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Mental Health and Social Development Effects of the Abecedarian Approach

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  • Joseph Sparling

    (Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia)

  • Sharon Landesman Ramey

    (Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, and Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Human Development, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA)

  • Craig T. Ramey

    (Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, and Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Human Development, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA)

Abstract

The Abecedarian Approach is an early intervention and contains a broad-spectrum adult/child curriculum. The Approach has been studied in three longitudinal randomized controlled trials in the USA, starting in 1972 and continuing today. Recent research studies in multiple countries have examined the Abecedarian Approach during the first three years of life. The collective findings from these studies lead to the conclusion that human development is malleable, especially in the years before school entry, and that high-quality early intervention exerts positive, early, and long-lasting influences on human development, including social development and mental health.

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  • Joseph Sparling & Sharon Landesman Ramey & Craig T. Ramey, 2021. "Mental Health and Social Development Effects of the Abecedarian Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-10, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:13:p:6997-:d:585376
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