Child developmental impact of pittsburgh's early childhood initiative (ECI) in high-risk communities: First-phase authentic evaluation research

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 559-580

  Bagnato, Stephen J ^a   Suen, Hoi K ^b   Brickley, Dale ^b   Smith Jones, Janell ^a   Dettore, Ernie ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood outcomes; Early school success; ECI; NAEYC; SPECS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036455608     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(02)00182-5     Document Type: Article

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