ERIC Number: EJ1398035
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1941-1243
EISSN: EISSN-1941-1251
Effectiveness of an Enrichment Program for Young Children Enrolled in Head Start Programs
Lee, Supawadee Cindy
Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, v16 n3 p252-261 2023
The Developmental Screening, Monitoring, and Enrichment (DSME) program for low-income children and families is an initiative developed to support the goal of the Healthy People 2020 and 2030 that aims to increase the number of healthy young children to be ready for school. The 8-week DSME program focuses on reducing health disparities and improving the health of low-income children. A quasi-experimental research study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of the DSME program in 43 children enrolled in three Head Start programs. The children received weekly enrichment activities for 8 weeks. Each child was administered with Denver Developmental Screening Test-II at three intervals (week 1, week 4, and week 8) to identify their developmental levels and monitor their progress in four areas including personal-social, fine-motor, language, and gross-motor. Additionally, the parents received two 1-hour educational trainings to learn about children's developmental milestones and strategies used to monitor and address their children's developmental concerns. The data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA and paired t-test. The DSME program was found to be effective and can be easily implemented to any Head Start programs. The DSME program can help to increase the proportion of young children who are ready for school.
Descriptors: Young Children, Enrichment Activities, Early Intervention, Access to Health Care, Low Income Groups, Program Effectiveness, Child Development, Parent Education, Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, School Readiness, Mothers, At Risk Persons, Screening Tests, Poverty
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Head Start
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Denver Developmental Screening Test
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