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Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Pittsburgh. – 1992
A project documented and addressed the literacy needs of families of deaf parents with young hearing children (DP/HC). The project combined family literacy training and materials development with exploration of research questions relating to interaction patterns and verbal development. Six half-day literacy training sessions were held for 11 DP/HC…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Communication Skills, Deafness, Family Literacy
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Pittsburgh. – 1992
This packet contains seven brochures developed during a project on literacy education and parenting skills for deaf parents of young hearing children (DP/HC). The topics of the brochures are as follows: behavior management, self-esteem, speech development in children, language development, nutrition, safety, and deaf parents in a hearing child's…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Communication Skills, Deafness, Family Literacy
New Educational Projects, Inc., Lancaster, PA. – 1992
This set of instructional materials consists of a 12-page leader's guide and 75 activity sheets to be used in adult literacy programs by parents who want to help their children learn. The leader's guide explains the purpose of the materials and offers suggestions for use of the materials one on one, in a class group, and outside the class or…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy
State College Area School District, PA. – 1991
The Read with Me project was undertaken to help disadvantaged parents establish reading as a family priority. Included among the program's target audience were families residing at a 30-day shelter for homeless people, parents in adult basic education (ABE) classes, parents associated with a program for children from disadvantaged home settings,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Literacy
Quezada, Shelley, Comp. – 1991
This national literacy conference focused on the issues of developing community collaborations at the state and local levels, motivating constituent libraries to be more involved in literacy, technology-assisted learning, family literacy, workforce literacy, rural literacy, and issues involved in the administration of the Library Services and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Cooperation, Community Support, Computer Assisted Instruction
Paul, Marianne – 1991
This five-chapter guide for coordinators of community-based literacy groups working with prisoners is illustrated with prisoners' drawings. The first chapter examines issues affecting learning behind bars. Topics covered include similarities to and differences from other programs, respecting the learner's culture, links between poverty and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Community Programs
Benson, Carol – UNESCO Bangkok, 2005
This study is the expanded version of the advocacy brief "Mother Tongue-Based Teaching and Education for Girls" [ED495413]. It highlights in more detail the correlations between girls, language and marginality, and shows that there are indeed positive links between the use of mother tongue in education and female participation and…
Descriptors: School Involvement, Mothers, Disadvantaged, Bilingual Education
Sterling Municipal Library, Baytown, TX. – 1992
The Sterling Municipal Library (Baytown, Texas) has conducted an adult literacy project since 1986. The project provides uses Literacy Volunteers of America methodology to teach basic reading as well as English as a second language to all adults with low literacy skills who request the services. No fees are charged for the services. A special…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Family Literacy, Family Programs
Schantz, Virginia – 1993
This Greenville Public Library literacy project final performance report begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section compares actual accomplishments to the following project objectives for 1992-93: (1) train 30 new tutors; (2) provide a minimum of two advanced training workshops for veteran tutors; (3) hold a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, English (Second Language), Expenditures, Family Literacy
Sandell, Elizabeth J. – 1995
This paper reviews seven parent education resources for adults with low English proficiency, focusing on materials that are flexible and adaptable to parent education programs. Each review lists the name and publisher of the resource, date of publication, cost, intended audience, content, goals, format, and reviewer comments. The resources…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Book Reviews, Courses, Cultural Awareness
Berliner, BethAnn – 2001
This sourcebook assembles the results of research on educating homeless students and offers classroom strategies for people working with homeless students, providing training tools to strengthen programs and practices in schools and shelters. Chapter 1, "Increasing Awareness about Students Experiencing Homelessness," defines homelessness,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attendance, Class Activities, Consciousness Raising
National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville, KY. – 2001
Building on the link between parents' education and children's academic achievement, the Families in Schools model of family literacy brings at-risk elementary school students and their parents together to learn in the elementary school setting. This book describes the model, presents the federal definition of family literacy, and argues that…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Family Literacy
Murray, Fiona, Ed. – Movement for Canadian Literacy, 2005
The "literacy.ca" newsletter is a vehicle for literacy workers and supporters to share information, ideas, resources and research on emerging literacy issues. This issue of "literacy.ca" contains the following sections: (1) Profiling Partnerships; (2) Research; (3) Research Spotlight; (4) Literacy and Disabilities; (5) Health…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Newsletters

Rodriguez-Brown, Flora V.; Mulhern, Margaret M. – Bilingual Research Journal, 1993
A family literacy project serving Mexican immigrants taught parents how to encourage literacy development of their children aged three through five and fostered parents' critical literacy by first meeting their needs for functional literacy. Parent participants increased the time spent reading to their children, provided more reading materials at…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy, Family Programs

Landerholm, Elizabeth – School Community Journal, 1999
McCosh Even Start, a federally funded family-literacy project located in a Chicago school, used older donated Apple computers, video technology, and photography to develop literacy and also to evaluate parents' and children's literacy progress. Older and newer technologies were successfully combined. (MLH)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education