Parent Engagement in a Head Start Home Visiting Program Predicts Sustained Growth in Children's School Readiness.

ABSTRACT: This study examined three components of parent engagement in an enriched Head Start home visiting program: intervention attendance, the working alliance between parents and home visitors, and parents' use of program materials between sessions. The study identified those family and child characteristics that predicted the different components of parent engagement, and the study tested whether those components predicted sustained growth in children's school readiness skills across four years, from preschool through second grade. Ninety-five low-income parents with four year-old children attending Head Start (56% white; 26% black; 20% Latino; 44% girls) were randomly assigned to receive the home visiting program. Assessments included home visitor, parent, and teacher ratings, as well as inter

SUBMITTER: Nix RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6430128 | biostudies-literature | 2018 4th Quarter

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature