Training for support workers who work with parents with intellectual disability can be aided by understanding how they perceive the training process and their competence development. This study explored the perceptions of competence development and the training process in Swedish support workers trained in the evidence-informed programme…

This manual was designed primarily for use by individuals with developmental disabilities and related conditions. It is hoped that it is also useful for families, as well as service coordinators and providers who directly assist families and individuals with developmental disabilities. The focus of this manual is to provide easy-to-read…

This resource conveys policies, procedures, and guidelines that support the delivery of special education services in British Columbia's (Canada) public schools. It was originally published in 1995 (ED414703), following an extensive provincial Special Education Review (1993-94). The purpose of this manual is to provide a single point of reference…

This field procedures manual for community interviewers and site coordinators, one of a series of documents on the evaluation of the National Home Start program (NHS), describes specific testing procedures for collecting family data. A federally funded demonstration program, NHS is aimed at providing home-based services (such as health, education,…

This manual, designed to orient new assistant teachers to the principles and routines of the Pennsylvania Research in Infant Development and Education (PRIDE) project, a center-based program enrolling 43 children ages 12-38 months, contains a brief section giving background information on the project and the project's specific guidelines for…

This guide represents an attempt to organize the available literature on day care programs currently in operation or in the proposal stage for infants under two years of age. Special emphases are placed on program goals for psychological development in the first two years, the curricula which have been developed to accomplish these goals, and the…

The role of the toy demonstrator in a home-based, mother-involved intervention effort (Verbal Interaction Project) is presented in this handbook for staff members. It is believed that the prerequisites for functioning in the toy demonstrator's role are a sense of responsibility, patience with the children and their mothers, and willingness to be…

Information to assist local institutions in operating Mother-Child Programs i s provided in this manual as part of the Verbal Interaction Project. Following an introduction, the manual discusses the following topics: (1) Ingredients and Procedures of a Mother-Child Program, (2) Major Program Components, (3) Administrative and Other Practical…

This handbook presents the key components of an urban home-based tutoring program for adults. It updates information contained in the fiscal year 1983 handbook. Section 1 answers questions regarding what home-based tutoring is, the need, the population served, curriculum design, special clients (mentally retarded, General Educational Development…

This report presents summary analyses of descriptive and comparative data collected during the 1973 Home Start evaluation project. The data presented were collected at 6 of the 16 Home Start sites, from three experimental groups of families (those entering the Home Start and Head Start programs in fall 1973 and those identified to enter Home Start…

Designed as a training and reference manual for instructors and their administrators in Adult Basic Education (ABE) home instruction programs, the handbook is based upon experience in six projects in Ohio and Kentucky. Adults receiving home instruction are functionally illiterate and, through a combined lack of transportation, child care,…

This handbook provides both general and specific information on child development and child care to help adults who are providing child care in their homes. Information is presented in six sections which describe: (1) the family day care system, the occupation of caregiver, and the development of relationships; (2) development of a health program,…

This home visitor's handbook is one of seven publications designed to implement the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) Program, which uses televised, mobile classroom, and parent instruction to educated 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. It describes the HOPE program, and the home visitor's role, and provides guidelines for work with preschoolers and…

This guide presents the scheme and direction for personnel training in the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) Program, which uses three modes of instruction (televised, mobile classroom, and parent instruction) to educate 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. The importance of team instruction, the goals and methods of inservice training, and day-by-day…

This manual is one of seven publications designed to implement the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) Program, which uses televised, mobile classroom, and parent instruction to educate 3-, 4-, and 5-year olds. It describes (1) responsibilities of the program materials production team; (2) responsibilities of the field team which operates the…