Cost-effective early childhood development programs from preschool to third grade

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 109-139

  Reynolds, Arthur J ^a   Temple, Judy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Children at risk; Evaluation; Longitudinal studies; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INVESTMENT; KINDERGARTEN; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 43449124125     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.3.022806.091411     Document Type: Review

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