3-044 - Effective, Relationship-based, Interventions for Children Birth to Three Years Old

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Within the first three years of life, a nurturing, responsive relationship is vital for the child’s long term health and development; this may be even more important for children who experience toxic stress such as poverty or child maltreatment. However, there are very few evidence-based interventions for high risk children birth to three years old that focus on the parent-child or caregiver-child relationship. The papers included in this symposium address this gap by describing four different intervention models and their strong evidence base for children birth to three years old. The first paper describes the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up, a short-term intervention that focuses on enhancing parents’ capacities for interacting with their children; randomized controlled trial (RCT) data support the program’s effectiveness several years post-intervention across socioemotional, biologic, and relational indices. The second paper, describes a group-based public health approach to prevent developmental delays associated with poverty by supporting positive parenting; RCT data indicate intervention effects two to five years post-intervention for child socioemotional and cognitive outcomes. The third paper describes the Touchpoints model, a professional development initiative designed to help providers engage with families around key points in the development of young children; data on provider developmental and relational knowledge and parent perceptions of the relationship with their child are presented. The final paper presents data from an integrated set of evidence-based interventions from the Tulsa Children’s Project, a dual generation intervention, and discusses adapting interventions to work in early childhood centers and disadvantaged communities.

Sub Unit

• Developmental Psychopathology

Chairs

• Amanda Sheffield Sheffield Morris, Oklahoma State University

• Lara R Robinson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Individual Presentations

• The Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up: Effectiveness and Next Steps in Dissemination - Presenting Author: Caroline K. Pemberton Roben, University of Delaware; Mary Dozier, University of Delaware

• The Legacy for Children Model: An Evidence-based Primary Prevention Program for Low-income Parents of Infants and Young Children - Presenting Author: Lara R Robinson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Melissa L. Danielson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Jennifer Wyatt Kaminski, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; Ruth Perou, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

• Touchpoints Professional Development Initiative: Impacts on Provider Skills, Caregiver Parenting Stress, & Parent-Child Relations - Presenting Author: Elisa Vele-Tabaddor, Children's Hospital Boston; Catherine C. Ayoub, Harvard University

• Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Applying and Adapting Evidence-based Programs in Real-world Settings - Presenting Author: Jennifer Hays-Grudo, Oklahoma State University; Ruth Slocum, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa; Amanda Sheffield Sheffield Morris, Oklahoma State University; Cara D. Bosler, Oklahoma State University