Hart Research Associates conducted a national public opinion poll of 1,615 parents of children age birth to three years for ZERO TO THREE in June, 2009. Based on United States Census data, the sample is representative of parents of children ages birth to three years old, as it pertains to basic demographic characteristics such as race, ethnicity, age, and educational attainment. The survey was designed to explore issues and challenges that parents of young children confront today, where gaps in knowledge of early development exist, identify what sources of information and support these…
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Intended for Wisconsin policymakers, this document explains infant and toddler development and key factors that influence the social and emotional competence, early learning and academic achievement, and secure attachment and self-regulation of children from birth to age three. The second part of the paper provides key facts and figures related to infants and toddlers in Wisconsin, current services that are available for infants and toddlers, and key Wisconsin efforts to assure quality services. The following section highlights early development programs that have been proven to work in other…
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This brief provides a summary of research findings on the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program, a parent involvement, school readiness program that helps low literacy parents prepare their three- to five-year-old children for success in school and life. HIPPY programs provide a 30-week direct instruction program to at-risk parents focusing on language development, problem solving, perceptual discrimination, and other pre-academic skills. It is free to parents and delivered by home visitors who live in the same high need neighborhoods as the families they serve…
