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Dodge, Diane Trister; And Others – 1991
This text is Volume I of a comprehensive, self-instructional training program designed to address the training needs of child care programs serving children under 3 years of age. The two volumes are divided into modules that correspond to the 13 functional areas of the Child Development Associate competency standards. The modules may be completed…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Child Health
O'Connell, Joanne C. – 1998
This final report describes the outcomes of Project Apache, a reservation, community-based early intervention program designed to develop comprehensive services to Apache infants and toddlers who are at risk of developing a disability and their families. The project uses a home-based service delivery program with paraprofessional aides to assist…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, At Risk Persons
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1997
This document provides a side-by-side comparison of Virginia regulations governing special education programs, the Virginia Comprehensive Services Act, and the federal 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. Differences and similarities are illustrated for sections relating to: (1) definitions; (2)…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Pawl, Jeree, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1991
This theme issue focuses on literacy education and prereading activities for very young children who may be at risk for reading failure. It contains several papers, with the following titles and authors: "The Beginnings of Literacy" (Joan Brooks McLane and Gillian Dowley McNamee); "A Book Is a Child's Companion" (Jeree H. Pawl); "What's It Mean To…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged, Emergent Literacy
Podmore, Valerie N.; Craig, Barbara H. – 1991
Three studies examined aspects of child care in New Zealand. In the first study, supervisors of 38 child care centers were interviewed about the organization of their centers. Based on the responses, categories were developed to describe the type of center, the persons responsible for management decisions, organization of care by age grouping, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Caregivers, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development
Swick, Kevin J.; And Other – 1991
Ways to approach the evaluation of South Carolina's Parent Education Program are examined. The program's purpose is to improve children's school success by strengthening the family, particularly during the children's first 5 years. Program goals are to: (1) demonstrate effective methods of parent training and support that will enable parents to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Criteria, Family Programs
Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1992
This newsletter issue presents five articles addressing intervention with infants and toddlers having pervasive developmental disabilities. The first article is by Stanley I. Greenspan and is titled "Reconsidering the Diagnosis and Treatment of Very Young Children with Autistic Spectrum or Pervasive Developmental Disorder." This article…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis
Sparks, Shirley N.; And Others – 1990
This document comprises two leaders' guides and two participants' guides to two inservice presentations on the speech/language professional's role in working with at-risk infants and toddlers. Videotapes are intended to accompany the materials. The needs assessment, field testing, content/design analyses, and validation studies conducted in the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Communication Disorders
Kuczynski, Leon; Kochanska, Grazyna – 1990
Relationships between the function and content of maternal interventions to control their toddlers' behavior and behavior problems and compliance in the child's fifth year were studied. Naturalistic observation of 51 dyads consisting of depressed and nondepressed mothers and their children who were 1.5 to 3.5 years old at the time of first…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
O'Connell, Joanne C.; Schacht, Robert – 1989
This report is the second in a series of publications developed to assist in the planning and development of a comprehensive, coordinated service delivery system for Arizona infants and toddlers who are developmentally delayed or at risk of developing handicapping conditions, and their families. It documents the number of children in Arizona…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Blumenthal, Janet B. – 1985
Sixty-two socioculturally homogeneous, low-income black mother/child pairs were tested and observed when the infants were 2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months of age to determine the relationship between variability in parenting attitudes, skills, and behaviors and consequent variability in children's intellectual development. As expected, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Mothers, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development
Parlakian, Rebecca – ZERO TO THREE, 2003
The first five years of life are a period of profound growth and change as children begin to speak, think, reason, and feel. Brain research has found that both children's experiences and their relationships with others influence this early development in important and lasting ways. For local governments, the first five years represent a critical…
Descriptors: Young Children, Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Children
Staso, William H. – 1997
This resource for parents and other caretakers to use with infants from 8 to 18 months provides a synthesis of research on early brain development and objective-oriented instruction as the basis for activities that promote intellectual development. Part 1 of the book provides an overview of early development, discusses general ways of enhancing…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Experience
Harbin, Gloria L.; West, Tracey – 1998
This study examined the variety of service delivery models being used to provide services to infants and toddlers with disabilities in nine communities across three states (Colorado, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania). Information was derived primarily from focus groups and interviews conducted with community early intervention program…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Agents, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Bruder, Mary Beth – 1997
These training materials derive from a personnel preparation special project that developed, implemented, and evaluated a teaching model on collaborations necessary for effective delivery of early intervention. Module 1 provides an overview of the history of early intervention and the legal statutes that define early intervention. Module 2…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Disabilities