Donna Spiker
Biographic Data
| ID | 148576 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna Spiker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna |
| FAMILY NAME | Spiker |
| SIGNATURE | SPIKER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Who Gets What? Describing the Non‐supervisory Training and Supports Received by Home Visiting Staff Members and its Relationship with Turnover
Highlights Technical assistance (TA) received by home visiting staff members differed based on staff members’ characteristics. Supervisors received more TA hours and more remote and individual TA compared to home visitors. Home visitors more commonly participated in on‐site trainings for multiple staff members. TA received by staff members also differed by program characteristics including model, size, and maturity. Characteristics of the TA that…
Characterizing disability in Head Start programs
An Examination of Cross-Racial Comparability of Mother-Child Interaction Among African American and Anglo American Families
This study examined the cross-racial comparability of maternal quality of assistance and supportive presence coded from a video protocol using data from the Infant Health and Development Program for low-birth-weight, premature 30-month-olds and their mothers. Evidence of equivalence of measures is necessary before comparisons can be made across groups. Multiple-group mean and covariance structures analysis was used to demonstrate the invariance o…
Examining Observational Measures of Emotional Support and Cognitive Stimulation in Black and White Mothers of Preschoolers
In this study we drew on the Infant Health and Development Program to examine two sets of observational measures of parenting behavior. First, correlations between the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Warmth subscale and a Supportive Presence scale, and between the HOME Learning subscale and a Quality of Assistance scale were examined. There were moderate correlations between the two emotional support scales and between …
Examining Observational Measures of Emotional Support and Cognitive Stimulation in Black and White Mothers of Preschoolers
In this study we drew on the Infant Health and Development Program to examine two sets of observational measures of parenting behavior. First, correlations between the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Warmth subscale and a Supportive Presence scale, and between the HOME Learning subscale and a Quality of Assistance scale were examined. There were moderate correlations between the two emotional support scales and between …
Characterizing disability in Head Start programs
Who Gets What? Describing the Non‐supervisory Training and Supports Received by Home Visiting Staff Members and its Relationship with Turnover
Highlights Technical assistance (TA) received by home visiting staff members differed based on staff members’ characteristics. Supervisors received more TA hours and more remote and individual TA compared to home visitors. Home visitors more commonly participated in on‐site trainings for multiple staff members. TA received by staff members also differed by program characteristics including model, size, and maturity. Characteristics of the TA that…
An Examination of Cross-Racial Comparability of Mother-Child Interaction Among African American and Anglo American Families
This study examined the cross-racial comparability of maternal quality of assistance and supportive presence coded from a video protocol using data from the Infant Health and Development Program for low-birth-weight, premature 30-month-olds and their mothers. Evidence of equivalence of measures is necessary before comparisons can be made across groups. Multiple-group mean and covariance structures analysis was used to demonstrate the invariance o…
Examining Observational Measures of Emotional Support and Cognitive Stimulation in Black and White Mothers of Preschoolers
In this study we drew on the Infant Health and Development Program to examine two sets of observational measures of parenting behavior. First, correlations between the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Warmth subscale and a Supportive Presence scale, and between the HOME Learning subscale and a Quality of Assistance scale were examined. There were moderate correlations between the two emotional support scales and between …
An Examination of Cross-Racial Comparability of Mother-Child Interaction Among African American and Anglo American Families
This study examined the cross-racial comparability of maternal quality of assistance and supportive presence coded from a video protocol using data from the Infant Health and Development Program for low-birth-weight, premature 30-month-olds and their mothers. Evidence of equivalence of measures is necessary before comparisons can be made across groups. Multiple-group mean and covariance structures analysis was used to demonstrate the invariance o…
Characterizing disability in Head Start programs
Who Gets What? Describing the Non‐supervisory Training and Supports Received by Home Visiting Staff Members and its Relationship with Turnover
Highlights Technical assistance (TA) received by home visiting staff members differed based on staff members’ characteristics. Supervisors received more TA hours and more remote and individual TA compared to home visitors. Home visitors more commonly participated in on‐site trainings for multiple staff members. TA received by staff members also differed by program characteristics including model, size, and maturity. Characteristics of the TA that…
Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · African american (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works) · Cognition (1 works) · Comparability (1 works)