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Gilpin, Ansley; Mennen, Ferol; Pakulak, Eric; Sommer, Teresa Eckrich; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Cannon, Erin; Bell, Theodore; Boxmeyer, Caroline; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Chor, Elise; DeCaro, Jason; Dela Cruz, Kenn Lacsamana; Giuliano, Ryan; Gomsrud, Melissa; Karns, Christina; Klein, Scott; Lochman, John; Longoria, Zayra; Molina, Abigail Palmer; Monro, William; Neville, Helen; O'Neil, Lauren; Reynolds, Mary Margaret; Sabol, Terri J.; Sclafani, Marisa; Tighe, Lauren A. – Administration for Children & Families, 2020
This brief introduces four research projects testing promising interventions funded under the Head Start University Partnerships (HSUP): Dual-Generation Approaches1 grant program. Two-generation approaches are typically designed to address problems associated with poverty by combining child-focused services with adult-focused services. Head Start…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Childhood Needs
Ammerman, Robert T.; Putnam, Frank W.; Teeters, Angelique R.; Van Ginkel, Judith B. – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
Research indicates that up to half of mothers in home visiting experience clinically significant levels of depression during their participation in services. Depression alters maternal life course, negatively impacts child development, and contributes to poorer home visiting outcomes. This article describes the Moving Beyond Depression (MBD)…
Descriptors: Mothers, Home Visits, Depression (Psychology), Child Development
Perry, Deborah F.; Tandon, S. Darius; Edwards, Karen; Mendelson, Tamar – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
Home visiting (HV) programs serve women at high risk for developing postpartum depression because of factors such as poverty and low social support. Depression poses serious threats not only to mother-child attachment and healthy infant development but also to women's ability to engage with HV services and supports. The Mothers and Babies (MB)…
Descriptors: Perinatal Influences, Intervention, Mothers, Depression (Psychology)
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Kern, Lee; Wehby, Joseph H. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2014
In an earlier article (EJ1058920), Lee Kern and Joseph H. Wehby identified the reasons and process for using adaptive intensive behavioral intervention. Kern and Wehby use this article to present a fictional example of how the intervention is applied. Isaac, a 12 year old, 7th grade student at Highland Middle School, had a history of behavior…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Intervention
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Lee, Suk-Hyang; Poston, Denise; Poston, A. J. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
As positive behavior support (PBS) interventions have received increased attention as an effective means to address problem behaviors of individuals with disabilities in family contexts, partnerships with families are crucial for the application of PBS interventions with families at home. Understanding family perspectives on problem behaviors and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Mothers, Autism
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Benoit, Denise A.; Edwards, Ron P.; Olmi, D. Joe; Mandal, Rebecca L.; Wilczynski, Susan M. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2001
Describes treatment containing positive components of effective instruction delivery (EID) and time-in (TI) for achieving acceptable levels of child compliance in clinic and home settings. Mothers were able to master components of both EID and TI in the clinic. Skill mastery increased at home for EID but varied for TI. Discusses benefits of…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Children
Pulskamp, Brenda – 1987
Until recently there has been little effort to train parents in specific positive skills of child-rearing. For most parents, parenting is the most difficult job experienced, with the least amount of preparation. This is especially true for high risk parents. A counseling intervention program was implemented for parents to learn improved…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Children, Communication Skills, Counseling Techniques
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Juhnke, Gerald A.; Coker, J. Kelly – Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 1997
Describes an approach that encourages recovering, alcohol-dependent, single parent mothers and their children to use existing strengths and resources to promote healthy family dynamics. Looks at goal identification, establishing family goals, and identifying previously successful behaviors. Program participants report increases in parenting…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Modification, Counseling Techniques, Family Influence
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Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
Interpersonal, familial, and situational risk factors that predict young children's aggression and non-compliance are explored. Here examples of specific techniques and provided to help teachers and parents effectively support children's early development of cooperative and prosocial behaviours as well as problem-solving skills in family and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Young Children, Compliance (Psychology), At Risk Students
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Armstrong, Daniel T. – Children Today, 1986
Discusses the Shelter Parenting Program at the Battered Women Shelter in New Castle County, Delaware. This shelter-based program attempts to break the intergenerational cycle of family violence by combining an instructional group format on parenting skills with a series of individual and/or family sessions that apply these skills. Two case…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Family Violence Shelters, Mothers
Cortez, Carmen P. – 1986
The main purpose of Avance-San Antonio, Inc. is to strengthen and support families, especially "high risk" Mexican American families, and to help to prevent child abuse and neglect through parenting education services. Avance actively reaches out to the Hispanic population in their own neighborhoods through door-to-door recruiting,…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Day Care