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A comparison of European American and Puerto Rican parent's beliefs and expectations concerning early intervention programs for preschool children
Achhpal, Beena, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs

A comparison of the expectation of early childhood programs between Puerto Rican parents and European American parents, based on a sample of 60 Puerto Rican and European American parents of children in Head Start programs in northeastern Connecticut

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Can toddlers learn vocabulary from television?: An experimental approach
Krcmar, Marina, 2007
Media Psychology, 10(1), 1-23

An investigation of young children?s ability to learn vocabulary quickly from television programs, also known as fast mapping, based on a sample of 48 toddlers between the ages of 15 and 24 months

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The day care program for children in Hartford, Connecticut
Winston, Ethna B., 1946
The Journal of Negro Education, 15(2), 257-261

A study of a project in Hartford, Connecticut designed to keep children from delinquency by means of child care and recreational supervision

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Effect of early educational intervention on younger siblings: The Infant Health and Development Program
McCormick, Marie C., October, 2012
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 166(10), 891-896

A study of the relationship between participation of an older sibling in an early intervention program and the younger sibling's measures of intelligence, youth behavioral problems, and expectations of the future, based on data from the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), an eight-site randomized trial of three years of early education for premature low-birth-weight infants who were followed up through age 18, and 229 siblings of participating children born within 5 years of the IHDP study participants

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Effects of place of testing on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test scores of disadvantaged Head Start and non-Head Start children
Seitz, Victoria, 1975
Child Development, 46(2), 481-486

A study of the impact of the testing environment on the test performance of disadvantaged children in the Head Start Program as compared with disadvantaged children not in Head Start, with a total sample of 40 children tested at home or in another location

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An investigation of the effectiveness of a home-school intervention involving Direct Behavior Ratings to decrease disruptive behavior in preschoolers
LeBel, Teresa, 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs

An investigation of the influence of a home to school collaborative intervention of direct behavior ratings to decrease disruptive behavior in 4 preschoolers

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Municipal leadership for afterschool: Citywide approaches spreading across the country
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, 2011
Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families.

An examination and profiles of city-led efforts to build comprehensive out-of-school time systems, based on surveys and interviews with representatives from 27 cities

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Nature and children: The effects of gardening on preschoolers
Knox, Anika, January 2010
Unpublished master’s thesis, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven

A study of the impact of gardening on perceived peer acceptance, social adjustment, interest in nature, and nutritional awareness based on teacher and child self-reports of 45 children randomly assigned to either gardening or control conditions for 3 months in one Head Start program in West Haven, Connecticut

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Parental satisfaction with integrated early childhood programs
Geyer, Douglas J., 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, New York

A survey-based examination of parents' level of satisfaction with their young children's inclusive classroom experiences

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Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
Blank, Helen, 1999
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs.

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The Stamford School Readiness Program: A qualitative case study of interagency collaboration
Schreiner, Deborah M., 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT

An analysis of Connecticut's Stamford School Readiness Program, focusing on how individual quality components met the needs of participating children and their families as well as investigating how interagency collaboration provided an appropriate learning environment for the children

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Supporting adolescent mothers and their children through a high school-based child care center and parent support program
Sadler, Lois, 2003
Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 17(3), 109-117

A study of adolescent parents and their children at a high school-based child care center, focusing on the influence of the program on parental competence, parent-child interaction, and child development

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Teacher reports on vertical curriculum alignment reflecting the organizational culture of community-based preschool and public school kindergarten programs
Horan, Diane M., 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

A qualitative case study of the reports and perceptions of both community-based preschool teachers and public school kindergarten teachers, within their respective organizational culture frameworks, regarding vertical curriculum alignment between preschool and kindergarten, based on individual teacher interviews, focus group interviews, and survey questionnaires with 2 groups of 4 teachers from each setting

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