A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Covington Board of Education
Children, Inc.

What is the goal of the project?

To offer comprehensive, community-based services to eligible "at-risk" and handicapped three-and four-year-old children and their families.

Who participates in the project?

177 four-year-olds who qualified as ?at-risk? based on the free lunch guidelines; 88 three-and four-year-old handicapped children regardless of family income; 42 children from a Chapter I class; and 64 children who were in a home-based program.

What services are provided?

• School classes from Monday through Thursday with teacher home visits on Friday
  
• Medical and dental services
  
• Vision, hearing, physical, and lead screening
  
• Hygiene, safety, anti-drug education
  
• Family advocates
  
• Adult literacy
  
• GED classes
  
• Speech and language therapy
  
• Occupational and physical therapy

How are collaborators evaluating their success?

• Pre-and post-videotaped interaction of parents playing with children
  
• Parent interviews
  
• Parent and teacher checklists of child development
  
• Comparison of skills and competencies of children who participated in the program with those who did not

What are the collaborators learning?

Analysis of the videotaped interaction indicates there was a statistically significant positive change in the parent-child interaction from pre-to post-taping.

Contact person

Dr. Diane Roketenetz, Director
James E. Biggs ECE Center
1124 Scott Boulevard
Covington, KY 41011
(606)292-5895 (Phone)
(606)292-5916 (Fax)

[The Center for Successful Child Development: The "Beethoven Project" Chicago, Illinois]

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