ERIC Number: EJ1188426
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 36
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Behavioral Economics and Developmental Science: A New Framework to Support Early Childhood Interventions
Gennetian, Lisa; Darling, Matthew; Aber, J. Lawrence
Journal of Applied Research on Children, v7 n2 Article 2 2016
Public policies have actively responded to an emergent social and neuroscientific evidence base documenting the benefits of targeting services to children during the earliest period of their development. But problems of low utilization, inconsistent participation, and low retention continue to present themselves as challenges. Although most interventions recognize and address structural and psycho-social barriers to parent's engagement, few take seriously the decision making roles of parents. Using insights from the behavioral sciences, we revisit assumptions about the presumed behavior of parents in a developmental context. We then describe ways in which this framework informs features of interventions that can be designed to augment the intended impacts of early development, education and care initiatives by improving parent engagement.
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Decision Making, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Economics, Attention, Self Control, Poverty, Parent Child Relationship, Child Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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