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Acknowledgments

he development of the performance checklists and The preparation of Chapters 1 and 8 was done by
T practice guides described in this monograph, as the author in his private capacity as a researcher and
well as the compilation of the research evidence and practitioner interested in evidence-based early child-
the field-test evaluations of the products, were sup- hood intervention practices. The opinions expressed
ported, in part, by funding by a subcontract to the Ore- are solely those of the author and no endorsement by
lena Hawks Puckett Institute from the Early Child- or affiliation with any Institute, University, Center,
hood Technical Assistance (ECTA) Center, Frank program, organization, or funder should be implied or
Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute, inferred.
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill. The ECTA Special thanks to the staff of the Enola Group
Center was funded by the U.S. Department of Edu- Early Head Start Program (Morganton, NC), Family
cation, Office of Special Education Programs (Grant Child Learning Center (Tallmadge, OH), and the Ex-
# H326P120002). The work supported by the ECTA panding Horizons Early Intervention Program (John-
Center is described in Chapters 2 through 7. The opin- son City, TN) for their valuable input and suggestions
ions expressed, however, are those of the editor and on the performance checklists and practice guides de-
authors and no endorsement by the U.S. Department scribed in this monograph. Special thanks also to the
of Education, University, FPG Institute, or ECTA parents and other family members who participated in
Center should be implied or inferred. the field tests of the family practice guides.

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