Language training for severely developmentally delayed children in the home should be as undisruptive as possible and should use natural training contexts, emphasize functional responses, and provide natural reinforcers or consequences. After identifying the communicative contexts, teaching the response is accomplished through reinforcement,…

Argues that a group home program to divert predelinquent youths from the juvenile criminal system requires a structured therapeutic setting, stress on solving family problems and community acceptance of the group homes. (MS)

The short- and long-term effectiveness of a staff-monitored, home-based aerobics program was assessed in a group of 15 individuals with developmental disabilities and compared to fitness levels of 12 non-participating controls. Results showed significant improvement on some aspects of fitness, but difficulties with measurement and maintenance were…

Examination of the effectiveness of a behavioral parent training package with three mothers of autistic children found that, although all parents increased their correct use of behavior modification skills following the introduction of intervention in two home settings, only one parent generalized these skills to a third home setting. (Author/DB)

Eligibility assessment systems for community long-term care vary widely across programs funded by states and Medicaid and in proposals to expand federal funding. Improved equity and efficiency will require better specification of eligibility criteria, timing and setting of assessments, language of assessment items, training of assessors,…

Estimated effect of variety of factors on the utilization of home help among the elderly in Sweden using a sample (n=421) of people 75 years and older. Results indicated physical functioning (instrumental activities of daily living) and living alone were most important. (Author/ABL)

Notes that ecological approach to social work, which is directed at interactions of individual with environment, provides framework for examining role that social work can play in home care. Descriptions of programs in several countries illustrate effectiveness of incorporating this perspective into services. Notes results: decreased rates of…

Assesses applied relevance of research on home care, reviewing literature on predictors of use of home care services, experience of receiving home care, and efficacy studies. Notes that efficacy studies have not concluded that home care is less costly or better for quality of life of older adults when compared with institutional care. (Author/NB)

The 10th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2017) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Optics Velley Kingdom Plaza Hotel, Wuhan, Hubei Province, in China. This years conference features two invited talks by: Dr. Jie Tang, Associate Professor with the Department of Computer…

In home visiting programs for children younger than age three, home visitors work with parents to enhance the child's environment. This study examined how the home visitor-parent relationship, amount of contact, and level of need affected the intensity of case management interventions received. Researchers interviewed 90 mothers to measure the…

Home-based peer tutoring was used to teach math skills to 4 girls with deficits in mathematics and histories of abuse or neglect. Girls living in the same home formed tutoring dyads, and each participant served as both the peer tutor and the tutee during the course of the study. At the initiation of the tutoring intervention, an expert tutor…

Published annually since 1997, Newark Kids Count tracks key trends in child health and well-being in New Jersey's largest city with the latest statistics available. Newark Kids Count includes the latest statistics, along with five-year trend data, in the following areas: population and demographics, family economic security, affordable housing,…

A home intervention program for 18 learning disabled and educable mentally retarded elementary school children and their families included biweekly home visits during which parents were shown specific learning activities or games. Analysis of pre and post tests on the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT), the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for…

This document presents witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to examine reports of inappropriate, at times illegal, denials of critical home health care to sick older Americans. In his opening statement, Senator John Heinz presents examples of victims who were denied proper…

This document contains transcripts of witness testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to review the need for a national health care policy for long-term care. Opening statements are presented from committee chairman Claude Pepper and from Representatives Sala Burton and Barbara Boxer. Testmonies are presented from…