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Assembly Bill 627: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: FY 2007-08 final evaluation report
Leitner, David, January, 2009
Carson City: Nevada, Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and School Improvement Programs.

An evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examined the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year and compared first and third grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants

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Assembly Bill 627: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: FY 2007-08 final evaluation report [Executive summary]
Leitner, David, January, 2009
Carson City: Nevada, Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and School Improvement Programs.

A summary of an evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examined the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year and compared first and third grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants

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Books and Good Stuff: A strategy for building school to home literacy connections
Zeece, Pauline Davey, August 2009
Early Childhood Education Journal, 37(1), 35-42

A description of the Books and Good Stuff (BAGS) program, and a discussion of its use in the support of family literacy practices

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Born too soon: What can we expect?: Nature of home literacy experiences for children with very low birth weight
Ragusa, G., July, 2009
Early Child Development and Care, 179(5), 651-670

An exploration of the home literacy experiences of children born with a very low birth weight and their influence on children?s literacy development, based on observations of and interviews with 16 families of 4-year old children born with a very low birthweight

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Characteristics of effective collaboration among innovative early childhood intervention programs
Wilder, Erin M., 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Seattle University, WA

A qualitative study of collaboration and communication processes between early childhood intervention programs and the families and the community, based on a survey and observations of two sites serving a low-income, high needs population

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Compromise in collaborating with families: Perspectives of beginning special education teachers
Hansuvadha, Natalie, October 2009
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 30(4), 346-362

An exploration of early childhood special education teachers’ practices and beliefs towards collaboration with families of children with disabilities, based on interviews with 11 teachers who graduated from a Master’s in Education program in Early Childhood Special Education at a Pacific Northwestern university

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Connected kids at Head Start: Taking office-based violence prevention to the community
Cowden, John D., October 2009
Pediatrics, 124(4), 1094-1099

A qualitative study of the acceptability and appropriateness of Connected Kids: Safe, Strong, Secure, a violence prevention curriculum for Head Start, based on data from 8 focus groups with 63 parents and family advocates at 2 Head Start centers in Kansas City

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Crossing the glass wall: Using preschool educators' knowledge to enhance parental understanding of children's self-regulation and emotion regulation
Boyer, Wanda, December 2009
Early Childhood Education Journal, 37(3), 175-182

An exploration of early childhood teachers' knowledge of children's socioemotional development and self-regulation, and a discussion of way to collaborate with parents to share such knowledge

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A day in the life: Secure interludes with joint book reading
Cameron, Catherine (Catherine Ann), Summer 2009
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 23(4), 437-449

Accounts of two interactions of children and parents during joint book reading sessions in the United States and Italy, and a discussion of commonalities in parent-child reading sessions in 7 countries around the world

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Developing productive lifeskills in children: Priming entrepreneurial mindsets through socialization in family occupations
Mbebeb, Fomba E., 2009
International Journal of Early Childhood, 41(2), 23-34

An argument for the integration of entrepreneurial thinking as a component of early childhood education through life skills orientation within the family in the African context

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The differential impact of early father and mother involvement on later student achievement
McBride, Brent A., May 2009
Journal of Educational Psychology, 101(2), 498-508

An exploration of the links between early parental involvement and later student achievement, based on a subsample of 1,474 children and their fathers from the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID-CDS)

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Early emotional development in infants and toddlers: Perspectives of Early Head Start staff and parents
Brophy-Herb, Holly, May/June 2009
Infant Mental Health Journal, 30(3)

A qualitative study of the knowledge and beliefs about infant and toddler emotional development held by parents with children enrolled in Early Head Start and by Early Head Start staff, based on focus groups with 20 parents and 21 staff members from 2 counties

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Early school performance for students with disabilities: Examining the impact of early childhood special education, parent involvement, and family quality of life
Epley, Pamela H., 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Kansas, Lawrence

An examination of home-based parent involvement and family quality of life as moderators of the relationship between parent ratings of early childhood special education services and academic or social-behavioral outcomes for children with disabilities, based on 156 parent ratings of services

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Educating your child while you drive: Assessing the efficacy of early childhood audiovisual materials
Akiba, Daisuke, Winter 2009/2010
Childhood Education, 86(2), 113-115

An overview of the popularity of commercially prepared early education materials such as DVDs, CDs, computer software, books, and toys and an overview of selected research findings

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The effect of maternal language on bilingual children's vocabulary and emergent literacy development during Head Start and kindergarten
Hammer, Carol Scheffner, March, 2009
Scientific Studies of Reading, 13(2), 99-121

An examination of the relationships between maternal English and Spanish language use and both vocabulary and emergent literacy development over 2 years in Head Start and kindergarten, and an examination of differences by child gender, based on data from 72 mothers and their bilingual children in English immersion programs

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Effect of using the Ages and Stages questionnaires on childcare providers developmental assessment ability
Branson, Diane Marie, May 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Nevada, Reno

An investigation the influence of the administration a standardized developmental screening tool and order of administration on accuracy of provider assessment of delayed child development and appropriate referral for further evaluation, a study of the relationship between accurate assessment and referral to an early intervention agency and child care provider age, years of experience, and educational level, and a third study of the relationship of parental impression of their child’s development and the child care provider impression, based on data collected from 105 providers in 9 centers, 195 parents, and interviews with 9 providers

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Effects of parent expectations and involvement on the school readiness of children in Head Start
Cook, Krystal Tisha, 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station

A study of the relationships between measures of school readiness and both parental expectations and involvement in their children's home learning activities, and an exploration of moderation by race, gender, and level of risk, based on data collected from 77 caregivers of children formerly enrolled in a Head Start program

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El alfabetismo y las familias latinas: A critical perspective on the literacy values and practices of Latino families with young children
Billings, Elsa S., 2009
Journal of Latinos and Education, 8(4), 252-269

An examination of parents' perceptions around literacy development, their beliefs and values about literacy and school readiness, and forms of literacy-related practices in which parents and other family members engage with their young children, based on interviews with 37 primarily Latino parents with young children, many of whom were English-language learners, attending well-child visits at one of three clinics which were either participants or non-participants in the pediatric-based early literacy promotion program called Reach Out and Read (ROR)

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Evaluating the efficacy of the Parents Activate Literacy Skills (PALS) program
Corbisiero, Amii M., 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

A study of the effect of the PALS parent implemented emergent literacy intervention and a study of the effect of Supportive Parenting Training on both the reading readiness of preschoolers and parent-child relationships among preschoolers and their caregivers in a sample 24 parents and their children 3 through 5 years who attend preschool

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Evaluation highlights: Client feedback from October 2006 - September 2009
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (U.S.), December 2009
Chapel Hill, NC: National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center.

An overview of an evaluation of the services provided by the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), based on client feedback and satisfaction surveys collected from October 2006 through September 2009

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Exploring parental philosophies regarding childcare: Overlap orientations and the influence of childcare programmes on families
Baumgartner, Jennifer, October 2009
Early Child Development and Care, 179(7), 931-947

A qualittive study of the beliefs held by families regarding the roles of child care drawn from one-to-one interviews with 40 parents of children ages 3 through 5 in a campus based full-day child care program at a midwestern university

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Factors that promote or inhibit the involvement of African American parents in a community college early childhood education program
McClendon, Lillie Faye, May 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

A study of the parental role constructions that influence the involvement of 12 African American parents in their children's educations both at home and at a child development center

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Family engagement, diverse families, and early childhood education programs
Halgunseth, Linda C., September 2009
YC: Young Children, 64(5), 56-58

A discussion of research on the engagement of ethnically diverse families in early childhood education programs

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Family engagement, diverse families, and early childhood education programs: An integrated review of the literature
Halgunseth, Linda C., 2009
Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

A discussion of research on the engagement of ethnically diverse families in early childhood education programs

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A family strengths approach to early language and literacy development
Carter, Deborah Russell, June 2009
Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(6), 519-526

A presentation of the Family Strengths Model for teachers to assist families in the encouragement of language and reading in children’s home environments

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