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High-Risk Children and IQ: Altering Intergenerational Patterns.

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Ramey, Craig T. – Intelligence, 1992

Data and concepts relevant to the Carolina Abecedarian experiment (an intensive early intervention intended to improve the intellectual performance of high-risk children) are presented. Evidence from the project supports the malleability of early intellectual development and improved school readiness and performance resulting from the…

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Intervention

Does the Carolina Abecedarian Early Intervention Project Prevent Sociocultural Mental Retardation?

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Spitz, Herman H. – Intelligence, 1992

Claims that the Carolina Abecedarian Project, an early intervention with children from economically and socially impoverished homes, has produced and maintained higher IQs in children at risk of mental retardation are examined for approximately 112 children. Assertions of project success are reviewed, and the implications are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education