Todd Grindal|Jocelyn Bonnes Bowne|Hirokazu Yoshikawa|Holly S. Schindler|Greg J. Duncan|Katherine Magnuson|Jack P. Shonkoff
The added impact of parenting education in early childhood education programs: A meta-analysis
Abt Associates (United States)|New York University|University of Washington|University of California, Irvine|University of Wisconsin–Madison|Harvard University
many early childhood education ece programs seek enhance parents capacities support childrens development using metaanalytic database 46 studies ece programs served children age three fiveyearsold examine benefits childrens cognitive preacademic skills adding parenting education ece programs children consider differential impacts 1 parenting education programs type 2 parenting education programs provided parents modeling opportunities practice stimulating behaviors 3 parenting education programs delivered intensive home visiting results study call question general longstanding assertions regarding benefits including parenting education early childhood programs find differences program impacts ece programs provide form parenting education find suggestive evidence among ece programs provided parenting education provided parents opportunities practice parenting skills associated greater shortterm impacts childrens preacademic skills among ece programs provided parenting education one home visits month yielded effect sizes cognitive outcomes significantly larger programs provided lower dosages home visits