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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

An interim report of the random assignment, impact evaluation of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, analyzing child and family outcomes through the first two years of children's lives.

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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume I. Technical report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

An evaluation of the effectiveness of Early Head Start programs in improving children's outcomes, based on a national assessment of 3,000 children at 17 sites

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The Early Head Start Father Studies: Design, data collection, and summary of father presence in the lives of infants and toddlers
Boller, Kimberley, 2006
Parenting: Science and Practice, 6(2-3), 117-143

An overview of the Early Head Start Father Studies, describing the study methodology, response rates, father demographics, and father child relationship

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An evaluation of a functional analysis assessment of preschool conceptual development: Examining the intervention efficacy of the Bracken Concept Development Program and the Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised with Head Start students
Wilson, Patti, 1999
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

An inquiry into the efficacy of the Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised (BBCS-R) and the Bracken Concept Development Program (BCDP), based on a sample of 54 Head Start children in Shelby County, Tennessee

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Head Start children's entry into public school: A report on the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study
United States. Head Start Bureau, 2000
Washington, DC: U.S. Head Start Bureau.

An overview of the impact, on children, families, schools, and communities, of 31 local demonstration programs, conducted as part of the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study, in 30 states and the Navajo Nation from the 1991-92 school year through the 1997-98 school year, and implementing major initiatives related to: parent involvement; educational enhancement; family social support services; and health and nutrition

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Head Start programs: Participant characteristics, services, and funding
United States. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 1998
(GAO/HEHS-98-65). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

A study of several factors of the Head Start program, including the number of participants, participants' characteristics, services provided, service delivery methods, federal and non-federal dollars received and spent, and other programs providing similar early childhood services

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Increasing early literacy instruction of Head Start teachers using videotape consultation
Bose-Deakins, Jillayne E., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

An evaluation of the effects of videotape consultation procedures on the literacy teaching practices of Head Start teachers to determine if the videotape created an increase in literacy instruction

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Increasing peer-directed social communication skills of children enrolled in Head Start
Craig-Unkefer, Lesley A., 2003
Journal of Early Intervention, 25(4), 229-247

A study assessing the effects of a play-plan-report intervention to improve the social-communicative interactions of six children at-risk for delays in language and social skills enrolled in Head Start

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Leading the way: Characteristics and early experiences of selected Early Head Start programs: Volume I: Cross-site perspectives
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, December 1999
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.

A description of the characteristics and early implementation experiences of the 17 research programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in fall 1997, with a focus on similarities and differences across programs in the characteristics of the families they serve, their goals and expected outcomes, the services they offer, and their early challenges and successes

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Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Vol. I. Final technical report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2002
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A report of the findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a large-scale, random-assignment evaluation of the impact of Early Head Start programs on the development of infants and toddlers, and the parenting and family development of low-income families across the US

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Needs assessment report Tennessee Head Start State Collaboration Office
Coscarelli, Janet, 01 May, 2009
Nashville: Tennessee Head Start-State Collaboration Office.

An assessment of Tennessee Head Start program needs and strengths in the cooperation, coordination, and collaboration of services, curricula, and assessments in eight designated priority areas, based on survey responses from 29 Head Start grantees

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Pathways to quality and full implementation in Early Head Start programs
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2002
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A report characterizing the development of Early Head Start programs over the first four years of the program's existence.

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Preferences and perceptions about getting support expressed by low-income fathers
Summers, Jean Ann, 2004
Fathering, 2(1), 61-82

A survey of fathers of children participating in Early Head Start to determine their perceptions of available supports for enhancing their fathering roles

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The relationship between Head Start parental involvement and the economic and social self-sufficiency of Head Start families
Oyemade, Ura Jean, 1989
The Journal of Negro Education, 58(1), 5-15

A study of the relationship between the parental involvement component of the Head Start program and the economic and social self-sufficiency of Head Start families and their children

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Socializations for infants and toddlers in the Early Head Start home-based program option
United States. Head Start Bureau, 2001
(Early Head Start Program Strategies). Washington, DC: Early Head Start National Resource Center.

A discussion of the benefits of group-oriented Early Head Start services focused on the parent-child relationship to the socialization of infants

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Status of efforts to increase the qualifications of Head Start teachers
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 2004
(OEI-07-01-00560). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.

A study assessing factors contributing to Head Start programs’ progress and experiences in increasing teachers’ qualifications

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