Beyond the Blueprint
Directions for Research on Head Start's Families

Appendix B
Workshop Agendas and Speakers
Demographics, Life Circumstances,
and Needs of Head Start and Head Start-Eligible Families

November 21, 1994

9:00 - 9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speaker: Sheldon White, Harvard University

9:15 - 10:00 Overview of Head Start: Contemporary Context for Policy and Research and Charge to the Roundtable
Speakers: Olivia Golden and Helen Taylor, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

10:00 - 10:45 Demographics of Head Start Families
Roundtable Member: Gregg Powell, National Head Start Association
Speaker:Sandra Hofferth, University of Michigan

10:45 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 11:45 Teenage Parents/Multigenerational Families
Roundtable Member and Speaker: Suzanne Randolph, University of Maryland

11:45 - 12:30 Community Context: Children and Violence
Roundtable Member: Claudia Coulton, Case Western Reserve University
Speaker: Barry Zuckerman, Boston City Hospital

12:30 - 1:30Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 Mental Health Needs of Head Start Children and Families
Roundtable Member and Speaker: Jane Knitzer, National Center for Children in Poverty

2:15 - 3:00 Needs of Language-Minority Families
Roundtable Member: Eugene Garcia, U.S. Department of Education
Speaker: Luis Laosa, Education Testing Service

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Needs of AFDC/JOBS Mothers
Roundtable Member: Martha Moorehouse, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Speaker: Randale Valenti, Department of Public Aid, Illinois

4:00 - 5:15 Bias Discussion for Roundtable Members

Closed Session 5:15 - 6:00 Reception with Invited Guests and Speakers

6:00 - 8:00 Dinner: Roundtable Members and Invited Speakers

November 22, 1994

8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:45 Experiences of Migrant Families
Roundtable Member: Carole Clarke, Center for Education and Manpower Resources
Speaker: Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Indiana University

Closed Session

9:45 - 11:00 Discussion of Issues Raised in the Presentations

11:00 - 11:15Break

11:15 - 12:30 Continued Discussion of Issues Raised in Presentations

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:00 Plans for Next Meetings

Effects and Experiences of Family-level Interventions

December 16, 1994

8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speaker:Sheldon White, Harvard University

9:15 - 9:45 Charge to the Roundtable
Speaker:Olivia Golden, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

9:45 - 10:45Frameworks for Examining the Effects of Family Support Initiatives

Head Start in the Context of Family Support Models Roundtable Member: Heather Weiss, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Issues in Designing a Family Support Program Evaluation
Speakers:Jean Layzer, Abt Associates, and Lynn Kagan, Bush Center on Child Development and Social Policy, Yale University

10:45 - 11:00Break

11:00 - 12:30Supporting Parent Involvement
Roundtable Member: Willie Epps, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Current Vision and Strategy for Involving Parents in Head Start
Speaker: Marlys Gustafson, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Intervention Strategies for Hard-to-Engage Parents
Speaker:Susan Young, Staten Island Mental Health Society

Reaching Fathers
Speaker: James Levine, Families and Work Institute

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 Supporting Family Self-Sufficiency: Head Start and Other Programs
Roundtable Member: Valora Washington, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Head Start Family Service Centers
Speaker: Janet Swartz, Abt Associates

Comprehensive Child Development Centers
Speaker: Robert St. Pierre, Abt Associates, and Michael Lopez, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Project Match: Step-Up With Head Start
Speaker: Toby Herr, Project Match

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:45 Addressing Health and Mental Health Needs
Roundtable Member: Jack Shonkoff, Brandeis University

Effects of Managed-Care on the Health Needs of Poor Families
Speaker: Sara Rosenbaum, George Washington University

Mental Health Consultation: Serving Caregivers and Families
Speaker: Kadija Johnston, University of California, San Francisco

Free to Grow Project: A Community Perspective
Speaker: John Love, Mathematica Policy Research Inc.

4:45 - 5:30 Summing Up: Issues for Research
Speakers: Heather Weiss, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Jean Layzer, Abt Associates, and Lynn Kagan, Bush Center on Child Development and Social Policy, Yale University

5:30 - 6:00 Reception with Invited Guests and Speakers

6:00 - 8:00 Dinner: Roundtable Members and Invited Speakers

December 17, 1994

8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 10:15 Discussion of Issues Raised in the Presentations

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 Continued Discussion of Issues

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch with Speaker
Caring for Young Children in Violent Environments
Speaker: Joy Osofsky, Louisiana State University

1:00 - 2:00 Closing Discussion

Diversity and Implications for Head Start

January 12, 1995

8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speaker: Sheldon White, Harvard University

9:15 - 10:15 Alternative Family Structure Among Poor Families: Issues for Head Start
Speaker: Robin Jarret, Loyola University of Chicago

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:30 Challenges of Serving Immigrant Families and Children
Speaker: Deborah Phillips, Board on Children, Youth, and Families

11:30 - 12:30 Meeting the Needs of Language-Minority Children in Head Start
Speaker: Claude Goldenberg, California State University, Long Beach

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:00 Discussion of Working Group Assignments

2:00 - 4:00 Working Group Meetings

4:15 - 5:30 Reports From Working Groups and Discussion

5:30 - 6:00 Reception with Invited Guests and Speakers

6:00 - 8:00 Dinner with Roundtable Members and Invited Speakers

January 13, 1995

9:00 - 10:00 Continuation of Bias Discussions

10:00 - 12:00 Continuation of Working Groups

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 Final Summing Up

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