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Direct linkLenters, Kimberly – Community Literacy Journal, 2008
This paper explores the following questions related to family literacy programs: How is family literacy linked with family literacy programs? What are the theoretical frameworks supporting the various models educators and researchers are using in their pedagogical approaches to family literacy programs? As these questions are explored several…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Design, Family Literacy, Family Programs
James, Joyce; Green, Deborah; Rodriguez, Carolyne; Fong, Rowena – Child Welfare, 2008
In 2005 the Texas 79th legislature passed Senate Bill 6, which included mandates to address disproportionality. This article will describe how the Texas Department of Family Protective Services in collaboration with Casey Family Programs' Texas State Strategy systems improvement initiative is addressing disproportionality statewide through…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, State Programs, Racial Bias, Child Welfare
Dishion, Thomas J.; Shaw, Daniel; Connell, Arin; Gardner, Frances; Weaver, Chelsea; Wilson, Melvin – Child Development, 2008
Seven hundred thirty-one income-eligible families in 3 geographical regions who were enrolled in a national food supplement program were screened and randomized to a brief family intervention. At child ages 2 and 3, the intervention group caregivers were offered the Family Check-Up and linked parenting support services. Latent growth models on…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship
Heller, Tamar; Janicki, Matthew P.; Marks, Beth; Hammel, Joy; Factor, Alan – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
The overall goal of the "2007 State of the Science Symposium on Aging with Developmental Disabilities: Charting Lifespan Trajectories and Supportive Environments for Healthy Community Living" (held in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.) was to increase the understanding and definition of how to improve the health, psychosocial well-being, and community…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Health Promotion, Mental Retardation, Family Programs
McKinney, Marilyn; Lasley, Saralyn; Holmes-Gull, Rosemary – English Journal, 2008
Family writing projects can change the nature of classroom writing instruction and rejuvenate teachers. Marilyn McKinney, Saralyn Lasley, and Rosemary Holmes-Gull report on their study of one such project in an urban school district. Using the concept of "third space," they describe the influence of this family literacy program on…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Writing Instruction, Urban Schools, Family Literacy
Download full textLind, Christianne; Crocker, Jarle; Stewart, Nichole; Torrico, Roxana; Bhat, Soumya; Schmid, William; Ennis, Melissa, Ed. – Finance Project, 2009
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's "Making Connections" initiative provides support to communities across the country to help improve outcomes for children and families in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The sites, together with local partners, are engaged in a range of strategies and activities, reflecting local conditions and priorities, to ensure…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Educational Finance, Private Financial Support, Block Grants
Williams, K. P.; Mullan, P. B.; Todem, D. – Health Education Research, 2009
This paper presents the rationale and findings of a feasibility and process study of the Kin Keeper[superscript SM] Cancer Prevention Intervention. An observational cohort study design was implemented with African-American women in synergistic female family relationships. Community health workers (CHWs) from two Michigan public health programs…
Descriptors: Females, Prevention, Focus Groups, Health Programs
Vanobbergen, Bruno; Daems, Marie; Van Tilburg, Sarah – Educational Review, 2009
Bookbabies, an initiative from the Flemish Reading Association and the Flemish Centre for Public Libraries, is a pilot project organised in 10 Flemish cities where local public libraries worked together with 82 couples with young babies for two years to set up a programme called "having fun with books". The objectives of the research…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Infants, Toddlers, Reading Programs
Yapa, Lakshman – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2009
The universal belief that poverty is a matter of low income and correctable through economic growth, more jobs, and increased income is precisely why poverty has persisted in the United States and elsewhere. We view the poor as those not yet in the middle class, but it can be shown that not all the poor can join the middle class, even in the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Quality of Life, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Edwards, Harriett C. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2009
In the current Overseas Contingency Operation (OCO), families and communities have been impacted by multiple deployments. This is particularly challenging for families that are geographically isolated from military installations and resources typically available near these facilities. Operation Military Kids (OMK) is a national partnership…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Extension Education, Advisory Committees, Military Personnel
Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob; Kearney, Emma; Hampshire, Anne; Mason, Jan; Schmied, Virginia – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2009
This article draws on an Australian project engaging with families with complex support needs as their children start school. The project itself is focused on developing collaborative research relationships between families, community support agencies and researchers with the aim of investigating what happens for families during the transition to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethics, Researchers, Research Methodology
Wang, Mian; Brown, Roy – Journal of Family Social Work, 2009
As a new extension of individual quality-of-life (QOL) framework that has been widely embraced in the field of disability to affect policy making, guide service delivery, and enhance outcomes of individuals with disabilities, family quality of life (FQoL) has been increasingly recognized as an important concept in the area of family supports for…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Family Programs, Quality of Life, Developmental Disabilities
Schafft, Kai A.; Prins, Esther S. – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2009
This study investigates how poverty and residential mobility affect adult persistence and participation in family literacy (FL) programs. Combining data from interviews with directors and participants from a sample of FL sites in Pennsylvania, this study examines (a) the perceptions of practitioners and adult learners regarding the role of…
Descriptors: Poverty, Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
Turnbull, Ann P.; Summers, Jean Ann; Turnbull, Rud; Brotherson, Mary Jane; Winton, Pam; Roberts, Richard; Snyder, Patricia; McWilliam, Robin; Chandler, Lynette; Schrandt, Suzanne; Stowe, Matt; Bruder, Mary Beth; Divenere, Nancy; Epley, Pam; Hornback, Mergy; Huff, Barbara; Miksch, Peggy; Mitchell, Linda; Sharp, Lisa; Stroup-Rentier, Vera – Journal of Early Intervention, 2007
This article utilizes four knowledge sources to characterize a current gap in policy and practice related to serving families in early intervention (birth to 5) programs. It argues that the field of early intervention has focused primarily on implementing family-centered practices by focusing on how families and professionals should interact. The…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Programs, Young Children, Disabilities
Child and Family Policy Center, 2012
This most recent Iowa Kids Count data book, "Iowa Kids Count 2011: Trends in the Well-Being of Iowa Children," provides data on 20 different indicators of child and family well-being at the United States, Iowa, substate and county level. The annually produced data book presents health, education, welfare and economic data including…
Descriptors: Well Being, Child Health, Counties, Child Abuse
