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Volume 18, Number 1   2015      ISSN: 1930-9325 

 
CONTENTS 

 
Research Articles 

Can Coaches Be Good Raters of Teacher-Child Interactions in Early Childhood 
Settings? 

Manuela Jimenez, Bridget Hamre, and Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch………………………….. 1 

Strategies to Support Parent Engagement during Home Visits in Early Head Start and 
Head Start  

Lisa L. Knoche, Christine A. Marvin, and Susan M. Sheridan………………………….…... 19 

Examining Families’ Early Literacy Beliefs and Practices within a Head Start Program: 
Building Bridges  

Amber Friesen and Gretchen Butera…………………………………………..……………. 43 

Asthma Prevalence in an Inner-city Head Start Sample: Links with Family Income, 
Education and Race/Ethnicity  

Ozlem Bekar, Ellen Halpern, Faith Lamb-Parker, Howard Steele, Miriam Steele, and 

Robecca Shahmoon-Shanok……...……………….……………………................................. 61 

Prevalence and Impact of Trauma in a Diverse Head Start Sample  

Marla Pfenninger Saint Gilles and John Carlson……………………………………………. 74 
 

Research-to-Practice Summaries 

Coach Reports of Teachers’ Practice: An Alternative for Assessing Teacher-Child 
Interactions in Early Childhood Classrooms 

Manuela Jimenez and Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch………………….….…………………….  92 

Parent Engagement during Home Visits in Early Head Start and Head Start: Useful 
Strategies for Practitioners 

Lisa L. Knoche, Christine A. Marvin, and Susan M. Sheridan………………………….…... 95 

Building Meaningful Partnerships with Families to Promote Early Literacy 
Development: Implications for Practitioners 
      Amber Friesen and Gretchen Butera…………………………………………...……………. 101 

Asthma in Head Start Children: Practical Implications for Detection of Some Socio-
demographic Risk Factors with Suggestions for Head Start Staff 

Ozlem Bekar, Ellen Halpern, Faith Lamb-Parker, Howard Steele, Miriam Steele, and 

Robecca Shahmoon-Shanok……...……………….……………………................................. 106 

Addressing Trauma in a Diverse Head Start Sample: Relevance for Practitioners 
Marla Pfenninger Saint Gilles and John Carlson…………………………………………….. 113 



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Dialog from the Field 

Language Stimulation Techniques for Three-Year-Old and Four-Year-Old Children: 
Patterns of Language Development 

 

Hope Elisabeth Wilson, Jannah W. Nerren, and Carol D. Abel…………………...…….......118