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Volume 16, Number 4   2013      ISSN: 1930-9325 

 
CONTENTS 

 
Research Articles 

Teacher Initiated Communication: Engaging Parents Responsively in an Urban School 
Context 
Stephen D. Hancock and Tehia V. Starker…………………………………..….………….... 1 

What You Can Accomplish in a Year: Head Start Teachers’ Decisions about Teaching 
Gretchen Butera, Amber Friesen, and Angi Stone-MacDonald……………………………... 11 

Evaluation of the Effects of Read it Once Again across Two Groups of Students 
Vivian I. Correa, Cynthia C. Baughan, Karen M. Fries, Martie Thompson, and Robert    

Algozzine…………………………………………………………………………………….. 30 

Effects of Social Stories on the Behaviors of Typically Developing Preschoolers 
Mary E. McNelly and JaneDiane Smith………………………….…………………….......... 48 

Relations between Preschool Teachers’ Language and Gains in Low Income English 
Language Learners’ and English Speakers’ Vocabulary, Early Literacy and Math 
Skills  

Susan Sonnenschein, Joy A. Thompson, Shari R. Metzer, and Linda Baker ………….…..... 64 

 

Research-to-Practice Summaries 

Teacher Initiated Communication Strategies to Engage Urban Parents  
Tehia V. Starker and Stephen D. Hancock………………………….….…………………….  88 

Helping Head Start Teachers Support Children’s School Readiness: Lessons Learned  
Gretchen Butera, Amber Friesen, and Angi Stone-MacDonald.…………………………….. 94 

Read it Once Again Instruction with Two Groups of Students 
Vivian I. Correa, Cynthia C. Baughan, Karen M. Fries, Martie Thompson, and Robert    

Algozzine…………………………………………………………………………………….. 99 

Social Stories: A Positive Behavior Intervention for Typically Developing Preschoolers 
Mary E. McNelly and JaneDiane Smith………………………….…………………….......... 104 

The Importance of Teachers’ Language and Children’s Vocabulary to Early Academic 
Skills  
Susan Sonnenschein, Joy A. Thompson, Shari R. Metzer, and Linda Baker ………….…..... 107 

 
 
 



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Dialog from the Field 

Involving Families in the Assessment Process  
Julia H. Rutland and Anna Hall………………………………………………………….......  113 

Maintaining Professionalism, Appropriate Distance, and Consistency in Relationships 
with Participants in Longitudinal Research: Guidelines for Investigators and 
Research Staff 

 

Robin G. Lanzi and Sharon L. Ramey…………………………………………………........... 121