BabyTALK

Claudia Quigg
1314 N. Main Street
Decatur, IL 62526
    Telephone: (217) 475-2234 or (888)-4BT-READ
    Fax: (217) 475-2206
    Email: babytalk@q-com.com
    Website: www.babytalk.org

Program Description

Focus Area     Age Group
Early Literacy; Parent Education and Involvement; 2 programs-1) promotes parent-infant interactions through anticipatory guidance in infant development, and 2) "Lapsit" program that promotes parent-child interactions centered around books     Birth to age 3
     

Research Description

Outcomes

  • Higher receptive language skills

Research Category

      5   (Program evaluation report was reviewed.)

Design

  Quasi Experimental  

Multiple Studies

  No   No other study using a experimental or quasi-experimental design was conducted.

Sample Size

  >50   Experimental Group= 550 kindergarten children; Comparison Group=511 kindergarten children

Valid/ Reliable
Instrument

  Yes   Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised

Results

  Yes   Statistically significant. The effect size was not stated in the research

Published

  No   There are no published studies.

Follow-up Data

  No   There were no follow-up studies.

Award

  No   There were no awards to the program.