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Ortiz, Robert W.; Stile, Stephen W. – 2000
The potential benefits of father participation in their children's reading and writing activities include improved literacy skills, increased bonding, and heightened self-esteem of both fathers and children. This paper identifies a training model for working with fathers--Project DADS. Using this model, early childhood professionals can foster…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Childrens Writing, Disabilities
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Nader, Philip R.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1982
Two studies investigated 10th-grade students' health attitudes and practices related to cardiovascular risk. A survey determined students' perceptions of their families' health practices and needs and students' confidence in their ability to modify parents' behavior. The Heart Health Test Telecast (April 1980) was used to stimulate parent-child…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cardiovascular System, Change Strategies, Educational Television
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Haas, Nancy S. – Exceptionality, 1996
The communication between three mothers and their preschool children with language impairments was examined in a three-year qualitative study. The mothers had developed a communication system within the family that consisted of idiosyncratic signs and signals that conveyed intentional messages. The mothers found it difficult to change these…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Communication Skills, Family Environment, Interaction Process Analysis
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Braten, Stein – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Hypothesizes regarding factors that enhance prosociality in children, implying that the quality of childrearing and early companionship have profound impact on toddlers' social behavior. Discusses observation space versus companion space, prosocial behavior across cultures, when toddlers abuse, and the implications of a circular reenactment of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Child Welfare
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Hendricks, Charlotte M.; Reichert, Ann – Journal of School Health, 1996
Reports a survey that documented the health and safety behaviors of parents of children in Head Start programs. Nearly all parents reported using car seats, teaching handwashing and pedestrian safety, and locking away medicine and alcohol. Sixty percent reported storing guns and bullets safely, possessing working fire extinguishers, and having…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Early Childhood Education
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Convery, Anne; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Examines the perceptions of European teenagers living in Europe regarding that continent. The study focuses on their declared knowledge sources, attitudes towards a European identity and second language learning and future aspirations. The article discusses the role of schools, the media, and the home environment in shaping the perceptions of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, Ethnic Groups, Family Environment
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Guha, Smita – Childhood Education, 2002
Describes the founding and role of the nonprofit organization Udbhas, which promotes literacy among children in the slums of Calcutta while providing a level of food, clothing, and social and educational experiences generally absent from their homes. Discusses the children's background and identifies problems in bringing learning to these…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Involvement, Discovery Processes, Educational Experience
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Ascher, Carol – Urban Review, 1988
Examines the history and importance of parent involvement in schools. Explores ways that urban schools can increase the participation of poor and minority parents. Suggests that schools might develop wider community partnerships. (FMW)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Resources, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
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DeTemple, Jeanne M.; Beals, Diane E. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1991
Reports findings regarding home language environments of children in the longitudinal Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development project. Data about family practices concerning book reading, toy play, elicited reports, and mealtime conversations were gathered. Cases support a multi-componential view of language. (BB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Caregiver Speech, Case Studies, Child Language
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Shonkoff, Jack P.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1992
Within 6 weeks of infants' entry into an early intervention program and again 12 months later, data on infant and family adaptation were collected in home visits to families with infants with disabilities. Found that the strongest predictor of infants' developmental change was the severity of infants' psychomotor impairment. (BC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities
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Weisner, Thomas S.; Garnier, Helen – American Educational Research Journal, 1992
The effects on children's school achievement of countercultural nonconventional family organization and parental values were studied in a 12-year longitudinal study of 146 nonconventional families and 43 2-parent conventional families. Strong commitment to meaningful values about the family lifestyle can protect children from risks that can…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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Pederson, Willy – Adolescence, 1994
A shortened version of the Parental Bonding Instrument, used in a sample of Norwegian adolescents, aged 15-19, indicated that adolescents' perceptions of mothers' and fathers' care and control/overprotection were related to measures of both depression/anxiety and delinquency. Scores may indicate risks in a broad range of psychosocial problems.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Childhood Attitudes
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Manins, Stuart – Music Educators Journal, 1994
Contends that children in the early childhood years do not compartmentalize knowledge and that the typical school curriculum presents artificial barriers to learning. Discusses the link between music and language acquisition and the significance of the home environment on music skill development. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Design, Early Childhood Education
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Pinto, Aureen; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1991
Cross-nationally compares dimensions of psychosocial environment and behavior and environment-behavior relations for 202 boys and 217 girls in India, rated by their mothers, to a U.S. normative sample of 292 boys and 252 girls. Similar dimensions of behavior and environment emerge for both samples. (SLD)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Children
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Esbensen, Finn-Aage; Huizinga, David – Youth and Society, 1991
Demographic characteristics of juvenile victims of crime and a potential relationship between victimization and self-reported delinquency are examined for 877 adolescents from a large midwestern city. Lifetime victimization rates (LVRs) are higher for those involved in delinquency, and LVRs rise with age and higher levels of delinquent behavior.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Blacks
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