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A National Survey of Parent Support Legislation and Regulations
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Correa, Nancy P; Van Horne, Bethanie; Greeley, Christopher; Giardino, Angelo P. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2014
Introduction: Parent education has a positive impact on children, parents, families, and the community. Children at Risk and Bracewell & Giuliani LLP conducted a policy scan of state statutes regarding parent education. Methodology: To identify state statutes that address parent education, we conducted a search of statutes in all 50 states…
Descriptors: Parent Education, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Home Visits
Parents Helping Parents through a Community Outreach Program for Mentally Handicapped Children.
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Garber, M.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1985
The Paraprofessional Outreach Program, designed to provide needed support for parents of developmentally delayed children living at home features parents serving as paraprofessionals in a behavioral approach. Evidence indicates that the program has had a positive impact upon both parents and their children. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Home Programs, Mental Retardation, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Still Going Strong: A Tracer Study of the Community Mothers Programme, Dublin, Ireland. Early Childhood Development: Practice and Reflections. Following Footsteps.
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Molloy, Brenda – 2002
Home visiting is the strategy used by the Community Mothers Programme to enhance parenting skills of first-time mothers from economically disadvantaged areas in Dublin, Ireland. The home visitors are all women from the community who volunteer to visit parents in their homes once a month for 1 hour over a 12-month period. In a 1989 evaluation, 232…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Followup Studies
Project Education and Community Development, Ofakim. Evaluation Report on The EMRA Home Intervention Programme, The Neighbourhood Centre Programme, The Play and Parent Guidance Corners in Pediatric Clinics, The Early Childhood Resource Centre, The Centre for Teen-age Girls. For the period September 1981-July 1982.
Levin-Rozalis, Miri – 1982
This report evaluates the 1981-82 activities of five component programs carried out under Project Education and Community Development, a project designed to enhance family processes and community development in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Ofakim, Israel. Part I describes project background, aims and objectives, intervention strategies, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Development, Community Programs, Disadvantaged
Caretaking in a Nurturing Way: Replicating Relationship-Based, Reflective Models in Healthy Families Programs
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Campbell, Sally – Zero to Three (J), 2005
Healthy Families America is a national, voluntary, home visiting program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a safe and healthy start. Since 1992, it has been successfully replicated in over 440 communities in the U.S. and Canada. This article describes the program's reflective, relationship-based model and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Caregivers, Home Programs
Project Education and Community Development, Ofakim, Israel. Progress Report No. 5. Summary of Project Activities, Phase II: 1980-1982.
Paz, Ruth – 1982
This report reviews activities carried out from 1980 to 1982 under Project Education and Community Development, a home intervention program designed to enhance the social and educational environment of minority group families in Ofakim, Israel. After a brief introduction (Part I), the accomplishments of each component program are considered…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Development, Community Programs, Disadvantaged
C.I.T.E. Community Integrated Training and Education: An Alternative to Facility-Based Services.
Robinson, David L. – 1987
The Community Integrated Training and Education (C.I.T.E.) program, sponsored by the Hamilton County (Ohio) Board of Mental Retardation, is a support program for county families with mentally retarded children, aged 6 months to 22 years. The program is structured to provide education and training for families who have decided against residential…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, County Programs, Delivery Systems