APPENDIX B
Workshop Agendas and Speakers
DEMOGRAPHICS, LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND NEEDS OF HEAD START AND HEAD START-ELIGIBLE FAMILIES
November 21-22, 1994
Georgetown University Conference Center
3800 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC
Chair, Sheldon White
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NOVEMBER 21, 1994 |
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8:30-9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00-9:15 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Speaker: Sheldon White, Harvard University |
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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 |
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10:00-10:45 |
Demographics of Head Start Families Roundtable Member: Gregg Powell, National Head Start Association Speaker: Sandra Hofferth, University of Michigan |
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10:45-11:00 |
Break |
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11:00-11:45 |
Teenage Parents/Multigenerational Families Roundtable Member and Speaker: Suzanne Randolph, University of Maryland |
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11:45-12:30 |
Community Context: Children and Violence Roundtable Member: Claudia Coulton, Case Western Reserve University Speaker: Barry Zuckerman, Boston City Hospital |
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12:30-1:30 |
Lunch |
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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 |
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2:15-3:00 |
Needs of Language-Minority Families Roundtable Member: Eugene Garcia, U.S. Department of Education Speaker: Luis Laosa, Education Testing Service |
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3:00-3:15 |
Break |
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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 |
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CLOSED SESSION |
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4:00-5:15 |
Bias Discussion for Roundtable Members |
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5:15-6:00 |
Reception with Invited Guests and Speakers |
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6:00-8:00 |
Dinner: Roundtable Members and Invited Speakers |
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NOVEMBER 22, 1994 |
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8:30-9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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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 |
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CLOSED SESSION |
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9:45-11:00 |
Discussion of Issues Raised in the Presentations |
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11:00-11:15 |
Break |
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11:15-12:30 |
Continued Discussion of Issues Raised in Presentations |
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12:30-1:30 |
Lunch |
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1:30-2:00 |
Plans for Next Meetings |
EFFECTS AND EXPERIENCES OF FAMILY-LEVEL INTERVENTIONS
December 16-17, 1994
National Research Council
2001 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Chair, Sheldon White
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DECEMBER 16, 1994 |
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8:30-9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00-9:15 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Speaker: Sheldon White, Harvard University |
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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 |
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9:45-10:45 |
Frameworks 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 |
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10:45-11:00 |
Break |
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11:00-12:30 |
Supporting 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 |
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12:30-1:30 |
Lunch |
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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 Project Match: Step-Up With Head Start Speaker: Toby Herr, Project Match 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 |
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3:00-3:15 |
Break |
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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 |
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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 |
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5:30-6:00 |
Reception with Invited Guests and Speakers |
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6:00-8:00 |
Dinner: Roundtable Members and Invited Speakers |
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DECEMBER 17, 1994 |
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8:00-8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30-10:15 |
Discussion of Issues Raised in the Presentations |
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10:15-10:30 |
Break |
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10:30-12:00 |
Continued Discussion of Issues |
DIVERSITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR HEAD START
January 12-13, 1995
National Research Council
2001 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Chair, Sheldon White
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JANUARY 12, 1995 |
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8:30-9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00-9:15 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Speaker: Sheldon White, Harvard University |
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9:15-10:15 |
Alternative Family Structure Among Poor Families: Issues for Head Start Speaker: Robin Jarret, Loyola University of Chicago |
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10:15-10:30 |
Break |
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10:30-11:30 |
Challenges of Serving Immigrant Families and Children Speaker: Deborah Phillips, Board on Children, Youth, and Families |
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11:30-12:30 |
Meeting the Needs of Language-Minority Children in Head Start Speaker: Claude Goldenberg, California State University, Long Beach |
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12:30-1:30 |
Lunch |
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1:30-2:00 |
Discussion of Working Group Assignments |
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2:00-4:00 |
Working Group Meetings |
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4:15-5:30 |
Reports From Working Groups and Discussion |
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5:30-6:00 |
Reception with Invited Guests and Speakers |
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6:00-8:00 |
Dinner with Roundtable Members and Invited Speakers |
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JANUARY 13, 1995 |
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8:30-9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00-10:00 |
Continuation of Bias Discussions |
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10:00-12:00 |
Continuation of Working Groups |
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12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00-2:00 |
Final Summing Up |
Workshop Speakers
John Busa, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Washington, DC
Carole Clarke, Center for Education and Manpower Resource, Ukiah, CA
Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Indiana University
Olivia Golden, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Washington, DC
Claude Goldenberg, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Jim Griffin, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Washington, DC
Marlys Gustafson, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Washington, DC
Toby Herr, Project Match, Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
Sandra Hofferth, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Robin Jarret, Loyola University of Chicago
Kadija Johnston, University of California, San Francisco
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Bush Center on Child Development and Social Policy, Yale University
Jane Knitzer, National Center for Children in Poverty, New York, NY
Luis Laosa, Education Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
Jean Layzer, Abt Associates, New York, NY
James Levine, Families and Work Institute, New York, NY
Michael Lopez, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Washington, DC
John Love, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ
Ruth Hubel McKey, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Washington, DC
Joy Osofsky, Louisiana State University
Deborah Phillips, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Gregg Powell, National Head Start Association, Alexandria, VA
Suzanne Randolph, University of Maryland
Sara Rosenbaum, George Washington University
Robert St. Pierre, Abt Associates, New York, NY
Janet Swartz, Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA
Helen Taylor, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Washington, DC
