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policy makers understand that the most
cost effective investments occur early in
a child's life, communities benefit from
the savings resulting from the reduction
in expensive intervention services.
Empirical data proves children
lacking stimulating nurturing experiences
in their first three years may never
again make up for the loss in critical
brain development.1 By
the age of four a child has reached forty
percent of their intellectual and
personal development. These facts are
important to Jefferson County as seventy
five percent of the families with young
children require child care while the
parents work. Children cannot afford to
wait five years for quality early
education services.
The National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development released a
longitudinal study, April of 1997, of the
effects of quality child care that forms
proactive partnerships with families and
nurturing interactions for young
children. The study found when
turnover of caregivers was low and
caregivers where trained in appropriate
practices of enriching language and
nurturing development, young
children consistently demonstrated:
- Improved
language abilities in children
15, 24 and 36 months
- Higher
performance on the Bayley Scales
of Infant Development
at age 2
- More
school readiness shown at age 3
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