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Benefits of Early Child Development Programs
    Benefits of Early Child Development Programs
    
    
    
    
    A vast body of research has demonstrated that Early Child Development (ECD) programs benefit children, families, and communities. The reduced dropout and repetition rates, improved school achievements, greater adult productivity, and higher levels of social and emotional functioning encouraged by ECD programs make them a highly cost-effective means of strengthening society as a whole by ensuring that its individual members live up to their full potentials.
Evaluations of well-conceived programs designed to foster early development demonstrate that children who participate in these programs tend to be more successful in later school, are more competent socially and emotionally, and show better verbal, intellectual and physical development during early childhood than children who are not enrolled in high quality programs. Benefits of ECD interventions can be found in the following areas:
Higher intelligence scores
Higher and timelier school enrollment
Less grade repetition and lower dropout rates
Higher school completion rates
Improved nutrition and health status
Improved social and emotional behavior
Improved parent-child relationship
Increased earning potential and economic self-sufficiency as an adult
Increased female labor force participation
ECD programs in the United States
Longitudinal studies of child development programs conducted in the United States have provided considerable data supporting the positive impact of Early Child Development (ECD) programs. One of the most striking results of the evaluations is that many of the programs resulted in increased school completion rates. Most studies of the economic returns of high school completion...