Houston Parent-Child Development Center: A Parent Education Program for Mexican-American Families

• NCJ Number: 238386
• Author(s): Dale L. Johnson; Hazel Leler; Laurel Rios; Larry Brandt; Alfred J. Kahn; Edward Mazeika; Billie Bisett
• Date Published: May 1973
• Length: 20 pages
• Grant Number(s): CG8096; CG6091; CG60925
• Sponsoring Agency: US Office of Economic Opportunity
• Sale Source: ERIC (Education Resources Information Ctr )
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report describes the Houston Parent-Child Development Center, a parent education program developed for low-income Mexican-American families in Houston, TX.

Abstract

The Houston Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) is a parent education program in Houston, TX, that was developed for low-income Mexican-American families to assist them in improving the educational future of their children. The PCDC is premised on the idea that parents' involvement early on in a child's life will improve the child's educational success and educational future. The program is aimed at proving low-income minority parents with the education and tools they need to optimize the intellectual, social, and physical development of their young children, and to maintain these gains over a long period of time. By doing this, researchers hope to improve the educational futures of children from low-income, minority families. This report describes the curriculum at the PCDC which consists of in-home visits, family workshops, and in-center programs. The report also describes an evaluation which is designed to measure the success of the program. The evaluation will consist of a longitudinal study of children, their parents, and other program family members, as well as a group of control families. Results of the first year of the evaluation are discussed. References and tables