The effectiveness of early head start for 3-year-old children and their parents: Lessons for policy and programs

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 885-901

  Love, John M ^a   Kisker, Ellen Eliason ^a,f   Ross, Christine ^a   Constantine, Jill ^a   Boller, Kimberly ^a   Chazan Cohen, Rachel ^b   Brady Smith, Christy ^c   Fuligni, Allison Sidle ^c,g   Raikes, Helen ^b,d,h   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^c,e   Tarullo, Louisa Banks ^a,b   Schochet, Peter Z ^a   Paulsell, Diane ^a   Vogel, Cheri ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d U S Department of Health Services   (United States)

^e Administration for Children and Families ^*  (United States)

^f Twin Peaks Consulting LLC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child policy and intervention; Early childhood development; Head Start; Poverty in early childhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744440401     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.6.885     Document Type: Article

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