The idea that
early childhood intervention gives children a boost with school success is not a new one.
Not exact matches
Given that many mental disorders including ADHD and anxiety started
early in life and could persist for many years,
early childhood interventions needed improvement to close initial gaps in academic performance, he said.
If Cuomo adopts this spectacularly wrongheaded notion, it will be a clear signal that he simply doesn't
give a damn about the children of the poorest New Yorkers, who desperately need energetic and rigorous
early childhood interventions if they are to have any hope of closing pernicious and persistent achievement gaps.
In 2003, she partnered with Dr. Joe Smith to start Eagle Academy, the first
early -
childhood public charter school in DC, with the goal of providing
early interventions to
give children a better chance at success.
But while we wait for a full accounting,
given the doubts the study has raised so far, and
given the urgency of improving
early childhood interventions, let's park the highly politicized groupthink on pre-K and have a real conversation about solutions.
Home visiting, evidence - based parenting programmes and multicomponent
interventions have been shown to be effective in other parts of the world.45
Given the wide number of contexts in which abuse occurs, these services should be integrated with education, family health services such as maternal health,
early childhood development, immunisations and adolescent health services as suggested by a recent Child Maltreatment Readiness Assessment in South Africa.46