The randomized controlled trial of Head Start REDI: Sustained effects on developmental trajectories of social-emotional functioning.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study assessed the sustained effects of Head Start REDI (Research-based, Developmentally Informed), a randomized controlled preschool preventive intervention, on children's developmental trajectories of social-emotional functioning into elementary school.

Method

Twenty-five Head Start centers with 44 classrooms were randomly assigned to deliver Head Start REDI or Head Start as usual. Head Start REDI featured an integrated language-emergent literacy and social-emotional skills curriculum and enhanced support for positive teaching practices. The 356 4-year-old children (54% girls; 25% African American; 17% Latino; 70% living in poverty) in those centers and classrooms were followed for 5 years (from preschool through third grade; 91% retention rate). Each year,

SUBMITTER: Nix RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4801712 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature