risk of having, a child placed in foster care. Part I of this report describes how staff members are selected and trained, how goals are formulated for…

This compilation of checklists was designed to facilitate internal agency improvements by providing a convenient and efficient framework for self-assessment of child welfare services. Checklists in question format are organized into seven sections arranged to reflect the sequence of decisions or activities that occur in an agency offering child…

This package contains five home-based intervention curricula for families with children between 12 and 30 months of age. Three independent curricula (each emphasizing children's language, play or social development) enlist the mother's aid as observer, teacher and researcher, and promote a three-way interaction among mother, child, and…

This paper presents basic principles of parent-teacher cooperation in both home-based and school-based programs. It is suggested that interest in parent-teacher involvement has grown as a result of several other developments: a growing national interest in child development and preschool education; a change in attitude toward the value of…

This analysis of current research on prekindergarten programs for the disadvantaged covers more than 40 evaluative studies drawn from public school systems, program developers and federal agencies throughout the U.S. Findings from most of the studies included were made public between 1970 and 1975, although some earlier research is included. A…

Designed as a training and reference manual for instructors and their administrators in Adult Basic Education (ABE) home instruction programs, the handbook is based upon experience in six projects in Ohio and Kentucky. Adults receiving home instruction are functionally illiterate and, through a combined lack of transportation, child care,…

This summary report examines the findings of a home-based early childhood education enrichment program designed to make it possible for educationally disadvantaged children to cope effectively with the demands of American schools and society. Background information on the development and implementation of the program and a discussion of the…

This handbook provides both general and specific information on child development and child care to help adults who are providing child care in their homes. Information is presented in six sections which describe: (1) the family day care system, the occupation of caregiver, and the development of relationships; (2) development of a health program,…

This study attempted to ameliorate the educational deficits of infants using structured tutorial programs of language and concept training in the home. It was part of a larger project whose purpose was to determine the age at which intervention will produce maximum acceleration of cognitive development. Subjects were 20 disadvantaged 8- and…

In the hope of extending school learning experiences into the home environment, this paper proposes that parents and teachers should combine their efforts to develop home learning kits. It was suggested that personal identity, community identity, cooperative living, and survival skills kits might all be worthwhile and necessary means by which to…

The Cuauhtemoc Bilingual Preschool Project, Redwood City, California, is designed to teach Spanish-speaking preschoolers English in classes conducted in their homes. The lesson plans (called "English Experiences") are based on a set of principles: (1) establishment of a language relationship is an important means of motivating the child…

This home visitor's handbook is one of seven publications designed to implement the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) Program, which uses televised, mobile classroom, and parent instruction to educated 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. It describes the HOPE program, and the home visitor's role, and provides guidelines for work with preschoolers and…

To increase the educability of preschool children from low income homes, the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE) devised a home visiting program to teach the mother to be an effective teacher of her child at home. The DARCEE guide is intended as one resource to help provide information for persons in training to be home…