Early Childhood Interventions Working Group

Early Childhood Interventions Working Group: Inaugural Conference

The First Conference was held on April 21, 2012 at Swift Hall, University of Chicago in conjunction with the Early Childhood in Developing Countries (CEDEC) event.

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Methodology Group Weekly Meeting

The Child Interventions Methodology Working Group meets weekly on Fridays from 3:30–5 p.m. at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, Room 140B. This working group compares studies and the methodology used for analyzing programs such as the Perry Preschool Study, Head Start, Abecedarian, Nurse-Family Partnership, Child-Parent Centers, and Reggio Emila.

While hosted by researchers at the Department of Economics, this working group is open to other departments, such as the Harris School of Public Policy, Sociology, and Human Development.
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Inaugural Web Conference

The Early Childhood Intervention Working Group held its inaugural web conference and call on December 9, 2011. Members shared ideas for the group's goals and future achievements. Those ideas included:

• Creating an inventory and synthesizing evidence from early childhood interventions
• Strengthening the approach to evaluating interventions
• Linking RCT to longitudinal studies
• Linking the evidence to biology and economic/social models of human development

An audio recording of the call with Powerpoint slides is available here.