Does the Carolina Abecedarian Early Intervention Project Prevent Sociocultural Mental Retardation?.

Spitz, Herman H.

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ERIC Number: EJ450942

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Publication Date: 1992

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Does the Carolina Abecedarian Early Intervention Project Prevent Sociocultural Mental Retardation?

Spitz, Herman H.

Intelligence, v16 n2 p225-37 Apr-Jun 1992

Claims that the Carolina Abecedarian Project, an early intervention with children from economically and socially impoverished homes, has produced and maintained higher IQs in children at risk of mental retardation are examined for approximately 112 children. Assertions of project success are reviewed, and the implications are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Intelligence Quotient, Mental Retardation, Poverty, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Social Problems, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina

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