PPN Newsletter December 2008
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
WHAT'S NEW
Expert Perspectives: Child Policy Experts Answer Your Questions about Preventing Low Birth Weight
PPN is pleased to announce that we have posted answers from our experts in response to the questions submitted by PPN site visitors during the months of October and November. This Expert Perspectives feature allowed visitors to ask three leading child policy experts questions on the topic of preventing low birth weight infants. Many thanks to our PPN visitors who submitted questions!
Read the questions and answers
Parents As Teachers Program Shows Promise on Multiple Indicators of Child Well-Being
The Parents As Teachers program provides high-quality parent education to develop and strengthen the skills parents need to enhance the development of their children. The program provides families with intensive, targeted education and support from the third trimester of pregnancy through the child's third year, with continued limited service and support through age five. Studies have shown that Parents as Teachers has promising effects on the number of babies born weighing 5.5 pounds or more, as well as young children's cognitive and physical development.
Read more about the Parents As Teachers program
Final Report from Reading First Impact Study Finds Continued Evidence of Some Impacts
The Reading First Program, established under The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, is a major federal reading initiative designed to help children develop the basic reading skills necessary for success in school, with the specific goal of helping all children read at or above grade level by the end of third grade. The Reading First Impact Study is a congressionally mandated evaluation of the Program to determine its impact on classroom instruction and student reading achievement. The study found that Reading First produced a positive impact on the amount of time spent on five essential components of reading instruction for first and second graders, including phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Despite these positive findings, Reading First did not produce a statistically significant impact on test scores for reading comprehension in grades 1-3. These findings are consistent with the results presented in the study's Interim Report released in May 2008. The Program did however have positive impacts on several related practices, including professional development for teachers in scientifically based reading instruction methods and additional support from full-time reading coaches.
Read the news release at abtassociates.com
RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Listed below are research summaries that have been added to the PPN site this month.
See all in this area » Healthy and Safe Children
Effects of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign on Youths
— Dec. 2008
Journal abstract at American Journal of Public Health website
Co-Occurrence of Substance Use Behaviors in Youth
— Nov. 2008
Research bulletin at Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website
Cumulative Violence Exposure and Self-Rated Health: Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in the United States
— Nov. 2008
Does Watching Sex on Television Predict Teen Pregnancy? Findings From a National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
— Nov. 2008
Domestic Assaults by Juvenile Offenders
— Nov. 2008
Effect of Parents' Wartime Deployment on the Behavior of Young Children in Military Families
— Nov. 2008
Increased Rates and Severity of Child and Adult Food Insecurity in Households With Adult Smokers
— Nov. 2008
Juvenile Arrests 2006
— Nov. 2008
New Program Teaches Preschoolers Reading Skills, Getting Along With Others
— Nov. 2008
The School Environment and Adolescent Well-Being: Beyond Academics
— Nov. 2008
Sexual Orientation Disparities in Longitudinal Alcohol Use Patterns Among Adolescents
— Nov. 2008
Trends in the Prevalence of Chronic Medication Use in Children: 2002-2005
— Nov. 2008
Food and Beverage Marketing to Children and Adolescents: What Changes are Needed to Promote Healthy Eating Habits?
— Oct. 2008
The Girls Study Group: Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls
— Oct. 2008
Study Identifies Three Effective Treatments for Childhood Anxiety Disorders
— Oct. 2008
Risk Factors for Paternal Physical Child Abuse
— Sep. 2008
See all in this area » Children Ready for School
New Program Teaches Preschoolers Reading Skills, Getting Along With Others
— Nov. 2008
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
Reading First Impact Study, Final Report
— Nov. 2008
The School Environment and Adolescent Well-Being: Beyond Academics
— Nov. 2008
The Girls Study Group: Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls
— Oct. 2008
Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction
— Oct. 2008
See all in this area » Strong Families
Increased Rates and Severity of Child and Adult Food Insecurity in Households With Adult Smokers
— Nov. 2008
Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers' Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns
— Oct. 2008
ABOUT OUR SUPPORTERS
The Promising Practices Network appreciates the generosity of our supporting organizations:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
The Colorado Trust
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Family and Community Trust
Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media, at Saint Vincent College
Georgia Family Connection Partnership
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF)
Kansas Action for Children
KidsOhio.org
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
RAND Corporation
The Spencer Foundation
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