Child and Parenting Outcomes After 1 Year of Educare.
Educare is a birth to age 5 early education program designed to reduce the achievement gap between children from low-income families and their more economically advantaged peers through high-quality center-based programming and strong school-family partnerships. This study randomly assigned 239 children (< 19 months) from low-income families to Educare or a business-as-usual control group. Assessments tracked children 1 year after randomization. Results revealed significant differences favoring treatment group children on auditory and expressive language skills, parent-reported problem behaviors, and positive parent-child interactions. Effect sizes were in the modest to medium range. No effects were evident for observer-rated child behaviors or parent-rated social competence. The overall results add to the evidence that intervening early can set low-income children on more positive developmental courses.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Noreen
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Yazejian
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Donna M
DM
Bryant
University of Chicago.
Sydney
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Hans
University of Oklahoma-Tulsa.
Diane
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Horm
University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Lisa
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St Clair
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Nancy
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File
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Margaret
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Burchinal
D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D011203:Poverty; D066107:Social Skills; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome