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Peer reviewedMadden, John; And Others – Child Development, 1976
Low-income families participated in several variations of a home-based intervention program which focused on modeling verbal interaction between mother and child around selected toys and books. (SB)
Descriptors: Home Programs, Intelligence Quotient, Intervention, Low Income
Peer reviewedSparling, Joseph; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1991
"Early Partners" and "Partners for Learning" is a 2-part curriculum to support parent-child interactions in the first 36 months of a premature, low birthweight child's life. Analysis showed that the rate of delivering the curriculum in the child development center and the home added significantly to the prediction of 36-month…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Caregivers, Child Development, Curriculum
Download full textLevenstein, Phyllis – 1969
The range of cognitive gains made by low-income preschool children in the home-based Mother-Child Home Program is discussed as to the causes of the wide variability found. At the end of one year (October 1967 to May 1968) in the program, 33 low-income preschoolers made an average Stanford-Binet IQ gain of 17 points. The varibility within this…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Levenstein, Phyllis; Phillips, Juliet R. – 1973
This report examines the Family Cognitive Profile Study which provided for the collection and analysis of data regarding the IQ gains of children enrolled in the Mother Child Home Program (MCHP). The existence of siblings among the subjects of the MCHP was noted by the Verbal Interaction Project (VIP), the research organization responsible for…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cognitive Development, Diffusion, Home Programs
Peer reviewedMadden, John, And Others – Child Development, 1984
Evaluates a two-year intervention program for low income families in which a toy demonstrator modeled verbal interactions with children ages two to four. Contrary to earlier results, finds no detectable program effects in children's IQ, achievement, or school adjustment three years post-program. Considers problems of ensuring that samples are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Home Programs, Home Visits, Intelligence Quotient
Hess, Robert D. – 1976
This paper summarizes evaluations of 28 preschool intervention programs designed to train parents to prepare their young children for school achievement. Evaluations selected for review were internal assessments by program staffs. The summary is organized around three questions: (1) Do parent training programs affect children's cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Educational Innovation, Family Environment
Madden, John; And Others – 1974
Low-income families participated in several variations of a home-based intervention program which focused on modeling verbal interaction between mother and child around selected toys and books. Long-term results from a quasi-experimental design including 83 variously treated and 55 untreated students indicated that the amount of between group IQ…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Followup Studies
