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Debban, Barbara, Comp.; And Others – 1987
This booklet provides parents with information to help them get the most from their enrollment in parent education cooperative groups. Orientation information is presented for both the Parent Walkabout/Parent Toddler Programs and the Parent Cooperative Preschool Programs at Columbia Basin College (CBC), Washington. Informative material on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Debban, Barbara, Comp.; And Others – 1987
This handbook is intended for parents in the Parent Education Program at Columbia Basin College (CBC), Washington. It is designed to help them learn about their role as a participating parent, as an assistant teacher, as a group member, and as a student in a parent education cooperative group. The importance of parent education is emphasized. A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Sampon, Mary Anne – 1988
Project LIFT is a 3-year model demonstration program designed to provide family-focused, home-based early intervention services to rural parents of handicapped children under 3 years of age. The LIFT model encompasses: (1) development of an Individual Family Service Plan, (2) case coordination to assist families in identifying and obtaining…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Development, Coordination, Delivery Systems
1981
The Infant/Toddler Program of the Louise Child Care Center began providing full time day care to young children of working parents in the fall of 1978. While delivering this service, the Center conducted a longitudinal, exploratory investigation into the responses of children and their families to a group-home day care setting. The study was…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Day Care
Honig, Alice S. – 1985
Consideration is given to several issues that challenge parents and professionals when faced with the need for group care for infants. Discussion concerns characteristics wanted in those providing care for infants; the need for continuity in care and stability of the caregiver staff; the need for staff to infant ratios that contribute to…
Descriptors: Altruism, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education
Hubbell, Ruth; Barrett, Barbara – 1984
A short-term descriptive assessment, this study provides summary data on the Parent-Child Center (PCC) comprehensive early childhood intervention programs initiated in 1967 and operated by the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families. PCCs provide low income families with children under three with social service, health, and educational…
Descriptors: Administration, Delivery Systems, Health Services, Infants
Titone, Renzo – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1985
Research shows that there are many possible positive effects of early bilingual reading upon intellectual growth and general education. An Italian research project dealing with early bilingual literacy is described; the teaching methods used in the project are examined. (RM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Development
Winton, Pamela J.; Catlett, Camille – 2002
This final report summarizes the activities of a federally funded project designed to prepare higher education faculty to serve as leaders in providing and promoting quality interprofessional preservice instruction in their states. SCRIPT enhanced and replicated a validated model that had previously been developed, implemented and evaluated in 20…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Higher Education
Kaczmarek, Louise A. – 2000
This final report summarizes the objectives, activities and outcomes of a federally-funded project that was designed to add an interdisciplinary specialization in multiple disabilities for infants and toddlers to an existing Early Intervention Master of Education/Early Childhood Education Certificate Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Seven…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Early Intervention, Higher Education, Infants
Lombardi, Joan; Poppe, Julie – State Legislative Report, 2001
Noting that increasing numbers of infants and toddlers and their working parents face a range of early care and development needs, this paper suggests that by establishing high quality child care and family support services, state legislatures can help families and caregivers nurture the development of infants while helping parents manage work.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Caregivers, Child Health, Child Safety
Miller, Linda G.; Albrecht, Kay – 2001
This guide is designed for training teachers in the use of the "Innovations" curricula for infants and for toddlers. The "Innovations" program is based on the view that curricula for young children should involve thinking and planning for everything that can contribute to child development as well as the teacher's relationship with the child and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Curriculum
Magna Systems, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL. – 1998
These two videotape recordings and accompanying workbook provide information on the developmental stages of childhood, influences on child development, and identifying children with disabilities. The videos, "Exceptional Child 1: Building Understanding," (27 minutes) and "Exceptional Child 2: Focusing on Nurturing & Learning," (28 minutes) address…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
Orkwis, Ray; DeCarme, Judi; Glover, Jeanne – 1999
This directory is one of five which together describe almost 1200 discretionary grants and contracts currently supported by the Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education Programs under the 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This document covers grants and contracts in the program area…
Descriptors: Contracts, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Bailey, Don; Scarborough, Anita; Hebbeler, Kathleen – 2003
This report describes several aspects of families' experiences in beginning early intervention services using data from the National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study (NEILS). Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, NEILS is following a nationally representative sample of 3,338 infants and toddlers and their families from the time they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Smith, Barbara J. – 2002
This final report describes the objectives, activities and outcomes of a federally funded initiative to train and assist early childhood interagency teams in a model of planning systems and services for all young children, including children with disabilities and other special needs. The project is based on the value of stakeholder ownership in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Coordination, Disabilities
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