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Direct linkCatalino, Tricia, Ed.; Meyer, Lori E., Ed. – Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children, 2016
Environment is an essential area of attention for practitioners who support young children with disabilities and their families. Decisions about the environment impact the quality of care and education for young children with disabilities showing measurable influence on expected outcomes. Environment impacts true access, quality participation, and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Educational Environment, Assistive Technology
Download full textAdministration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1994
Developed to provide assistance in the building of an effective home-based program for Head Start children and their families, this handbook may serve as a blueprint for parent-focused home visits that assist the child and family to meet their special needs. Chapter one focuses on the home visitation model for providing services to families and…
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Family Involvement, Family Programs, Home Programs
Rankin, Eric; And Others – 1983
Although the effectiveness of home-based, behaviorally-oriented treatment programs with the elderly and their families has been well documented, assessment of caregivers' attitudes toward those programs remains rare. To assess the relationship between outcome measures and client and principal caregiver characteristics, 21 client-caregiver dyads,…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Caregiver Attitudes, Family Attitudes
Peer reviewedBribitzer, Marjorie P.; Verdieck, Mary Jeanne – Child Welfare, 1988
Evaluates the Family Program, a family-centered program in northern Virginia which provides intensive in-home support and treatment to families with children in the custody of county child welfare departments. The sample comprises 42 closed cases. Results show that families that are at risk benefit significantly from extensive support systems.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Family Characteristics
Kluger, Karen P. – 1992
This practicum addresses the problem of limited interaction between physical therapists and families of developmentally delayed/physically impaired preschool-age children. A program was developed in which the physical therapist was videotaped handling and exercising a child, while explaining the purpose of the movements and instructing the parent…
Descriptors: Exercise, Family Involvement, Home Programs, Interaction
Peer reviewedClark, Thomas C. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
The Sensory Impaired Home Intervention (SKI*HI) Model provides services for rural, hearing impaired children at an average annual cost of $1,400 per child. Weekly home visits are provided by nearby or local part time parent advisors, thus minimizing travel costs and eliminating employment problems associated with long travel hours. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Family Involvement, Hearing Impairments
Goetz, Kathy, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1994
This double issue of the journal "Report" focuses on the collaboration among seven social service systems that support and serve children and families. Each of the sections discusses one of the seven systems, presents an overview essay, and profiles programs that execute the service. The first section, on education, emphasizes linkages…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blacks, Child Welfare, Community Involvement
Wolfe, Barbara, Ed.; Herwig, Julia, Ed. – 1986
Developed to help the home visitor build an effective home-based program for Head Start children and their families, this handbook is intended to serve as a blueprint for parent-focused home visits that assist the child and family to meet their full potential. The first chapter lays a foundation for the program that includes a home-based…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Criteria, Family Counseling, Family Environment
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These instructional materials are designed to provide personnel developers and trainers with resources that can be used to improve the performance of paraeducators working in center-based and home visitor programs for young children with disabilities from birth to age 5. The modules cover: (1) roles of paraeducators working in inclusive…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education, Disabilities
Peer reviewedThompson, Marie D.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Designed for rural areas in Washington state, the Early Childhood Home Instruction Program for Young Hearing Impaired Children (ECHI) provides an opportunity for hearing-impaired children and their families to receive individual training, acquire information, address concerns, and promote child development within the familiar surroundings of their…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Experience, Family Involvement, Handicap Identification
Stremel, Kathleen; And Others – 1992
This paper on facilitating skill development of infants and toddlers with disabilities within family-child routines focuses on: (1) developing a routine analysis by incorporating multiple Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) objectives into family-selected routines; (2) utilizing systematic family training procedures to integrate targeted skills…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Family Life
Batson, Nancy F.; Quick, Jennifer; Bennett, Theresa – 1998
This final report discusses the activities of the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. Two levels of training activities were implemented. The first…
Descriptors: Children, Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Family Programs
Pickett, Anna Lou; Semrau, Barbara; Faison, Karen; Formanek, John – 1999
These instructional materials are designed to provide personnel developers and trainers with resources that can be used to improve the performance of paraeducators working in center-based and home visitor programs for young children with disabilities from birth to age 5. The modules cover: (1) strengthening the instructional team, the roles of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Centers, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Stremel, Kathleen – 1998
This training module on integrating communication skills into functional routines and activities is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. The…
Descriptors: Children, Communication Skills, Early Intervention, Environmental Influences
Embedding Intervention Targets into Caregiving Routines and Other Activities of the Families Choice.
Hollingshead, Lorie; Harris, Kristy; Stremel, Kathleen – 1998
This training module on embedding intervention targets into caregiving routines and other activities of the families' choice is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Early Intervention
