ERIC ED345860: New Directions in Child and Family Research: Shaping Head Start in the 90's. Conference Proceedings (1st, Arlington, Virginia, June 24-26, 1991).

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New Directions in Child and Family Research: Shaping
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Head Start in the 90's. Conference Proceedings (1st,
Arlington, Virginia, June 24-26, 1991).
National Council of Jewish Women, New York, NY.
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Center for the Child.; Society for Research in Child
Development.
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families
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(DHHS), Washington, D.C.
Jan 92
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At Risk Persons; *Child Development; Child Health;
DESCRIPTORS
Early Intervention; *Family (Sociological Unit);
Family Environment; Family Role; Homeless People;
Minority Groups; *Preschool Education; Program
Evaluation; *Research Reports; School Readiness;
*Young Children
*Project Head Start
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
This document reports the proceedings of a conference
on early childhood and family research sponsored by the
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF). Presentations
at the conference consisted of reports of research, literature
reviews, descriptions of projects funded by ACYF, and commentaries on
research and practice in Head Start. The conference consisted of
several special sessions, 25 panel discussions, 16 roundtables, and
11 symposia. The panels addressed topics that included: (1)
(2) the theories of Vygotsky and Feuerstein; (3)
children's health;
(5) school readiness; (6)
(4) homelessness;
developmental screening;
foster care; (7) mainstreaming; (8) Head Start evaluations; (9)
poverty; (10) parent involvement; (11) adolescent parenting; (12)
child care; (13) peer conflict; (14) child abuse; (15) emergent
literacy; (16) minority families; and (17) at-risk children. Topics
considered by the roundtables included school transition, policy
formation, national evaluations, staff training, children with
special needs, minority children, and programs that simultaneously
address the problems of two generations. The symposia considered
topics that included mathematical cognition; infants with low birth
weight; HIV-infected mothers; and maternal characteristics. A
directory of presenters is appended. (BC)
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CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
NEW DIRECTIONS
IN CHILD AND FAMILY
RESEARCH:
SHAPING HEAD START
IN THE 90'S
June 24-26, 1991
Presented by:
The Administration on Children, Youth and Families,
The Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Htunan Services
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This document was prepared by:
National Council of Jewish Women Center for the Child
53 West 23rd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10010
under Contract No.
105-90-1522
in collaboration with
Society for Research in Child Development
University of Michigan
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Ann Arbor, MI 48109
for the
Administration on Children,Youth and Families
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Project Officer:
Soledad Sambrano
Administration on Children,
Youth and Families
Editors:
Faith Lamb Parker
Ruth Robinson
Soledad Sambrano
Chaya Piotrkowski
John Hagen
Suzanne Randolph
Amy Baker
Production Assistants:
Pamela J. Freeman
Jeri Juroff
Sarah Rice
Sari Schimek
Sarah Gluck
Shelley Levine
Cover design by:
Rebecca Blake
January, 1992
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FOREWORD
The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) is pleased to make
available the Proceedings of the first national working conference on early childhood and
family research entitled, "New Directions in Child and Family Research: Shaping Head
Start in the 90's." The conference took place June 24-26, 1991 in Arlington, VA.
As the year 2000 approaches, there are ever increasing challenges for children and
Poverty, drug addiction, homelessness, single parenthood, AIDS, and
their families.
family violence have created a social context that tests traditional assumptions, practices
and solutions. This conference was designed to broaden and delineate a clear research
base for the next decade and beyond that, hopefully, will lead to more informed
Its purpose was to foster exchanges among researchers,
programmatic solutions.
practitioners, policy makers, funders and government officials.
These Proceedings are a compilation of presentations that represent cutting-edge
research, literature reviews, innovative ACYF funded projects, and commentary on
It is hoped that these
research and practice in Head Start, past, present and future.
Proceedings will stimulate increased interest in Head Start research and provide the
impetus for making the dissemination and utilization of research a priority.
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Wade F. Horn, Ph.D.
Commissioner
Administration on Children, Youth
and Families
TABLE OF CONTENTS
pages
SPECIAL SESSIONS
Opening Session
Wade F. Horn
1
6
Monday Luncheon
Charles E.M. Kolb
Tuesday Luncheon
John T. MacDonald
10
Head Start's Future: The Challenge
Plenary I
14
for Research
Children and Families in Their Communities:
Plenary II
27
The Challenge for Researchers
Closing Session
40
Antonia Novel lo
PANELS
Children's Mental Health: Early Intervention
Panel 100
45
Strategies
54
Teaching Culturally Diverse Preschoolers
Panel 101
The Role of Grandparents on the Development
Panel 102
66
of Young Children
Facilitated Cognitive and Socioemotional
Panel 103
Development: Theories of Vygotsky and
76
rstein
86
Social Supports and Family Functioning
Panel 104
New Evidence for the Effectiveness of
Panel 105
100
Developmental Screening
Impact of Homelessness on Children
107
Panel 106
Gifted Minority Preschoolers: Identification,
Panel 107
117
Assessment and Intervention
Health Issues in Head Start
124
Panel 108
The Effects of Preschool on Selool Readiness
132
Panel 109
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PANELS CONTINUED...
Children in Foster Care
Panel 110
141
Mainstreaming: Implementation and Assessment
Panel 111
149
Panel 112
Impact of Home Environment and Infant
Characteristics on Competence
161
Panel 113
Local Head Start Evaluations
175
Panel 114
The Effects of Neighborhood Poverty on
Children and Families
187
Panel 115
Family and School Perspectives on Literacy:
Research and Practice
191
Panel 116
Parent Involvement in Head Start: Impact
on the Parents
201
208
Panel 117
Adolescent Parenting
Issues in Child Care: 1990
Panel 118
221
Peer Conflict and Development of Social
Panel 119
227
Problem-Solving Skills
238
Predicting Child Abuse and Neglect
Panel 120
249
Support5 to Homeless Families and Children
Panel 121
Impact of Familial Environment on School
Panel 122
Adjustment
261
Panel 123
Interventions that Enhance Ern, Irgent
272
Literacy in Children
Socialization, Values and Practices in
Panel 124
285
Minority Families
Understanding and Serving At-Risk
Panel 125
295
Children and Their Families
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ROUNOTABLES
303
Assessment Alternatives in Early Childhood
Roundtable 200
312
Feeling
Evaluating Head Start...Once More, With
Roundtable 201
317
Promoting Successful Transition to School
Roundtable 202
Minority Scholars' Perspective on Future
Roundtable 203
331
Evaluation Directions for Head Start
336
Facets of Early Intervention Policy Formation
Roundtable 204
346
Examining Early Childhood Environments
Roundtable 205
National Evaluations
Roundtable 206
Meeting the Child Care and Educational
351
Needs of Low-Income Families
Retaining the Benefits of Early Childhood
356
Education for Disadvantaged Children
From Research to practice: Evaluation of a
Roundtable 207
Substance Abuse Prevention Program for Head
362
Start Families
Collaborations in Action: Reshaping Services
Roundtable 208
366
to Young Children
374
Staff Training and Program Outcomes
Roundtable 209
National Evaluations
Roundtable 210
Design for the National Evaluation of the
382
Comprehensive Child Development Program
Design and Implementation of the National
386
Even Start Evaluation
390
An Interactive Approach to Development
Roundtable 211
Children With Special Needs: Problems of
Roundtable 212
398
Early Intervention
ROUNDTABLES CONTINUED...
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Roundtable 213
Meeting the Needs of Minority Children
and Their Families
409
Roundtable 214
Assessment for Early Childhood Program
Planning
415
Roundtable 215
Early Intervention Research: Building
on Lessons Learned
422
Roundtable 216
Designing Evaluations of Two-Generational
Programs
435
SYMPOSIA
Symposium 401
Sociocultural Influences on Early Mathematical
Cognition
440
SymposLim 402
Empirically-Based Models of At-Risk Parenting
447
Symposium 403
Head Start Research Cooperative Panel: An
Experiment in Relevance
453
Symposium 404
Enhancing the Outcomes of Low Birth Weight
Infants
458
Symposium 405
Coping With Impending Loss: Videotapes Made
by HIV-Infected Women for Their Families
461
Symposium 406
The State of Early Childhood Services:
Implications for Practice and Policy
465
Symposium 408
Cultural Variations in Response to Parent
Activities in Head Start
471
Symposium 409
Building the Infrastructure: Creating a New
Model for Early Childhood Education Service Delivery
479
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Symposium 410
Pregnancy, Maternal Characteristics and Infants
482
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Symposium 411
A Conversation with Urie Bronfenbrenner:
Head Start for the 1990's?
486
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HEAD START SHOWCASES AND POSTERS
489
Curriculum Development / Evaluation
491
Program Evaluation
495
Model Programs
501
Migrant Families
504
Health and Nutrition
507
Assessment
508
Mental Health / Behavior
517
Collaborations
519
Cultural Differences
522
Parent Participation
522
Reading / Math
533
Computers
535
Violence in Families
537
Developmental Disorder / Delay
543
Abuse and Neglect
548
Low Birth Weight Infants / Outcomes
551
Work and Family / Child Care
555
Caregiver Intervention
556
Miscellaneous
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APPENDIX A Peer Reviewers
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APPENDIX B Directory of Presenters
xi