Defining and assessing quality in early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families: Challenges and unresolved issues
Aytch, Lynette S., 1999
Early Education and Development, 10(1), 7-23
A discussion of the use of methods to determine program quality of intervention services for children with disabilities and their families
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The Dutch experience with the Home Intervention Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)
Eldering, Lotty, 1999
In L. Eldering (Ed.), Effective early education: Cross-cultural perspectives (Vol. 11, pp. 259-285). New York: Falmer Press
A longitudinal study examining the impact of the Home Intervention Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), a two-year parent education program, on children of ethnic minority, low income families in the Netherlands
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The effect of music instruction on prekindergartners' mathematics ability
Kim, Sang Lim, 1999
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Houston, Houston, TX
An examination of music instruction on prekindergartners' mathmatical ability
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The effects of a kindergarten program designed to minimize the differences in language and vocabulary development among children entering first grade
Ford, Pamela Koehl, 1999
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
A study of the effects of an intervention kindergarten program on children’s language and vocabulary development entering the first grade, emphasizing one-to-one reading, cultural and travel experiences, and computer-aided instruction, and a study on the effect of preschool participation on the language and vocabulary development of children entering kindergarten
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Empowering parents and children: The case of the Turkish early enrichment program
Kagitcibasi, Cigdem, 1999
In L. Eldering (Ed.), Effective early education: Cross-cultural perspectives (Vol. 11, pp. 235-258). New York: Falmer Press
A ten-year longitudinal study of families enrolled in the Turkish Early Enrichment Project, a culturally-sensitive early childhood education and mother-training program
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An open randomized controlled trial of infection prevention in child day-care centers
Uhari, Matti, August 1999
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 18(8), 672-677
A study of the effects of a hygiene intervention on the number of infectious disease cases, the number of doctor visits, and the number of parental absences from work in a population of 10 matched pairs of child care centers in the city of Oulu
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Problem behaviors in middle childhood: Understanding risk status and protective factors
Hudley, Cynthia, April 1999
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
A presentation of findings from the first round of an evaluation of the 4H Afterschool Activity Program that included an aggression reduction intervention called the BrainPower program, based on study of 50 children, aged 7 to 11, living in public housing in Los Angeles
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