NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Understanding Emotional Development: Helping Early Childhood Providers Better Support Families
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Edwards, Nicole Megan – NHSA Dialog, 2012
This article is intended to provide early childhood providers with a concise overview of emerging emotional development in young children (birth-5), the important role of primary caregivers, and the link between parenting, emotional development, and behavior. Specific suggestions that have been shared with urban Head Start mothers are offered,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Emotional Development, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers
The Application of a Family-Based Multi-Tiered System of Support
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McCart, Amy; Wolf, Nikki; Sweeney, Holly M.; Choi, Jeong Hoon – NHSA Dialog, 2009
Early interventionists struggle with supporting parents to prepare their children to be socially successful. Systems of support in which parents matriculate through a series of progressively intensive interventions depending on their need have been identified as a potentially promising framework for delivering family support services (McIntyre &…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Child Development, Parent Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Block Grant Head Start? Devolution's Potential Negative Impact on Children and Families
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mallett, Christopher A.; Allen, Benjamin L. – NHSA Dialog, 2005
The "new federalism" paradigm offers an explanation why the federal government has devolved much of its administration of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF, formerly AFDC) and Medicaid (through managed care) programs. A review of child and family outcomes data resulting from these devolutionary changes in TANF and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Federal State Relationship, Federal Government, Welfare Recipients