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- This document reports the proceedings of a conference on early
- childhood and family research sponsored by the Administration on
- Children, Youth and Families (ACYF). Presentations at the conference
- consisted of reports of research, literature reviews, descriptions of
- projects funded by ACYF, and commentaries on research and practice in
- Head Start. The conference consisted of several special sessions, 25
- panel discussions, 16 roundtables, and 11 symposia. The panels
- addressed topics that included: (1) children's health; (2) the
- theories of Vygotsky and Feuerstein; (3) developmental screening; (4)
- homelessness; (5) school readiness; (6) foster care; (7)
- mainstreaming; (8) Head Start evaluations; (9) poverty; (10) parent
- involvement; (11) adolescent parenting; (12) child care; (13) peer
- conflict; (14) child abuse; (15) emergent literacy; (16) minority
- families; and (17) at-risk children. Topics considered by the
- roundtables included school transition, policy formation, national
- evaluations, staff training, children with special needs, minority
- children, and programs that simultaneously address the problems of two
- generations. The symposia considered topics that included mathematical
- cognition; infants with low birth weight; HIV-infected mothers; and
- maternal characteristics. A directory of presenters is appended.
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