Research Manuscript Database

Levenstein, P. (1998). High school graduation effects of a verbal interaction program for at-risk toddlers: A study of long-term outcomes in a replication of the Mother-Child Home Program. Paper presented at the Head Start National Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Levenstein, P., O'Hara, J., & Madden, J. (1983). The mother-child home program of the verbal interaction project. In Consortium for Longitudinal Studies (Ed.), As the twig is bent-lasting effects of preschool programs. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Levenstein, P., Levenstein, S., & Oliver, D. (2002). First grade school readiness of former child participants in a South Carolina replication of the Parent-Child Home Program. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 23(3), 331.

Levenstein, P., Levenstein, S., Shiminski, J. A., & Stolzberg, J. E. (1998). Long-term impact of a verbal interaction program for at-risk toddlers: An exploratory study of high school outcomes in a replication of the Mother-Child Home Program. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 19(2), 267–286.

Linville, D., Chronister, K., Dishion, T., Todahl, J., Miller, J., Shaw, D., . . . Wilson, M. (2010). A longitudinal analysis of parenting practices, couple satisfaction, and child behavior problems. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36(2), 244–255.

Lunkenheimer, E. S., Dishion, T. J., Shaw, D. S., Connell, A. M., Gardner, F., Wilson, M. N., & Skuban, E. M. (2008). Collateral benefits of the family check-up on early childhood school readiness: Indirect effects of parents’ positive behavior support. Developmental Psychology, 44(6), 1737–1752.

Madden, J., O'Hara, J., & Levenstein, P. (1984). Home again: Effects of the Mother-Child Home Program on mother and child. Child Development, 55(2), 636–647. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1984.tb00324.x

Mann, V. (2014). Spanish-language home visitation to disadvantaged Latino preschoolers: A means of promoting language development and English school readiness. Creative Education, 5(6), 411–426. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2014.56051

Mann, V., Sandoval, M., Garcia, L., & Calderon, D. (2009). Using Spanish in the home to promote school readiness in English. In A.E. Harrison (Ed.), Speech Disorders: Causes, Treatment and Social Effects (pp. 1–22). Hauppauge, NY:  Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated.

Manz, P., Bracaliello, C. B., Pressimone, V. J., Eisenberg, R. A., Zuniga, C., & Curry, A. (2011). Examining vocabulary outcomes in home visiting: Preliminary findings and methodological considerations. [Unpublished manuscript.]