Effect of Preschool Home Visiting on School Readiness and Need for Services in Elementary School: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Home visiting programs targeting the school readiness of preschool children (age range, 4-5 years) show promise in short-term and quasi-experimental studies but rarely are evaluated with rigorous designs and follow-up assessments.

Objectives

To examine the sustained effects of a preschool home visiting program on child and family competencies and on child need for services 4 years later.

Design, setting, and participants

In a randomized clinical trial, individual families with preschool children were assigned to receive the Research-Based and Developmentally Informed-Parent home visiting program (REDI-P) (intervention group) or math home learning games in the mail (control group). Follow-up assessments occurred in third grade. Families were recruited from 2

SUBMITTER: Bierman KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142914 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature