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22 - Parent and Family Engagement in Early Education Programs

from Part V - Parent Education, Intervention and Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

By
Julia Mendez Smith ,
Doré R. LaForett ,
Kaitlin Quick  and
Rosario Villa
Edited by
Amanda Sheffield Morris  and
Julia Mendez Smith
Amanda Sheffield Morris
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University
Julia Mendez Smith
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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Summary

Parent and family engagement in early education programs is associated with better developmental outcomes for children. This chapter reviews theory and research on family engagement in early childhood programs, including home visiting, with an eye towards how dual-generation programs and services are delivered to support healthy parenting and enhance child development. We emphasize how publicly-funded school readiness programs serving low-income families, such as Head Start, serve as a key context for reaching parents and families with services that support the development of their children. Evaluations of interventions embedded within Head Start have shown that programs supporting family engagement at home and in preschool have direct benefits for young children; however, longitudinal evidence of impacts is less robust. Taking what we know about family engagement to scale requires a careful consideration of what is known to facilitate such engagement, and what barriers exist to including parents of culturally and linguistically diverse children in these efforts. We conclude our chapter with an examinination of the implications of our findings for policy and practice such as the expansion of affordable early care and education programs, increasing access to culturally sensitive and inclusive parenting programs, and outreach to families via greater integration across early care and education programs, schools, community organizations, and medical/health settings that promote health and well-being of children and families both in the United States and internationally.

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family engagementearly care and educationHead Starthome visitingequity
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The Cambridge Handbook of Parenting , pp. 489 - 513
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Print publication year: 2022

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