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Download full textSommer, Teresa Eckrich; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Sama-Miller, Emily; Ross, Christine; Baumgartner, Scott – Administration for Children & Families, 2017
Programs that address the needs of low-income parents and children at the same time may hold promise for reducing the transmission of poverty across generations. Contemporary programs of this type address some key weaknesses that may have limited the effectiveness of earlier such approaches, including too little attention paid to the quality,…
Descriptors: Poverty, At Risk Persons, Well Being, Child Welfare
Direct linkDunst, Carl J.; Trivette, Carol M.; Hamby, Deborah W. – Winterberry Press, 2006
The belief that adoption of, adherence to, and use of family support principles is associated with better parent, family, and child outcomes has for the most part gone untested but not unchallenged. This monograph investigates the relationship between practitioner adherence to family support principles and parent, family, and child behavior and…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Program Effectiveness, Methods, Parents
University of Southern Maine, Portland. Edmund S. Muskie Inst. of Public Affairs. – 1993
This handbook is intended to provide a guide to incarcerated parents, prison administrators and staff members, and child development and parent education professionals interested in developing and running parent education and support programs for incarcerated parents. The information and suggestions contained in the handbook are based on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Educational Finance, Family Programs
RMC Research Corp., Portsmouth, NH. – 1998
Noting the increasing need for Head Start's efforts to support parents' personal and professional success, this guide for Head Start staff examines the success process at both the individual and the program level, and explores strategies that strengthen the larger community's support for families as they define and build upon success. Following an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Programs, Goal Orientation, High Achievement
Epstein, Ann S.; And Others – 1995
This guide assists public and private agencies in establishing family support programs for low-income families. The guide is based on the experience of two projects, Child Survival/Fair Start for Children (1982-89) and High/Scope Parent-to-Parent Dissemination Project (1979-84). Chapter 1 defines family support programs and describes their common…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Programs, Family (Sociological Unit), Low Income Groups
Slaughter & Associates, Woodland Hills, CA. – 1991
As the result of an extensive survey of the literature, analysis of current state plans for educating migrant farm workers, and site visits to nine programs serving adult farm workers in California, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington, a two-volume final technical report on adult migrant farm worker education is presented. The…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Agricultural Laborers, Basic Skills
