Project Head Start: Models and Strategies for the Twenty-First Century

by Bailey,Ura Jean Oyemade

• ISBN13: 9780815312079
• ISBN10: 0815312075
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1994-12-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Following in the footsteps of Project Head Start: Past, Present and Future Trends in the Context of Family Needs (Garland, 1987) this new work addresses current and future needs of young children and their families. A bibliography and index are included.

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Abbreviations

Preface

Moving Ahead with Head Start Project Head Start: A Paradox

Introduction

Contrasting Images of Head Start

Building on Head Start Strengths

More Than Preschool Education: Head Start Offers Something for Everyone

It's Not a Chameleon

Celebrating Head Start

Head Start: A Forerunner of Today's Vision for Children

A Head Start Primer-History

Administration

Current Status of Project Head Start-Number of Programs

Budgets

Overall Enrollments

Ages of Children Served

Economic Status of the Children Served

Racial Composition

Multicultural Services

Children with Disabilities

Summary

Models and Strategies for the Twenty-First Century

Overview of Models and Strategies for the Twenty-First Century

Introduction

Program Options

Head Start Improvements and Innovations

An Array of Models and Strategies

Head Start as a Leader

Working with Parents

The Legacy of Head Start-Challenges to Family Involvement

Parent Involvement Performance Standards

The History of Parent Involvement in Head Start

Head Start: Career Development or Child Development?

Current Issues in Parent Involvement

Substance Abuse: Meeting Changing Social Conditions

The Roots of Drug Abuse

Positive Childrearing Styles

A Model Drug-Abuse Prevention Program

Working with Prenatally Substance Exposed Infants

A Curriculum Designed for the Head Start Community

The Challenge of Involving Men-Fathers' Roles in Child Nurturance

Need to Focus on Supporting Male Employability

Father Participation in Decision Making Toward Increased Male Involvement

Model Programs

Recommendation

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