Family and Community Resources
Studies and Initiatives
Characteristics and Consequences of Resource-Based Intervention Practices
The purpose of this initiative is to ascertain the relationship between specific
characteristics of a resource-based approach to early childhood intervention and
family support and different child, parent, and family outcomes. This is being done
through extant database analyses of several different data sets that include indicators
of resource-based intervention practices and the consequences of these practices CASEinPoint (Volume 2, Number 6).
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The purpose of this study is to validate the key characteristics of resource-based intervention
practices. A Delphi study is being conducted using a panel of experts as respondents
to validate three resource-based intervention practice characteristics scales developed from
available research evidence. Results will be used to construct both competencies
that will serve as resource-based intervention practices benchmarks, and scales that can be
used to measure the extent to which resource-based intervention practices are understood and
utilized by practitioners and families CASEinPoint (Volume 2, Number 5), CASEtools (Volume 2, Number 3).
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The purpose of this initiative is to synthesize research findings
regarding the relationship between the characteristics of resource-based
intervention practices and both child and family outcomes. The syntheses are being
conducted in ways identifying the relationship between specific practices
and specific outcomes. Findings to date indicate that use of resource-based intervention
practices results in positive outcomes for both children and families.
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The purpose of this research is to determine the extent to which practitioners'
use of resource-based intervention practices results in (1) parents' abilities to identify,
access, and utilize both informal and formal resources, and (2) positive
outcomes for children and families, including parents' increased sense of
competence and personal control appraisals in procuring desired resources
and achieving desired life conditions. Findings will be used to develop practice
characteristics that will most likely produce the most positive benefits for children and families.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which the use of resource-based intervention
practices in an Early Head Start program results in positive outcomes for children and families. The
study will be implemented in a rural county where Early Head Start services are provided using a
combination center-based/home-based model. Surveys, interviews, and review of existing databases will
be used to determine the extent to which practitioner implementation of resource-based intervention
practices results in positive child and parent outcomes, including overall child development and
participation and child literacy development; and parent confidence and competence. The Early Head
Start program is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families.
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The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which early
childhood/family support practitioners' participation in resource-based intervention
practices training results in positive outcomes for children and families.
Training is being conducted using a multiple baseline design to test the
hypothesis that training results in practitioners' use of resource-based
intervention practices that result in positive outcomes for children and families.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which the use of
resource-based intervention practices to plan and implement community-based art activities
results in positive outcomes for children and families. The study is being
implemented in a five-county area using multiple child, parent and practitioner outcome
measures to examine the relationship between Pathways to the Arts practices and the
consequences to young children and their families. The study is funded, in part,
by the National Endowments for the Arts.
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