“Getting Ready for School : ” A Preliminary Evaluation of a Parent-Focused School-Readiness Program
Joint Authors
Rodriguez, Carmen
Grundleger, Alexandra
Darvique, Maria Eugenia
Landers, Cassie
Duch, Helena
Noble, Kimberly G.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds tend to start school with fewer school readiness skills than their more advantaged peers.
Emergent literacy and math skills play an important role in this gap.
The family is essential in helping children build these skills, and the active involvement of families is crucial to the success of any intervention for young children.
The Getting Ready for School (GRS) program is a parent-focused curriculum designed to help parents equip their children with the skills and enthusiasm necessary for learning when they start school.
Parents meet in weekly workshops led by a trained facilitator and implement the curriculum at home with their children.
The objective of this pilot study was to assess the promise of the GRS intervention in children participating in an urban Head Start program and to explore parents' responses to the intervention.
We hypothesized that participation in GRS would improve school readiness in literacy and math skills, relative to participation in business-as-usual Head Start.
Four Head Start classrooms (two randomly selected “intervention” and two “comparison” classrooms) participated in this study.
Preliminary analyses suggest that GRS improves school readiness over and above a Head Start-as-usual experience.
Implications for early childhood programs and policies are discussed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Noble, Kimberly G.& Duch, Helena& Darvique, Maria Eugenia& Grundleger, Alexandra& Rodriguez, Carmen& Landers, Cassie. 2012. “Getting Ready for School : ” A Preliminary Evaluation of a Parent-Focused School-Readiness Program. Child Development Research،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-14.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Noble, Kimberly G.…[et al.]. “Getting Ready for School : ” A Preliminary Evaluation of a Parent-Focused School-Readiness Program. Child Development Research No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-14.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Noble, Kimberly G.& Duch, Helena& Darvique, Maria Eugenia& Grundleger, Alexandra& Rodriguez, Carmen& Landers, Cassie. “Getting Ready for School : ” A Preliminary Evaluation of a Parent-Focused School-Readiness Program. Child Development Research. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458208
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-458208