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lowincome minority children living urban neighborhoods high risk mental health problems underachievement parentcorps familycentered schoolbased intervention prekindergarten improves parenting school readiness ie selfregulation preacademic skills 2 randomized clinical trials longerterm effect child mental health academic performance known examine whether parentcorps delivered enhancement prekindergarten programs highpoverty urban schools leads fewer mental health problems increased academic performance early elementary school years 3year followup study cluster randomized clinical trial parentcorps public schools prekindergarten programs new york city ten elementary schools serving primarily lowincome black student population randomized 2005 4 consecutive cohorts prekindergarten students enrolled september 12 2005 december 31 2008 report followup 3 cohorts enrolled initial year implementation data analysis performed september 1 2014 december 31 2015 parentcorps included professional development prekindergarten kindergarten teachers program parents prekindergarten students 13 twohour group sessions delivered school teachers mental health professionals annual teacher ratings mental health problems academic performance standardized tests academic achievement kindergarten second grade testers masked intervention control group randomization total 1050 children 4 years old 518 boys 493 532 girls 507 99 prekindergarten classrooms participated trial 881 prekindergarten population 792 students enrolled 2006 2008 families followup study 421 696 low income 680 859 identified nonlatino black 78 98 latino 34 43 relative peers prekindergarten programs children parentcorpsenhanced prekindergarten programs lower levels mental health problems cohen 044 95 ci 008081 higher teacherrated academic performance cohen 021 95 ci 002039 second grade intervention prekindergarten led better mental health academic performance 3 years later familycentered early intervention potential prevent problems reduce disparities lowincome minority children clinicaltrialsgov identifier nct01670227