Solving Social Ills Through Early Childhood Home Visiting
- Home Visiting Campaign
- Contact Jennifer Stapleton 202.540.6466
- January 23, 2013
The Important Program Characteristics That Predict Better Outcomes
A meta-analysis of 55 studies examining the effects of home visiting programs on parents’ childrearing behaviors and children’s cognitive and language development by evaluation research firm James Bell Associates found that home visiting had an overall positive average on these outcomes. The researchers found that the program characteristics most strongly associated with better results in the areas of parenting behavior and skills included activities that created a stimulating home environment and content that addressed parental mental health and substance abuse.
In the area of child cognitive and language development, the meta-analysis study found that program characteristics most strongly associated with better outcomes were teaching parents what to expect about their child’s development; responsiveness, sensitivity to cues, or nurturing; promotion of child’s socio-emotional development; promotion of child’s cognitive development; as well as opportunities to role play and practice skills. Download the executive summary and full report.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Benefits of Home Visiting to Children, Families, and Taxpayers
- 3 The Value of Expanding Home Visiting to More Families
- 4 The Important Program Characteristics That Predict Better Outcomes
- 5 Advances in Measuring Program Quality in Home Visiting
- 6 The Advantages of Understanding and Encouraging Better Program Participation
- 7 New Approaches Being Added to Existing Strategies
- 8 Acknowledgements
Report Assets
- Head Start exec summary
- Head Start report
- Durham Connects exec summary
- Durham Connects report
- Healthy Families MA exec summary
- Healthy Families MA report
- My Baby and Me exec report
- My Baby and Me report
- Second Time Mothers exec summary
- Second Time Mothers report
- Home Visiting Meta Analysis exec summary
- Home Visiting Meta Analysis report
- Home Visiting Program Quality Rating Tool exec summary
- Home Visiting Program Quality Rating Tool report
- Infant Health and Development Program exec summary
- Infant Health and Development Program report
- MOM Program exec summary
- MOM Program report
- Dads Matter exec summary
- Dads Matter report
- School Readiness exec summary
- School Readiness report
- Date:
- January 23, 2013
- Contacts:
- Jennifer Stapleton | 202.540.6466
- Project:
- Home Visiting Campaign
- Issues:
- Home Visiting Programs
- State:
- National
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Millions of children entering school aren’t ready to learn. But a good home visiting program makes a difference, increasing graduation rates by as much as 56 percent.
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