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Transition to kindergarten for children with disabilities: school practices and parent involvement

Creator:: Dogaru, Cristian M.
Abstract:: Using Pianta and Walsh's (1996) Contextual Systems Model (CSM), this study analyzed parent involvement in school as a key element for transition to kindergarten for children with disabilities and their families, along with the practices schools employ to improve school-family collaboration. Focusing on the relationship between the school system and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Transition to Kindergarten for Children with Disabilities: School Practices and Parent Involvement Abstract

Applying theories of capital to understand parent involvement at school as a component of family-school interaction : the special case of children with special needs

Creator:: Dogaru, Cristian M.
Abstract:: This study used a nationally representative dataset of 21,260 kindergartners, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001a), and a conceptual framework of theories of cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986) embedded in an ecological framework (Bronfenbrenner, 2005) to identify unobserved socio-cultural classes in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: activities the parent has been engaged in during the kindergarten year

Preference for school involvement strategies by mothers of at-risk and peer-model kindergarten children

Creator:: Kieff, Judith E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the attitudes and preferences regarding home/school involvement strategies of 23 mothers of kindergarten students who had been identified as at-risk for failure in school and 18 mothers of kindergarten students who had been designated as peer models. Data were collected...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: STRATEGIES BY MOTHERS OF AT-RISK AND PEER-MODEL KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Parent

The effect of Head Start on mother and father involvement

Creator:: Harmon, Bethany J.
Abstract:: Past research on Head Start has focused on child outcomes, yet Head Start services also target the behaviors of parents. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study (FFCW), the current study examined the effect of Head Start on mother (n = 3,575) and father (n = 1,812)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: mothers and fathers of children in parent care, daycare, pre-kindergarten and preschool. A two-step

An analysis of parent practices in the selection and use of books found in home libraries of 48 preschool children

Creator:: Ross, Phyllis
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: An analysis of parent practices in the selection and use

A survey of family involvement in schools : the Corvallis, Oregon School District family

Creator:: McCoy, P. K.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: degree of parent participation in school activities is positively related to student achievement

Supporting families through collaboration : an analysis of Oregon Even Start partnerships

Creator:: Brinkman, Dane A.
Abstract:: In recent years interorganizational collaboration has increasingly been emphasized as an important step for addressing inefficiencies in the delivery of human services. Among the many benefits of collaboration described by human service authors are the creation of a more consumer-friendly service system, more efficient use of available resources, and avoiding...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the participation of all existing programs in a given domain. While each of these academic

The influence of children's learning-related social skills and the home literacy environment on early literacy skills

Creator:: Farris, Carrie L.
Abstract:: The present study investigated how the home literacy environment and children's learning-related social skills independently and interactively predicted early literacy skills in a sample of 72 children. Hierarchical regressions revealed that the home literacy environment predicted children's early reading and vocabulary skills, when controlling for maternal education and child age....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , et al., 2000). In another study, teachers reported at least 50% of children entering kindergarten

The development, application, and evaluation of a culturally-appropriate, fully-integrated parenting curriculum

Creator:: Alaniz, Jody A.
Abstract:: Few parenting curricula exist that are culturally-appropriate to the Mexican-immigrant population served by many programs. The Even Start family literacy program has four integrated components, making it more difficult to find appropriate curricula for the families they serve. During Winter 2006, discussion groups were conducted with participants in two Even...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Literacy Programs..................................... 4 Parent Education

Exploring the foundations of science interest development in early childhood

Creator:: Pattison, Scott A.
Abstract:: There is growing evidence that children develop science-related interests in early childhood, before they enter school, and that these interests may have long-term implications for science participation and achievement. Although researchers have made headway in describing interest development in the preschool years, little is currently known about the proximal processes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: participation and achievement. Although researchers have made headway in describing interest development in

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Transition to kindergarten for children with disabilities: school practices and parent involvement

Applying theories of capital to understand parent involvement at school as a component of family-school interaction : the special case of children with special needs

Preference for school involvement strategies by mothers of at-risk and peer-model kindergarten children

The effect of Head Start on mother and father involvement

An analysis of parent practices in the selection and use of books found in home libraries of 48 preschool children

A survey of family involvement in schools : the Corvallis, Oregon School District family

Supporting families through collaboration : an analysis of Oregon Even Start partnerships

The influence of children's learning-related social skills and the home literacy environment on early literacy skills

The development, application, and evaluation of a culturally-appropriate, fully-integrated parenting curriculum

Exploring the foundations of science interest development in early childhood

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