THE FAMILY-ORIENTED HOME VISITING PROGRAM - A LONGITUDINAL-STUDY

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 102  (2) , 299-+
Abstract
A home-based intervention program for low-income mothers with a toddler and at least 1 other child under 5 was designed and tested. Sex of toddlers and race (black or white) were about equally divided. Nine months of weekly home visits were specifically planned for each mother to enhance her effectiveness as an educational change agent. Treatment was planned to promote skills and understandings applicable over a range of ages. Pretests, immediate posttests and posttests 1 and 2 yr later were administered to 27 experimental families and to a randomly assigned control group of 20. At a .gtoreq. 0.05 level of significance, experimentals excelled controls on receptive language test (toddler), on the Caldwell HOME [Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory] (mother was indirectly rated as an educational change agent) and on a measure of teaching style (mother). They were also significantly superior on the Binet (toddler) at 2nd posttest. No differences were found with older siblings on the Slosson Intelligence Test. Differences at 3rd posttest were at least as great as earlier ones on mother measures. Relationships among child and mother measures are discussed.

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