Beyond the Blueprint Directions for Research on Head Start's Families (1996) / Chapter Skim
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substance abuse, periocis of homelessness, ant] serious mental illness are increasingly commonplace among the families that Head Start serves.
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, definecl a set of guiding principles for the selection and concluct of future Head Start research and evaluation efforts. These principles emphasized, in particular, that the highest priority for research by or for Head Start shouicT be given to those investigations that hold greatest promise of provicling knowledge about "which Head Start practices maximize benefits for children and families with different characteristics uncler what types of circumstances" (p.
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research questions or to clevelop a complete research agenda. More specifically, the rouncitable's charge was to focus on the implications of the changing family, community, and policy contexts within which Heac]
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An important step in this direction involves identifying the obstacles to establishing a national laboratory. THE ROUNDTABLE'S DELIBERATIONS ON FAMILY-LEVEL RESEARCH The departure point, then, for the rouncitable's discussion of future research on Head Start families involves]
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The discussions of the contemporary portrait of life in poverty that emerged from the workshops raised critical issues regarcling the priorities that shouIc3 guicle the future clevelopment of Heac] Start programs.
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by a discussion of the researchable issues addressed by the rouncitable members and suggestions for next steps for Head Start research. The next steps for research represent several topics that merit specific research attention because they have been neglected by past efforts, they are emerging as important social factors affecting the program itself, ant]
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Staff and parent views of the effects of violence X (4-6) Head Start's role in violence prevention X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
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Parent involvement practices (5-5) Cost-effective approaches to providing full-time, full-year care X X X X A X X X X ~, V ~ Note: The numbers in the table correspond to the sections in Chapters 3, 4, and 5 that list next steps for research.
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