Families living in poverty in urban areas face extraordinary pressures (Atkins et al.‚ 2006). Strong Start‚ a program sponsored by Family Service of Greater Boston‚ is trying to decrease some of these pressures by utilizing a hands-on-model in urban preschools. Strong Start places an educational specialist and a clinician on-site at under-resourced‚ under-educated‚ urban early childhood development centers. It is an early intervention/prevention program that promotes healthy social-emotional development
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For this assignment‚ I conducted much research on the Head Start Program. Head Start is a child development program‚ which provides aid and assistance to financially less fortunate families. It serves children from birth to age 5‚ pregnant women‚ and their families. Head Start is child centered and focuses much attention on preparing young children from low-income families for school. Head Start helps parents improve their basic literacy‚ numeric skills and employability skills. It promotes children’s
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Facility Description For this assignment‚ I conducted much research on the Head Start Program. I visited the West End Gardens Head Start facility. There‚ I conducted an interview of three employees‚ where I sought to gain a better understanding of the overall nature of the Head Start program. This Head Start facility is located at 534 West 4th street in Plainfield‚ New Jersey. The neighborhood is very urban‚ where as‚ there were many people out and about walking on the streets. Its atmosphere is
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opportunities such as children books and videos. Resources are available in both the community and on line. Some communities offer free pre-K program at church or provided by local non-profit organizations. Throughout the states‚ parents can apply to the Head Start‚ a federal program available to promote cognitive‚ social and emotional development from birth until the age of five for low-income families. Also‚ the public library conduct free infant activities such as singing songs‚ story times and craft and
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environment and surrounding. Head Start is a time for exploring and learning. Most children entered Preschool or Head Start at the age of three. As they enter these programs‚ children learn various subjects. Learning letters and their sounds is a child important step with their educational journey. When children master letters‚ there on their way to learning sounds and sight words. First step with children learning letters is the alphabet song. As children entered Head Start and Preschool‚ teachers
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relying on public assistance programs or services provided within public schools and organizations. Parents of young children may seek assistance through services or programs through state departments in communities‚ or programs such as Head Start. Head Start is a federally subsidized program that addresses the needs of vulnerable and low income families by integrating education and support services (Hillemeier‚ et. a.
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The Head Start Act program is trying to improve the school preparation of low income children by improving their mental‚ social‚ and emotional growth in a learning atmosphere. It will support the children’s development such as‚ their ability to read‚ vocabulary‚ science‚ math‚ creativity‚ and their physical skills (Public Law‚ 2007‚ Pg.2). There is one program called Early Head Start‚ which serves pregnant woman‚ infants and toddlers. It is accessible to the family until their children turns three
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As we know Great Start Readiness Program and Head Start programs have a large impact on young children who are entering Kindergarten. However‚ Early Head Start/ Head Start programs are the foundation of Early Childhood Education these two programs reach children who are at risk of educational failure from birth to five years old. In addition to‚ children and families have gained tremendous benefits from attending a Head Start program over the years. Furthermore‚ Great Start Readiness Program provides
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History of Head Start The Head Start program was created in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. The program has celebrated over 50 years of providing high-quality services to families. Head Start has served more than 30 million children since its inception. Early Childhood Development and Health Services Early Childhood Development and Health Services program provides information related to: health‚ education‚ early childhood development‚ safe environments‚ nutrition
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The Head Start program was created to provide low income children and their families education‚ health‚ and social services. Head Start edibility includes families meeting the poverty level in order to enroll their child in early readiness school. However‚ the program has barriers which exclude families of upper class from enrolling children. Families that have a higher income have a disadvantage from these programs because the Head Start Program is for families of lower income. Education‚ health
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