The Efficacy of Early Intervention Programs with Environmentally At-Risk Infants.

Casto, Glendon; White, Karl

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Publication Date: 1984

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The Efficacy of Early Intervention Programs with Environmentally At-Risk Infants.

Casto, Glendon; White, Karl

Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, v17 n1 p37-50 Fall 1984

A meta-analysis of the early intervention research literature revealed that early intervention has an immediate positive effect of about on-half of a standard deviation. The analysis failed to find long-term benefits and failed to relate degree of parental involvement to intervention effectiveness. (KH)

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Persons, Meta Analysis, Outcomes of Education, Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Surveys, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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