EFFICACY OF TWO EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

本研究方案旨在完成两种方案的比较 两种早期干预计划的相对有效性 预防发育迟缓。研究对象是63名高危儿童， 目前2岁和3岁，他们已经参与了这个项目 从出生起就是这样。这些家庭是根据高风险指数挑选出来的 包括13个加权因素，包括母亲智商、父母智商、 教育和家庭收入。这两个预防计划在以下方面存在差异 治疗强度。一个项目使用通过以下方式提供的家庭教育 家访和小组会议，另一个项目使用家庭教育 加上发展中的日托。孩子们被随机分配到这两组 项目或未接受教育的控制组。评估 计划的有效性侧重于儿童进步、亲子关系 以及高危家庭的环境状况。几个 具体的研究问题正由这一纵向研究解决 学习。在基本层面上，项目关怀是两种类型的直接比较 预防战略，两者都是从婴儿期开始的，旨在减少 参与者日后出现发育迟缓的可能性。 另一类研究涉及早期特征或 高危婴儿的经历影响了后来的智力和社会 发展。该项目还侧重于以下情况下发生的族更改 儿童发展，并正在研究一些潜在的机制 通过它可以预防发育迟缓。

This research program is designed to complete the comparison of the relative effectiveness of two early intervention programs designed to prevent developmental retardation. Subjects are 63 high-risk children, currently 2 and 3 years old, who have been participating in the project since birth. The families were selected on the basis of a High-Risk Index which includes 13 weighted factors including maternal IQ, parents' education, and family income. The two prevention programs vary in intensity of treatment. One program uses Family Education delivered via home visits and group meetings and the other program uses Family Education Plus Developmental Daycare. Children were randomly assigned to these two programs or to an Educationally Untreated Control group. Evaluation of program effectiveness focuses on child progress, parent-child relationships and the environmental circumstances of high-risk families. Several specific research questions are being addressed by this longitudinal study. At a basic level, Project CARE is a direct comparison of two types of prevention strategies, both beginning in infancy, aimed at reducing the chances that the participants will show later developmental retardation. Another category of research concerns how early characteristics or experiences of high-risk infants influence later intellectual and social development. The project also focuses on the family changes that occur as children develop and is investigating some of the potential mechanisms through which developmental retardation may be prevented.