The Parent-Child Home Program

Sarah Walzer, J.D.
585 Plandome Road
Manhasset, NY 11030
    Telephone: (516) 869-1283
    Fax: (516) 869-1284
    Email: info@parent-child.org
    Website: www.parent-child.org

Program Description

Focus Area     Age Group
Early Literacy, Family Literacy     Parents and children ages 2 through 4 years

Research Description

Outcomes

  • Increased interactive behavior between mother and child
  • Increased academic achievement
  • Increased children's IQ scores
  • Increased children's socioemotional behavior

Research Category

      1,2   Large Scale, Externally Reviewed Research, Nationally Validated

Design

  Experimental  

Multiple Studies

  Yes   1970; 1976; 1979; 1982; 1984; 1988; 1990; 1998; 1999

Sample Size

  >50   Sample sizes ranged from 50 to 100 parents and children in both the experimental and control group across studies.

Valid/ Reliable
Instrument

  Yes   Parent and Child Together Scale; Child Behavior Test; California Achievement Test

Results

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

Published

  Yes   American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1970; Child Development, 1976, 1984, etc.

Follow-up Data

  Yes   Several follow-up studies were conducted from 1 to 20 years after program participation. Results indicated that program effects were sustained and children who participated in the program were more likely than non-participants to graduate from high school.

Award

  Yes   Model Compensatory Education Program Award, cited by the Center for Studies of Child and Family Mental Health as a Successful Model Program