Family Service Delivery in Early Head Start: Perspectives of Professionals in Six States
Zhang, Chun
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Description
Title
Family Service Delivery in Early Head Start: Perspectives of Professionals in Six States
Author(s)
Zhang, Chun
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Tess Bennett
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Social Work
Language
eng
Abstract
This study employed a survey method to obtain an understanding of these issues from staff working in 40 EHS programs (Waves I--IV) in six Midwestern states. In addition, phone interviews with EHS directors provided program demographics and background information. Results from the study showed that EHS staff believed in the importance of family-centered practice, yet at the same time, voiced varying degrees of difficulty in implementing it. Staff perspectives about challenges, needs, strategies, and suggestions for the FPA and IFSP development alluded to staff perception of such difficulty. The results indicated that the FPA and IFSP are two common as well distinct processes. Important to both of the processes is the relationship-based model of service delivery in which staff establish relationships and partnerships with families and staff from other community agencies. Collaboration at three levels (e.g., between families and staff, among staff from different agencies, and between agencies) is the key to an effective family-centered IFSP process.
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