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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged] A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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Behavioral and cognitive readiness for school: Cross-domain associations for children attending Head Start An examination of the correlations between behavioral measures of school readiness and both academic knowledge and executive function in a sample of 356 4-year-old children in Head Start programs in three Pennsylvania counties |
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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families 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 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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Comparison of Head Start and child care facilities in Pennsylvania An examination of data from two previous descriptive studies of quality in Pennsylvania Head Start classrooms and child care centers to study individual factors that might contribute to the higher level of quality found in the Head Start classrooms as compared with the child care centers |
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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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A descriptive study of the Head Start Health Component: Vol. II. Technical report Descriptive findings from a study of the Head Start Health Component, using child health records and standard data from the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR), plus observations and interviews with parents and staff, collected during the Spring of 1994 from a sample of 80 Head Start centers |
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A descriptive study of the Head Start Health Component: Vol. I. Summary report A description of the ways in which the Health Component of the Head Start program address the medical, nutritional, and mental health needs of program participants |
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Early care and education: The keystone of Pennsylvania's future: Preparing our children for success A report on the quality of child care provided statewide in Pennsylvania Head Start programs, preschools, child care centers, group child care homes, family child care homes, and unregulated providers |
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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 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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Effects of Head Start REDI on children's outcomes 1 year later in different kindergarten contexts One year after participating in the Research-based, Developmentally Informed (REDI) intervention or "usual practice" Head Start, the learning and behavioral outcomes of 356 children (17% Hispanic, 25% African American; 54% girls; Mage = 4.59 years at initial assessment) were assessed. In addition, their 202 kindergarten classrooms were evaluated on quality of teacher-student interactions, emphasis on reading instruction, and school-level student achievement. Hierarchical linear analyses revealed that the REDI intervention promoted kindergarten phonemic decoding skills, learning engagement, and competent social problem-solving skills, and reduced aggressive-disruptive behavior. Intervention effects on social competence and inattention were moderated by kindergarten context, with effects strongest when children entered schools with low student achievement. Implications are discussed for developmental models of school readiness and early educational programs. (author abstract) |
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The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start programs are reaching out to kith and kin caregivers: Final interim report A preliminary descriptive evaluation of the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, analyzing participant characteristics and program design as they affect the extension of home visitation services to relatives and non-relatives caring for infants and toddlers enrolled in home-based Early Head Start programs |
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An examination of child care subsidies and their impact on families with infants and toddlers A qualitative investigation of the influence of child care subsidy policy on the lives of low-income parents and families, based on interviews with parents receiving Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), Early Head Start and Head Start professionals, administrators, and social service professionals |
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An examination of the contributions of interactive peer play to salient classroom competencies for urban Head Start children A journal article on the relationship of urban Head Start children's peer play competence to emotional regulation, autonomy, receptive language skill, and later cognitive, social, and motor outcomes |
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Expanding access to Early Head Start: State initiatives for infants & toddlers at risk A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with Head Start-state collaboration administrators in 23 states |
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From sports fans to nurturers: An Early Head Start program's evolution toward father involvement An examination of the Pittsburgh Early Head Start program's efforts to support and strengthen fathers' involvement in the lives of their infants and toddlers |
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Head Start: Better data and processes needed to monitor underenrollment A report addressing the extent to which Head Start grantees were underenrolled and identifying potential causes of underenrollment |
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Head Start-child care partnership study An evaluation the establishment of Head Start collaboration offices designed to hasten cooperation among Head Start programs via the case study method |
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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 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 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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Head Start: Undercover testing finds fraud and abuse at selected Head Start centers An investigation into allegations of fraud in Head Start programs, including enrollment over-reporting and misrepresentation of applicant eligibility, based on undercover visits to Head Start grantees in California, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, and Washington, DC |
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Implementation quality: Lessons learned in the context of the Head Start REDI trial An implmentation study of the Research-based, Developmentally Informed (REDI) initiative that targets measures of children's socoemotional competence, language, and emergent literacy skills including dosage, fidelity, generalization, and child engagement across curriculum components, from data collected in 22 intervention classrooms from a randomized clinical trial delivered by teachers who receive weekly coaching support |
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Improving young children's social and emotional competence: A randomized trial of the preschool "PATHS" curriculum An evaluation of the efficacy of a preschool version of the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) in a three-year randomized trial involving 10 intervention and 10 control classes at two Head Start sites in Pennsylvania |
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Infant mental health and family support: Contributions of Early Head Start to an integrated model for community-based early childhood programs A qualitative study of the experiences of home visiting staff during the implementation of the Pathways to Prevention infant mental health initiative at the Family Foundations Early Head Start in Pittsburgh |
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An integrated curriculum to improve mathematics, language, and literacy for Head Start children A report on the development and field trial of the Evidence-Based Program for Integrated Curricula (EPIC) for Head Start that focuses on comprehensive mathematics, language, and literacy skills, based on data from EPIC or the Developmental Learning Materials Early Childhood Express curriculums randomly assigned to 70 classrooms with 1,415 children |
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