ERIC Number: ED256525
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 26
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Pueblo Infant Parent Education Project (PIPE Project). Final Report.
Western Illinois Univ., Macomb. Coll. of Education.
In the third and final year of its demonstration grant, the PIPE Project refined and expanded services to families in seven Pueblo Indian communities. Project staff and local Community Health Representatives (CHRs) completed 82 developmental assessments, made more than 400 home visits, and provided ongoing educational services to 27 handicapped infants and toddlers and their families. Project evaluation assessed the effect of paraprofessional training for CHRs, the impact of home intervention, and the handicapped children's developmental progress. In each case beginning and end-of-year results were compared using correlated t-tests. CHRs self-reports of knowledge and competency reflected significant growth in the four key areas addressed by inservice training, particularly interacting with parents. To measure the impact of home intervention, PIPE staff members completed the "Parent Behavior Progression" checklist with 21 families. Ratings indicated significant improvement in parenting skills over the year. Developmental assessments with 20 of the children served showed significant raw score gains; differences between predicted and observed gains were not significant. Correlations between project related variables and child progress suggest that parenting skills are related to rate of child progress, i.e., the project's aim of training parents also benefits the children. Ten tables of data are appended. (JHZ)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Community Health Services, Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs, Home Programs, Home Visits, Human Services, Infants, Inservice Education, Mild Disabilities, Paraprofessional Personnel, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Preschool Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Rehabilitation Programs, Severe Disabilities, Toddlers
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. Handicapped Children's Early Education Program.
Authoring Institution: Western Illinois Univ., Macomb. Coll. of Education.
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