Who are you trying to reach?

Services need to be clear about who they are trying to reach in order to provide support to those families whose children are most at risk of underachievement.

Key predictors of learning delay have been identified (C4EO: Narrowing the Gap, 2007; C4EO Improving children's attainment through a better quality of family-based support for early learning, 2009; Snow, Burns and Griffin, 1998; Sidebotham et al 2002; Bradley et al 2001; Harvard Family Research Project 2006) as:

  • poverty – which affects certain ethnic groups disproportionately
  • health issues such as illness and disability
  • mother's educational background
  • low parental aspirations and disinterest in education
  • parents with limited English or literacy
  • family instability
  • poor early care and socialisation
  • poor attachment
  • controlling, critical and harsh parenting.

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Last updated: 20th November 2009 at 01:11:58