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Direct linkSeiden, Jonathan; Kunz, Valeria; Dang, Sara; Sharma, Matrika; Gyawali, Sagar – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2021
Natural disasters create immense challenges for young children by exposing them to a high degree of adversity. Interventions designed to build resilience in the aftermath of a natural disaster may help buffer the negative consequences of these adverse experiences. In this article, we report the results of our quasi-experimental evaluations of two…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Resilience (Psychology), Child Development, Infants
Kayumova, Shakhnoza; Karsli, Elif; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha; Buxton, Cory – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2015
Building on previous research of family engagement and using perspectives drawn from Chicana/Latina feminist theories, in this ethnographic study we explored how Latina mothers and daughters negotiated and contested multiple ways of knowing during bilingual science family workshops. Our research illustrated that critical pedagogies Latina mothers…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Females, Mothers, Daughters
Download full textDuggan, Anne; Portilla, Ximena A.; Filene, Jill H.; Crowne, Sarah Shea; Hill, Carolyn J.; Lee, Helen; Knox, Virginia – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2018
This implementation research report describes the local programs, home visiting staff, and families who participated in the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE), a national evaluation of the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program launched in 2011. This national evaluation is…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Home Visits
Leese, Maggie – Child Care in Practice, 2013
The subject of engaging mothers in appropriate family support continues to be debated and this paper explores the complex factors that influenced one mother's willingness to accept support. In addition, it captures how her family support worker built and sustained a "help-providing" and "help-receiving" relationship despite the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Helping Relationship, Family Programs, Parent Participation
Correa, Vivian I.; Bonilla, Zobeida E.; Reyes-MacPherson, Maria E. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2011
The social support networks of 25 Puerto Rican single mothers of young children with disabilities were examined and compared with current models of family support for children with disabilities. This study was designed to assess the support systems of Latino single mothers in light of dominant models of family support. The Family Support Scale,…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Mothers, Family Programs, Disabilities
Coogle, Christan Grygas – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate the early intervention experiences of mothers who have a young child at risk for an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). More specifically, the goal was to explore the family centered help giving practices mothers identify and how these practices affect their early intervention experiences. Five…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Mothers, Qualitative Research, At Risk Persons
Peer reviewedBailey, Donald B., Jr.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Parent attitudes and effects of parent participation were studied for workshops for professionals trying to become more family-focused in early intervention programs for children with disabilities. Thirty professionals and six mothers participated. Parent presence influenced the extent to which professionals perceived a need for change in program…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement
Dharmadasa, Indranie – 1996
Most of the low-income, under-educated mothers in rural areas of Sri Lanka are disadvantaged and unable to provide their children with a healthy home environment, guidance, or the material support required for their children's education. This study hypothesized that educating low-income, under-educated mothers to develop their own literacy skills…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Foreign Countries
Crawford, Cameron; And Others – 1993
This study looks at Canadian families' efforts to begin an inclusive life for their children with disabilities--and for society--"right off the bat," in the child care arena. It examines quality child care situations that welcome children with disabilities. It explores needed reform of public policy and programs to build on those…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Day Care, Disabilities, Family Involvement
Upshur, Carole C. – 1994
This speech reports on data collected by the Early Intervention Collaborative Study (EICS), which is a longitudinal study following the development of 190 young children with disabilities (and their families) who entered 29 publicly funded early intervention programs in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in the period from 1985 to 1987. The…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demography, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
Dunham, R. M.; Williams, S.; Portes, P. R. – 1984
Project Know-How, a small intensive early childhood intervention program, stresses family involvement in attempting to maximize the development of children. Three main components are involved: a preschool program, a mothers' program, and a fathers' program. Project goals are addressed through a three-fold intervention plan involving cooperative…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Discipline, Early Childhood Education, Family Environment
VanGalder, Candace Jayne – 1997
This pilot study, involving a mother and her 3-year-old child with developmental delays, developed, implemented, and evaluated a model of early intervention that incorporates family-centered assessment and intervention practices. The CARE (Caregiver Assistance, Resources, and Education) project model was both school-based and home-based. The…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Caregivers, Case Studies, Child Rearing
Little, Loyd, Ed. – Early Developments, 2000
This document consists of the three 2000 issues of a journal reporting new research in early child development conducted by the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Articles in the spring 2000 issue focus on a follow-up study of the Abecedarian Project, children of depressed mothers,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Day Care Centers, Depression (Psychology)
