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Social/Support Services:
Home visits: The protocol specified weekly home visits for the first year, and biweekly visits thereafter. The home visitor provided health and developmental information and family support and implemented two specific curricula. One curriculum emphasized cognitive, linguistic, and social development via a program of games and activities for the parent to use with the child. The second curriculum involved a systematic approach to help parents manage self-identified problems.
Child Development Centers: Beginning at 12 months and continuing until 36 months, the intervention children attended the center 5 days a week. The teaching staff continued to implement the curriculum of learning activities used by the home visitors and tailored the program to each child’s needs and developmental level. Teacher-child ratios were 1:3 for children aged 12-23 months and 1:4 for those aged 24-36 months; class sizes were 6 and 8 children, respectively. Each site provided transportation.
Parent Groups: Beginning at 12 months, bimonthly parent groups meetings provided information on child rearing, health, and safety, and other parenting concerns, as well as some degree of social support.
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