Importance Training parents to implement strategies to support child language development
is crucial to support long-term outcomes, given that as many as 2 of 5 children younger than …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
established the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, which …

A fascinating look at the evolution of behavioral science, the revolutionary way it's changing
the way we live, and how nurturing environments can increase people's well-being in …

Background A previous study in Pakistan assessed the effectiveness of delivering
responsive stimulation and enhanced nutrition interventions to young children. Responsive …

Children's exposure to book reading is thought to be an influential input into positive
cognitive development. Yet there is little empirical research identifying whether it is reading …

The purpose of this article was to synthesize intervention studies using coaching with
parents in early intervention with a focus on (a) definitions and descriptions of coaching with …

Research data show that exposure to abuse and neglect has detrimental effects on a child's
language development. In this meta-analysis, we analyze studies (k= 23), to compare the …

ABSTRACT Research Findings: This study investigated the long-term interrelations among
children's language competencies, their home literacy environment (HLE), and 3 aspects of …

This study examined how practices used by early childhood education (ECE) providers to
engage parents (eg, sending home information about the child), parent school involvement …

This study examined the efficacy of a multimodule parenting intervention,“My Baby & Me,”
that began prenatally and continued until children reached 2.5 years of age. The …