Clearinghouses
SN Organizations that collect, process, maintain and disseminate material, usually derived from current research, on a particular topic.
BT Information centers
RT Bulletin board systems
   Community information services
   Libraries

Clinical diagnosis
SN Identification of diseases or disorders and the prescription of treatment.
RT Assessment
   Diagnostic tests
   Early intervention
   Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)
   Physical examinations

Clinical psychology
SN Branch of psychology dedicated to psychological methods of diagnosing and treating mental and emotional disorders as well as research into the causes of the disorders and the effects of therapy.
BT Psychology
RT Behavior disorders
   Clinical diagnosis
   Emotional disturbances
   Mental disorders
   Psychological testing

Clinical tests
 USE Diagnostic tests

Code of Federal Regulations

Cognitive development
SN Increasing complexity of awareness including perceiving, conceiving, reasoning and judging through adaptation to the environment and assimilation of information.
BT Development
RT Learning disorders
   Moral development
   Social development

Cognitive skills
SN Interrelated, higher order skills that enable human beings to comprehend experiences and information, apply knowledge, express complex concepts, make decisions, criticize and revise unsuitable constructs, and solve problems.
RT Intellectual development
   Life skills

Collaboration
SN Act of working together toward a common goal.
RT Collaborative partnerships
   Community partnerships
   Staff-parent relationship

Collaboration grants
BT Grants

Collaborative partnerships
UF Collaborative relationships
SN Cooperative planning and working in order to improve, share
and augment services, staff, information and funds,
RT Community partnerships
   Staff-parent relationship

Collaborative relationships
 USE Collaborative partnerships

Colleges
USE Universities

Colorado

Combination program option

Commissions on National and Community Service (state)

Communicable diseases
 USE Contagious diseases

Communication development
BT Individual development
RT Cognitive development
   Language development
   Social development

Communication disorders
SN Impairments of an individual's ability to communicate due to
disorders of hearing, speech, language, etc.
BT Disabilities
RT Developmental disabilities
   Hearing impairment
   Learning disabilities
   Speech impairment

Communication skills
RT Cognitive skills
   Language development

Communications
SN The timely and accurate provision of information between
individuals and groups.
RT Community information services
   Publications
   Staff-parent relationship

Communities
SN Social groups linked by common interests through residence in a specific locality.
NT Neighborhoods
RT Community health services
   Community information services
   Community nutrition issues
   Community partnerships
   Local government

Community advocacy
BT Advocacy
RT Community partnerships

Community agencies
UF Community-based organizations
   County agencies
   Local agencies
SN Organizations that use grass roots mobilization of local resources to meet community needs.
BT Agencies
RT Community partnerships

Community needs assessment
SN Evaluation of community strengths, needs and resources and the formulation of long range Program goals and short term program and financial objectives.
RT Community partnerships
   Needs assessment
   Self-assessment

Community based organizations
 USE Community agencies

Community based services
 USE Community services

Community centers
UF Local facilities

Community health
 USE Public health

Community health problems
SN Health issues specific to a community.
BT Public health
NT Head lice
   Infant dental caries
   Intestinal parasites
   Sickle cell anemia
RT Community health services
   Community nutrition issues

Community health professionals
SN Qualified individuals that provide medical, dental and mental health services through local agencies and programs.
BT Health care professionals
RT Community health problems
   Public health

Community health services
UF Public health services
BT Community services
   Health services
RT Home visits
   Immunization programs
   Prenatal care
   Public health

Community impact
SN Refers to the effects of Head Start on a neighborhood or community. Includes the relationship of Head Start to other social services, schools, and community institutions.

Community information services
SN Those services of local libraries or other community groups that provide direct access or referral to nontraditional information.
BT Community services
   Information services
NT Hotlines
RT Information centers
   Referral
   Social services

Community mental health resources
RT Community health professionals
   Mental health services

Community nutrition issues
SN Pertains to food-related health conditions, the quality of local food and water supply, and ethnic or cultural or regional food and eating practices specific to the community.
RT Ethnic groups
   Minority groups
   Nutrition

Community outreach
 USE Outreach programs

Community partnerships
SN Ongoing collaborative relationships with community organizations to promote the access of children ana families to community services that are responsive to their needs.
RT Collaborative partnerships
   Community agencies
   Family partnerships

Community planning
SN Determining objectives and means, activities, procedures and resources to serve the members of the community.

Community resources
SN The financial, material and/or human assets of a community.
RT Community programs
   Community services
   Family support systems

Community representatives
SN From the local community businesses, public or private community, civil, and professional organizations, and others who are familiar with resources and services for low-income children and families; may include the parents of formerly enrolled children. Must be selected annually.
RT Community partnerships
   Community services

Community services
UF Community-based services
SN Includes educational, recreational, cultural and social welfare services and/or the provision. of facilities for such activities offered for the benefit of the general public.
NT Community health services
   Community information services
RT Community agencies
   Community organizations
   Local government
   Outreach programs
   Public housing
   Social services

Compensatory education programs (Department of Education)
SN Education that seeks to compensate for environmental and experiential deficit in relation to such areas as schooling, housing, employment, poverty, racism and other societal and cultural factors.
BT Education
RT At risk children
   Early intervention
   Educationally disadvantaged
   Transitional programs

Competence
SN The individual's demonstrated capability to perform, i.e. the possession of knowledge, skills and personal characteristics needed to satisfy the special demands or requirements of a particular situation. BT Ability
RT Competency based education
   Social competence

Competency based education
SN Educational system that emphasizes the specification, learning and demonstration of those competencies(knowledge, skills, behavior)that are of central importance to a given task, activity or career. BT Education
RT Accountability
   Individualized instruction
   Life skills development

Compliance(legal)
SN Conforming to laws or legal directives.
RT Audits
   Enforcement
   Inspections
   Legislation
   Monitoring
   Noncompliance
   Program Performance Standard
   Recordkeeping
   Reporting requirements

Compliance (psychological)
SN Yielding to desires, requests, dictates instructions, regulations, standards, etc.
RT Self-control
   Social behavior
   Socialization

Comprehensive Child Development Programs
BT Child development
NT Early childhood development

Computer software SN Programs that enable computer users to perform activities and functions.
RT Computer technology

Computerized information systems
RT Bulletin board systems
   Computer technology
   Databases

Computer technology
SN The hardware and equipment required for computer use.
RT Computer software
   Educational technology

Conduct
 USE Behavior

Conduct disorders
 USE Behavior disorders

Confidential records
SN Documents that should be kept secret.
RT Case records
   Confidentiality
   Record-keeping

Confidentiality
SN Protection of privileged information.
RT Ethics
   Information policy
   Record-keeping

Conflict resolution
UF Mediation
SN The process of resolving differences between individuals or groups.
RT Decision making
   Dispute resolution
   Problem solving

Congenital disorders
SN Impairments present or originating at birth.
BT Disabilities
RT Perinatal influences
   Prenatal influences

Connecticut

Consultants
SN Professionals that provide expert advice.
RT Counseling
   Advisory committees
   Technical assistance

Contagious diseases
UF Communicable diseases
   Infectious diseases
SN Diseases that are capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
BT Diseases
NT Chicken pox
   Measles
   Mumps
   Rubella
   Tuberculosis
RT Childhood diseases
   Disease control
   Health screening
   Immunizations
   Infection control
   Infectious disease

Continuing education
SN Educational programs and services designed to serve adults who seek particular learning experiences on a part time or short term basis for personal, academic, or occupational development.
RT Career development
   Community services
   Employment services
   Staff development
   Training

Contracts
SN Formal agreements between two or more parties in which, for a benefit or to avoid a penalty, one or more of the parties agrees to do a certain thing.
RT Accountability
   Contractors
   Probationary period

Cooke Memorandum
SN Drafted in 1965 by Robert Cooke, a professor at John Hopkins University, recommending the development of a "head start" program.
BT Head Start program

Cooperative agreement grants
BT Grants

Cooperative Extension Service (state)
SN Offers programs and activities, in conjunction with local agencies, beyond the confines of state facilities to serve a wider clientele.
BT State government
Coordinating Council on Human Services Transportation
SN A joint DHHS/DOT effort to promote the pooling of human service transportation resources at the local level.
BT Transportation

Coordination
 USE Fine motor skills, Psychomotor skills

Corrective action
SN An act that resolves an identified deficiency.
RT Compliance
   Deficiency
   Quality improvement plan

Cost effectiveness
SN Evaluation of the monetary gains and losses associated with various decisions, outcomes or actions. RT Costs
   Expenditures
   Program evaluation

Costs
SN Refers to the costs of Head-Start services and programs, the sources of funding, and cost-benefit evaluations.
RT Budgeting
   Budgets
   Expenditures

Counseling
SN The process of helping individuals and groups understand and cope with adjustment problems. Involves giving advice, information or encouragement, engaging in therapeutic discussions or administering and interpreting tests.
BT Guidance
RT Behavior management
   Child psychologists
   Intervention
   Mental health professionals
   Social work
   Therapy

County agencies
 USE Community agencies

County government
USE Local government

Creative activities
SN Activities designed to stimulate or inspire original thought, imagination, and personal expression or interpretation.

Coordinating Council on Human Services Transportation
SN A joint DHHS/DOT effort to promote pooling of human service transportation resources at the local level.
BT Transportation

Coordination
 USE Fine motor skills, Psychomotor skills

Corrective action
SN An act that resolves an identified deficiency.
RT Compliance
   Deficiency
   Quality improvement plan

Cost effectiveness
SN Evaluation of the monetary gains and losses associated with various decisions, outcomes or actions.
RT Costs
   Expenditures
   Program evaluation

Costs
SN Refers to the costs of Head Start services and programs, the sources of funding, and cost-benefit evaluations.
RT Budgeting
   Budgets
   Expenditures

Counseling
SN The process of helping individuals and groups understand and cope with adjustment problems. Involves giving advice, information or encouragement, engaging in therapeutic discussions or administering and interpreting tests.
BT Guidance
RT Behavior management
   Child psychologists
   Intervention
   Mental health professionals
   Social work
   Therapy

County agencies
 USE Community agencies

County government
 USE Local government

Creative activities
SN Activities designed to stimulate or inspire original thought, imagination, and personal expression or interpretation.
RT Art education
   Dance education
   Dramatic play
   Environmental education

Creative expression
SN Original thought, imagination or interpretation during activities such as art, music, movement and dialogue.
BT Creative activities
RT Dramatic play

Criminal record checks
 USE Background checks

Crisis assistance
 USE Crisis intervention

Crisis intervention
UF Crisis assistance
SN Emergency assistance in areas such as counseling, food, housing, clothing, and transportation.
BT Intervention
RT At risk children
   At risk families
   Crisis assistance
   Family preservation

Cross cultural studies
SN Systematic efforts to compare sociological, psychological, anthropological aspects of two or more cultural groups either within the same country or in different countries.
RT Ethnic groups
   Minority groups
   Multicultural education

Cultural awareness
UF Cultural understanding
SN Knowledge of an individual's own or another group's cultural, social, intellectual or artistic heritage.
RT Cultural background
   Cultural influences
   Cultural literacy

Cultural background
 USE Cultural heritage

Cultural competency
SN Ability to recognize the dynamics inherent in cross cultural situations and to develop attitudes, behaviors and policies that enable professionals to work effectively with their parents, children and families.

Cultural diversity
UF Diversity SN The inclusion or tolerance of all cultural groups or values.
RT Ethnic groups
   Multicultural issues

Cultural heritage
UF Cultural background
SN Collection of mores, folkways, and institutions that constitutes the social heritage of an individual or group.
RT Cultural awareness

Cultural institutions
NT Museums
RT Educational institutions
   Field trips

Cultural literacy
SN Having sufficient common knowledge, i.e. educational background, experience, basic skills, and training to function competently in a given society.
RT Cultural diversity
   Multicultural principles

Cultural understanding
 USE Cultural awareness

Cultural values
BT Values
RT Cultural diversity
   Multicultural principles

Curriculum
SN A written plan that includes the goals for children's development and learning; the experiences through which they will achieve the goals; what staff and parents do to help children achieve the goals; and the materials needed to support the implementation of the curriculum.
NT Preschool curriculum
RT Curriculum development
   Curriculum evaluation
   Training

Curriculum development
UF Curriculum planning
SN Activities such as conceptualizing, planning, implementing, field testing and researching that are intended to produce new curricula or improve existing ones.
BT Educational development
RT Curriculum evaluation
   Instructional materials

Curriculum evaluation
SN Determining the efficacy, value, etc. of a specific curriculum in terms of the validity of objectives, relevancy and sequence of content, and achievement of specified goals.
BT Curriculum

Curriculum implementation
RT Curriculum development
   Curriculum evaluation

Curriculum planning
 USE Curriculum development

Curriculum selection
 USE Curriculum development

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