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America reads in Head Start classrooms: Partners in literacy A study of a Head Start intervention program to enhance children’s literacy knowledge, utilizing collaborations between University faculty and interns |
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Assessing the role of Head Start family service workers An exploration of the role of family service workers in Head Start programs, with a proposal of methods to evaluate Head Start’s social service components, based on focus group interviews with 66 family service workers from three urban and rural Head Start programs in the Southeastern United States |
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Building a literacy community: The role of literacy and social practice in early childhood programs A study of ways to strengthen existing literacy practices for children, families, and teachers in both rural and urban child care settings, based on qualitative studies of a publicly funded child care center in Northern California and two Head Start programs in the Midwest |
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Contextually relevant assessment of the emotional and behavioral adjustment of Head Start children An exploration of the discrepancies between children with emotional and behavioral problems and the current identification rate of these problems in Head Start programs |
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Does Head Start help Hispanic children? A discussion of results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) showing the benefits of Head Start to Hispanic children, such as improvement closing test score and poor literacy gaps |
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Do federal compensatory education programs really work?: A brief historical analysis of Title I and Head Start A study of the history and goal attainment of federally funded education programs, specifically Title I and Head Start, using a historical approach and describing several major evaluations of these two programs |
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Epidemiology and assessment of mental health in poverty populations: Implications for Head Start A panel discussion assessing the mental health services of Head Start programs, focusing on identification, screening, interventions, and teacher and parent roles |
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Evaluating Head Start: A recommended framework for studying the impact of the Head Start program A report summarizing the deliberations of the Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation and presenting a framework for evaluating the effects of Head Start |
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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 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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An evaluation of the special needs referral process for low-income preschool children with emotional and behavioral problems Two separate evaluations of a Head Start program's referral process of recommending children for comprehensive evaluations of their needs when emotional and behavioral problems are displayed |
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An examination of teacher beliefs and practices, and their relationship to Head Start classroom quality An inquiry into teacher beliefs on factors influencing classroom quality, based on a survey of 185 teachers and observations of 190 classrooms in three Head Start programs in the Southeastern United States |
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Family involvement in Head Start and beyond: An investigation of home-school connections in Head Start, kindergarten, and first grade Dialog from a panel discussion on the importance of family involvement in children’s education, with a presentation of findings from and implications of a study on families’ involvement in Head Start in Philadelphia |
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Father involvement program effects on fathers, father figures, and their Head Start children: A quasi-experimental study An evaluation of the effects of participation in an early intervention program designed to increase the rate of father participation in their young children's Head Start programs |
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Getting a "Head Start" in collaborative partnerships An examination of the collaboration between Head Start and North Carolina’s Smart Start Initiative, focusing on factors that enhance or diminish collaborative relationships, issues that arise during collaboration’s implementation, and the structures that need to be built to increase the success and length of collaborations, based on data collected over a 2-year period through interviews with parents, Smart Start leaders and planners, and local and state Head Start agency representatives |
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The influence of teacher-individualizing practices on child developmental progress An examination of the correlation between teachers’ use of individual practices and children’s development, based on a sample of 1,407 children from 80 classrooms in a suburban and rural Head Start program in the Southeastern United States |
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Leading the way: Characteristics and early experiences of selected Early Head Start programs: Volume I: Cross-site perspectives 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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Leading the way: Characteristics and early experiences of selected Early Head Start programs: Volume II: Program Profiles A detailed overview of each of the 17 center-based, home-based, and mixed approach programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in fall 1997, with information about enrollment, services, program improvement efforts, and local research studies |
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Multirater congruence on the social skills rating system: Mother, father, and teacher assessments of urban Head Start children's social competences An investigation of mother and father ratings on Social Skills Rating System factors for urban Head Start children and an examination of the relationships between teacher and mother and teacher and father |
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The new faces of Head Start: Learning from culturally diverse families A discussion of reasons for Head Start Programs to support culturally diverse families’ child-rearing beliefs, including social, emotional and cognitive development, based on data collected from two literacy projects: Project FIEL (Family Initiative for English Literacy) for Mexican and Mexican-American families in Texas, and Poj Niam Thiab Meyuam (Mother/Child Shool) for Hmong women and their children in Minnesota |
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Outcomes of an emergent literacy intervention from Head Start through second grade An article on the effects of an interactive reading and phonemic awareness program on the emergent literacy skills of Head Start children through second grade. |
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Predictors of father and father figure involvement in pre-kindergarten Head Start A study of the factors associated with fathers' involvement in urban Head Start programs, based on a sample of 134 fathers and 23 teachers |
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Promising interventions for supporting the mental health of children and families in Head Start: From the classroom to the community A discussion of partnering mental health interventions with Head Start programs, including initial partnership development, teacher consultation, child intervention, and parent outreach |
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The relation between Head Start parents' participation in a transition demonstration, education, efficacy, and their children's academic abilities An examination of the relations among parent participation in a Transition Demonstration, parent education level, self-efficacy, and young children's academic achievements |
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Relationships between family involvement in Head Start and children's interactive peer play A study of the relationship between family involvement in Head Start and children’s social competencies in interacting with peers, using the Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ), a multidimensional rating scale of parents’ involvement in their children’s early educational experiences |
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A Revitalized Head Start Research Agenda: How Head Start has responded to the changing needs of children and families in poverty A transcript of a presentation on the adaptability of Head Start programs to the changing needs of children and families |
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