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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Head Start programs"”.
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An Investigation of the Characteristics and School Readiness of Children with Disabilities who Attend Head Start Programs
… of children with disabilities who attend Head Start programs, as well as the characteristics of the programs they attend and the school districts in which they receive special education. In addition, a second purpose was to determine whether there are differences in these characteristics …
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MILITANT MAIDS: DOMESTIC WORKERS’ PARTICIPATION IN BUS BOYCOTTS, VOTER REGISTRATION, AND HEAD START PROGRAMS IN THE DEEP SOUTH
… Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida; and Head Start work in those same Deep South states. Domestic workers engaged in activism by joining unions, women's movements, and the Communist Party to improve their treatment in Northern and Southern cities. Modern historians have expanded their …
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The calm after the storm : a qualitative case study on the role of resilience and post-disaster interventions in the recovery of Head Start programs.
… and Families (ACF) provided the Office of Head Start (OHS) with emergency funding for Head Start grant recipients impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. This funding provided Head Start programs with numerous post-disaster interventions necessary to recover from, respond to, and …
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Access to Quality Child Care for Preschool Children With Disabilities: An Examination of Efforts by Illinois Head Start Programs in the Context of Welfare Reform
This study investigated the efforts of Head Start (HS) programs in improving access to quality and inclusive child care for preschool-aged children with disabilities and their families. Using survey questionnaires and telephone interviews, 81 Head Start Disability Service Coordinators (DSCs) from …
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Early Head Start and Early Intervention: A Collaborative Approach to Serving Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities in Natural Environments
… children with Part C IFSPs are served by Early Head Start programs (funded in Wave 1 and 2). In addition, the settings that Wave 1 and Wave 2 Early Head Start programs use to serve infants and toddlers were examined. Finally, this study explored the types of collaboration that were reported to …
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The Incorporation of Emergent Literacy into Head Start Classrooms
… federal legislation outlines requirements for Head Start programs with regard to specific activities that should be promoted to enhance children's emergent literacy skills. This study asked teachers from 318 Head Start programs in the Southeast United States to complete a survey that asked …
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Impact of a Teacher Training Program to Increase Informative Praise and Decrease Commands and Negative Comments
… their schooling careers behind most students. Head Start programs around the nation are utilized to close the gap in achievement, by providing those students with the educational support necessary to prepare them for future schooling. However, when assessed with the Classroom Assessment Scoring …
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Implementation of a class-wide intervention to teach behavioral expectations in Head Start
Children and teachers were recruited from two Head Start programs in a Midwestern city to participate in this study focused on behavioral expectations. Using a multiple probe design across four classrooms, the impact of scripted stories, role play, and prompts was examined. Teachers were trained on …
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Phonemic Awareness in Preschool Children in Relation to Reading Practices in the Home
… study focused on children participating in two Head Start programs and on their families as well. The parents were interviewed to learn about the home activities, and the children were given a phonemic awareness assessment. The study found that the majority of parents reported participating in …
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PEP Talks: Partnerships for Educational Planning Talks
… Education Planning Talks was an addition to the programs already offered at Butler County Children’s Center (BCCC). The goals of this program were to increase ease with transition for families from Early Intervention to Preschool Special Education services, to increase the advocacy material …
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An Examination of the Strong Start Intervention to Support the Pro-Social Behaviors in At-Risk Head Start Students
… for at-risk preschool-aged children enrolled in Head Start programs. A single-case design was used, which included 3 children from a rural Head Start center in the southeast of the U.S. Additionally, systematic direct observations were used to measure behavior change. Results demonstrated that …
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The extent to which New Jersey public librarians promote early literacy skills
… offered by selected public librarians to Head Start programs and local nursery schools for children from birth to age five.</p> <p>Responses to the questionnaire showed that all the participating public librarians used a variety of methods in their weekly preschool storytimes to promote …
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Examining the Relationships Between Behavior Policies and Procedures, Teachers' Perceptions of Efficacy and Job Satisfaction, and Children's Social Skills and Challenging Behaviors in Head Start Settings
… teacher efficacy as reported by teachers in six Head Start programs. In addition, the relationship between teacher efficacy and job satisfaction and children's social skills and challenging behaviors was examined. The results indicate that the quality and implementation of behavior policies and …
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Examining educators’ attitudes toward trauma-informed care and educators’ secondary traumatic stress
… included six public school districts and two Head Start programs. The Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care Scale (ARTIC-45) (Baker et al., 2015; Traumatic Stress Institute, 2022) and the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS) (Bride et al., 2007) were used as instruments in this study. …
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From Baby Babble to Childhood Chatter: Predicting Infant and Toddler Communication Outcomes Using Longitudinal Modeling
… of intervention for children. Kansas Early Head Start programs administered the ECI quarterly to 4445 non-disabled children as part of an accountability program. Multiple imputation procedures were done on the data to recover key information. Longitudinal structural equation modeling lends …
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms as a Mediator of the Relation Between Social Perception and Social Skills and Adaptability in Preschoolers
… consisted of 3- to 6-year-old children attending Head Start Programs and private preschools (<em>N</em> = 76). It was expected that social perception abilities would positively relate to both social skills and adaptability. It was also expected that these relations would occur indirectly through …
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An Evaluation of a Preschool Tutorial Program
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Exploring the Long- and Short-Term Planning Practices of Head Start Teachers With Regards to Children With and Without Disabilities
… long- and short-term planning practices of 21 Head Start teachers across three Head Start programs. A structured face-to-face interview protocol was used to gather information on: (a) the levels of planning used, (b) the purposes for planning at each identified level, (c) the levels at which …
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