@article{ref1,
title="Preventive Education for High-Risk Children: Cognitive Consequences of the Carolina Abecedarian Project",
journal="American journal of mental deficiency",
year="1984",
author="Ramey, Craig T. and Campbell, Frances A.",
volume="88",
number="5",
pages="515-523",
abstract="Note: This publication examined the effects of the Abecedarian Project on the prevention of nonbiologically based mild mental retardation on high risk children, ages infancy to 5 years. The Abecedarian Project is an early childhood intervention program designed to improve intelligence and school performance while preventing crime and delinquency in low-income African American children. This longitudinal study matched the mental test scores for 54 educationally treated disadvantaged high-risk preschool children were compared with 53 matched untreated controls. Language, cognitive, perceptual-motor, and social development skills were emphasized. Educationally treated subjects consistently outscored control subjects on mental tests. Educationally treated subjects scored at the national average, while control subjects scored below the national average.For more information on the Abecedarian Project see VioPro record number 2888.Population Age/Grade Level: Infancy - Age 5Population Race/Ethnicity: African AmericanPopulation Gender: Male, FemalePopulation Location: USAContent: Empirical Research, Longitudinal StudiesLow-Income PopulationEarly Childhood InterventionEarly InterventionEarly Childhood EducationChild DevelopmentIntervention ProgramEducation ProgramPrevention EducationPrevention ProgramProgram EffectivenessAfrican American ChildLanguage SkillsSocial DevelopmentCognitive DevelopmentInfancyPreschool StudentChild IntelligenceMentally Handicapped ChildMental Handicap PreventionLong-Term EffectsProgram Evaluation09-00<p />",
language="en",
issn="0002-9351",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}