Short-Term Effects of Early Programming for the Young Gifted Handicapped Child

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RAPYHT (Retrieval and Acceleration of Promising Young Handicapped and Talented), a model program for gifted and talented handicapped preschool children developed at the University of Illinois, has been serving young children since 1975. Evidence regarding short term benefits of this program is presented. Child progress data were obtained from the RAPYHT demonstration site at the University of Illinois and from two second-year replication sites (New York and Florida). Statistically significant pre- versus post-program gains were observed in talent-area functioning, creativity, self-esteem, and school-related task persistence. Significant treatment effects, further documented through regression-discontinuity analysis to compare performance of children who received RAPYHT intervention with a comparison group of children who did not qualify for the program, were found for talent-area functioning, creative functioning, and school-related task performance.

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