How Can Parents Get Involved in Preschool? Barriers and Engagement in Education by Ethnic Minority Parents of Children Attending Head Start

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-36

  Mendez, Julia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American families; community based intervention; Head Start; parent involvement; school readiness

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEAD START PROGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; TEACHER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CURRICULUM; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PARENTS; ROLE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 76449121026     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016258     Document Type: Article

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