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The implementation of home visits as a technique for involving parents has recently resurfaced. This educational trend has received additional emphasis as the nation attempts to meet the national education goals — particularly the first goal, which states, “By the year 2000, all children will enter school ready to learn.”
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Sally A. LaPoint is an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort. She also administers the At Risk Early Childhood Family Initiative, located at the historic Penn Center on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Gloria S. Boutte is an Assistant Professor, Kevin J. Swick is a Professor, and Mac H. Brown is an Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education, at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
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LaPoint, S.A., Boutte, G.S., Swick, K.J. et al. Cultural sensitivity: How important is it for effective home visits?. Early Childhood Educ J 20, 11–14 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01617780
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01617780