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ERIC Number: EJ304578
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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A General Systems Approach to Modifying Risk for Retarded Development.
Ramey, Craig T.; Gowen, Jean W.
Early Child Development and Care, v16 n1-2 p9-26 1984
Discusses results obtained from a longitudinal experiment in early education designed to prevent mild mental retardation in high-risk families. Indicates that risk frequently becomes manifest deficits by the second year of life but that systematic and intense early education can prevent that occurrence. (AS)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Cognitive Development, Day Care, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, High Risk Persons, Infants, Influences, Intervention, Lower Class Parents, Models, Outreach Programs, Preschool Children, Slow Learners
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Abecedarian Project; Cause Effect Relationship; General Systems Theory