Early Childhood Education: Young Adult Outcomes From the Abecedarian Project

Estudos em larga escala de educação infantil nos Estados Unidos

“…Estudos sobre crianças que vivem em situação de pobreza, e que possuem outros fatores de risco associados a esta, mostram claramente os benefícios substanciais da educação infantil de alta qualidade para essas crianças, com significativas vantagens econômicas do investimento em programas consistentes para as crianças no início da vida (CAMPBELL et al, 2002;MUENNIG et al, 2009;REYNOLDS;OU, 2011). Mais recentemente, pesquisas sobre o desenvolvimento do cérebro em crianças muito pequenas nos levam a acreditar que a aprendizagem nos primeiros anos de vida seja bastante eficiente e tenha benefícios duradouros.…”

Role of the Medical Home in Family-Centered Early Intervention Services

“…The participants were assessed at 21 years of age and were found to have completed more years of education, were more likely to attend a 4-year college, and were older when their first child was born. 23 There has been considerable growth in the field of research regarding efficacy of various treatment modalities for children with specific disabilities. It is important to consider this research when prescribing or providing advice regarding early intervention services.…”

Preschool foundations of early reading acquisition

“…Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated unequivocally that language stimulation, interactive reading, explicit teaching of letter sounds and phonological awareness interventions, administered in daycare and kindergarten classrooms, can improve language and phonological awareness abilities in the short term and lead to improved reading outcomes over the long term (37)(38)(39)(40). Furthermore, it has been shown that interventions for at-risk children are most effective when they begin during infancy (41). These studies show that simply exhorting parents to read to their children is not likely sufficient to prevent reading disability.…”