Language Development for Disadvantaged Infants and Toddlers
Nov. 19, 2017
Early intervention shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all, said Patricia Manz, professor of School Psychology. This is especially true for ethnic minority, non-English-speaking children from low-income families.
Manz and her team conducted a meta-analysis of all studies involving language/literacy intervention for children between the ages of 2 and 5 that involved a home component. Their findings were compelling—although the interventions worked well for white children from middle-income families, they did not work at all for minority children from low-income families.
