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Building on the hopes and dreams of Latino families with young children: Findings from family member focus groups
Gregg, Katy, April, 2012
Early Childhood Education Journal, 40(2), 87-96

An examination of Latino families' self reported awareness of culture, familial background, and other contributions the family can add to their child's education, their opportunities to share them with their teachers and family partners, and what they have learned from their child's teacher that they have used at home, based on 4 focus groups with 14 Spanish speaking Latino family members with children enrolled at a Head Start Center

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Building partnerships between Early Head Start grantees and family child care providers: Lessons from the Early Head Start for Family Child Care project: Final report
United States. Office of Head Start, 12 December, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Head Start.

An evaluation of Early Head Start (EHS) for Family Child Care, a project to support partnerships between EHS grantees and family child care providers, that examines the characteristics of participating grantees and providers, the implementation, types, and sustainability of the partnerships, and lessons learned, based on project administrative data, interviews with 13 partnership teams, descriptive quality indicators and Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data, and project documents

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Building partnerships between Early Head Start grantees and family child care providers: Lessons from the Early Head Start for Family Child Care project: Final report [Executive summary]
United States. Office of Head Start, 12 December, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Head Start.

A summary of an evaluation of Early Head Start (EHS) for Family Child Care, a project to support partnerships between EHS grantees and family child care providers, that examines the characteristics of participating grantees and providers, the implementation, types, and sustainability of the partnerships, and lessons learned, based on project administrative data, interviews with 13 partnership teams, descriptive quality indicators and Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data, and project documents

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Circle time: An exploratory study of activities and challenging behavior in Head Start classrooms
Zaghlawan, Hasan Y., March 2011
Early Childhood Education Journal, 38(6), 439-448

A description of circle time activities and an examination of observed challenging behaviors, based on 24 observations and surveys of teachers across eight Head Start classrooms in the Midwest

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The Early Head Start for Family Child Care project: Profiles of the partnership teams: Final report
United States. Office of Head Start, 22 November, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Head Start.

Profiles of 22 partnership teams participating in Early Head Start for Family Child Care, a project to support partnerships between EHS grantees and family child care providers

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Effectiveness of a physical activity intervention for Head Start Preschoolers: A randomized intervention study
Bellows, Laura, January/February 2013
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(1), 28-36

A study of the effect of the Food Friends: Get Movin' With Mighty Moves program on gross motor skill performance, physical activity, and weight status of young children, based on data from 201 young children in eight Head Start centers

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Empowering Head Start to improve access to good oral health for children from low income families
Milgrom, Peter, October, 2011
Maternal and Child Health Journal, 15(7), 876-882

A discussion of the potential roles of Head Start in efforts to improve the oral and dental health of the population of disadvantaged young children in the United States

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Family-provider relationship quality: Review of conceptual and empirical literature of family-provider relationships
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, November, 2012
(OPRE Report No. 2012-46). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A review of literature that conceptualizes relationships between families and early care and education providers and that identifies factors associated with high-quality family-provider relationships

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Family-provider relationship quality: Review of existing measures of family-provider relationships
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, November, 2012
(OPRE Report No. 2012-47). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A review of instruments that measure the quality of family-provider relationships, and a discussion of considerations for the future development of family-provider relationship quality measures

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A guide to emerging strategies for promoting prevention and improving oral health care delivery in Head Start: Lessons from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol II. Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June 25, 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Emerging strategies and lessons learned from final findings of a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on interviews with program directors, a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and site visits

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Head Start in a changing policy context: How teacher input improves professional development
Fitzgerald, Meghan Marie, 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York

Case studies of the perceived influence of various features of in-service training on the teaching practices of a population of 67 educators at 3 high-quality Head Start centers

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Mathematics learning in early childhood: Paths toward excellence and equity
National Research Council (U.S.), 2009
Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

A comprehensive review of research on young children's mathematics development, learning, and education

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Oral health promotion, prevention, & treatment strategies for Head Start families: Early findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, September 05, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A summary of interim findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on 1) interviews with program directors, 2) a web-based recording-keeping system for grantees, and 3) site visits

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Oral health promotion, prevention, & treatment strategies for Head Start families: Early findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol. I. Final interim report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, September 05, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Interim findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on 1) interviews with program directors, 2) a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and 3) site visits. This volume is based on data from the first two sources

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Oral health promotion, prevention, & treatment strategies for Head Start families: Early findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol. II. Site profiles
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, September 05, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Interim findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on 1) interviews with program directors, 2) a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and 3) site visits. This volume is based on data from the first source

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Profiles of school readiness among four-year-old Head Start children
Halle, Tamara, Q4 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(4), 613-626

An exploration of the associations between child, family, classroom, teacher, and Head Start program characteristics and changes in school readiness profiles and continued development over the 4-year-old Head Start year, based on data from a sample of 1,124 children in the Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) 1997 cohort

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Putting the pieces together: Community efforts to support our youngest children 0-8: A report on the Early Learning Communities Initiative
United States. Administration for Children and Families, July, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

Profiles of efforts in 12 communities to deliver comprehensive services for young children through community collaboration and coordination

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Quality of Caregiver-Child Interaction for Infants and Toddlers (Q-CCIIT): A review of the literature
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011
(OPRE 2011-25). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A review of research to identify measures of adult-child interactions in infancy and toddlerhood and measures of child care setting quality and interactions related to infants and toddlers

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Rater calibration when observational assessment occurs at large scale: Degree of calibration and characteristics of raters associated with calibration
Cash, Anne H., Q3 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(3), 529-542

An examination of the accuracy of raters trained by the Office of Head Start (OHS) in 2008-2009 on the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), based on data from 2,093 raters, and additional analyses of characteristics that predict their accuracy, based on data for a subsample of 704 of the raters

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Strategies for promoting prevention and improving oral health care delivery in Head Start: Findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol I. Final technical report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October 01, 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Final findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on interviews with program directors, a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and site visits

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Strategies for promoting prevention and improving oral health care delivery in Head Start: Findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol I. Final technical report [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October 01, 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A summary of final findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on interviews with program directors, a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and site visits

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Supporting parent and caregiver involvement in early literacy practices with young children from diverse backgrounds and abilities
Denney, Maria K., April, 2010
(Research Brief April 2010, Vol. 1, No. 1). Seattle: University of Washington, Head Start Center for Inclusion.

A review of research on interventions to promote parent and caregiver involvement in early literacy practices with young children with diverse backgrounds and abilities

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We look more, listen more, notice more: Impact of sustained professional development on Head Start teachers' inquiry-based and culturally-relevant science teaching practices
Roehrig, Gillian H., October, 2011
Journal of Science Education and Technology, 20(5), 566-578

An account of the changes in the culturally-sensitive science instruction of Head Start teachers in 9 classrooms on an Ojibwe Native American reservation who participated in the Ah Neen Dush 2-year professional training

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