Resources from Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.

Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.

Resource Title: Evaluations of PAT Child Outcomes: Kindergarten Readiness and Beyond
Price: Free
Description: The Missouri School Entry Assessment Project is a comprehensive early childhood assessment effort designed to gather information about what young children who enter Missouri's public kindergartens know and can do and to relate this information to their prekindergarten school experiences. Findings from the 1998 school readiness assessment project involving 3,500 kindergarteners in Missouri show that Parents as Teachers achieves its goal of preparing children for success in school.

Resource Title: Parenting Tips to Promote Intellectual Development
Price: Free
Description: A series of tips about ways to raise your children that will promote neural and intellectual development, from pre-natal till pre-school age. The basic assumption is that the learning that takes place in the first years of a child's life will make a significant difference in the child's development later.

Resource Title: Statewide Implementation of PAT in Missouri: Outcomes at Age Three and in Early Elementary School
Price: Free
Description: Results of the a study that followed 380 Missouri families involved in the Parents as Teachers curriculum, and found that these children tested above average in language, problem-solving and other intellectual abilities, and social development than comparison children.