Parent education is first, then children's education

A parent education program can have better results in education of infants. "Research has shown that children growing up in poverty fall behind their middle-class peers in development – even before their first birthday," says Alan L. Mendelsohn, MD, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and associate professor of Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center.

"Our study found that programs working with parents during pediatric check-ups increase verbal interactions between parents and children and help children in low income families keep up with their peers."
For this study the team had 675 mothers and infants under observation, some of them were assigned to the Video Interaction Project (VIP) and Building Blocks (BB).

Some participating parents (225) were randomly assigned to the VIP program, in which mothers and infants had fifteen 30-45 minute of a normal session with a child development specialist. VIP focuses primarily on supporting verbal interactions in play, book-reading and daily routines. In this activity, mothers and children are videotaped playing and reading books together, this tape is then reviewed and analyzed, the Toys and books are also provided for the family to take home and use it at their own comfort. In VIP program mothers were encouraged to read aloud in primary care, and it results in enhanced school readiness.

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