Messages from home : the parent-child home program for overcoming educational disadvantage
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Messages from home : the parent-child home program for overcoming educational disadvantage
Temple University Press, 2008
Rev. and updated ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-247) and index
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Description
An up to date overview of one of the longest-running home visiting programs, emphasizing school readiness and early literacy in infants and toddlers
Table of Contents
- Parent-Child Home Program Chronology
- Foreword (by Kathryn Barnard)
- Co-Author's Preface (by Susan Levenstein)
- Prologue To The Second Edition (by Phyllis Levenstein)
- Introduction 1. Two Mothers, Two Children: Program Participants
- 2. Poverty in the 21st Century: Parental Love Fights Back
- 3. "Show, Not Tell": The Parent-Child Home Program Method
- 4. Underpinnings: The Theory Behind The Parent-Child Home Program
- 5. How Effective Is The Parent-Child Home Program?
- 6. Methodological Issues in Intervention Research: Lessons From The Parent-Child Home Program Experience
- 7. From Laboratory To Real World: Successful Replication of a Successful Intervention
- 8. Preventing a Dream From Becoming a Nightmare: The Ethics of Home Visiting Programs
- 9. Ludic Literacy: Prelude To Instrumental Literacy
- 10. Messages From Home: Meditations And Conclusions
- 11. The Parent-Child Home Program In Writing: Publications By and About the Program, 1968-2007 References Cited
- Appendix. Outcome Measures Created By The Parent-Child Home Program
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