Sentences with phrase «much improved outcomes for children»

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Add to this the impact, such as that exemplified in research undertaken by Becta which demonstrated that where parental engagement with a child's learning during primary years takes place, it can improve outcomes by as much as 50 %, and therein lies a recipe for success.

Though it is clear that parental engagement is valuable, much less is currently known about how to increase it so as to improve outcomes for children.

An estimated 1,560 children died because of maltreatment, with the highest rates of victimization in the first year of life — 20.6 per 1,000 children.1 Research demonstrates that outcomes for children who survive child maltreatment (defined as neglect, abuse, or a combination of the two) are poor, with performance below national norms in a range of outcomes areas, including psychosocial and cognitive well - being and academic achievement.2, 3,4 The costs to society overall of these children not reaching their full potential and the lower than expected productivity of adult survivors of abuse are estimated at as much as $ 50 - 90 billion per year in the U.S. 5,6 These findings underscore the need for strategies to prevent child maltreatment in order to improve outcomes for children, families and communities.

It provides a much - needed rallying cry and road map for action so that communities can take concrete steps to improve outcomes for children and our society.

Although scores of parenting programs for young children have been and are currently being used in communities throughout North America, in only a relatively few cases has their long - term efficacy been tested using comparison groups, much less with a randomized control trial (RCT).17, 18 Thus, drawing firm conclusions about their effectiveness in improving young children's social and emotional outcomes is limited to a few investigators who have used more rigorous methods.