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STUDIES INCLUDED FROM

Program Type	Evidence of effectiveness	Effects%1%	Worldwide
Healthy Steps Pediatric office visits and home visits by nurse or trained worker	Yes	143.00	1
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Weekly 1-hour group sessions for parents	Yes	135.00	2
Positive Parenting Program Visits to practitioner, home visits or self-study	Yes	60.00	5
Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters Biweekly home visits and parent group meetings with paraprofessional	Yes	40.00	1
Incredible Years Weekly group sessions for parents	Yes	32.00	6
Healthy Families America Weekly, then less frequent home visits	Yes	32.00	1
Infant Health and Development Program Daycare, home visits and parent group meetings for low birthweight 0-3 year olds	Yes	28.00	1
Early Head Start Public program providing daycare, home visits or combination of both	Yes	10.00	2
Nurse Family Partnership Home visits for mothers from pregnancy until child is 2 years old by a nurse	No	18.00	2
Family Check-Up Individual visits for at-risk children with therapist	No	9.00	2
Parents as Teachers Monthly home visits and group meetings	No	5.00	5

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Including those without statistically significant effects

1 Effects are expressed in learning points. Tests are standardized so that they have a standard deviation of 100. To benchmark effects, a third grader improves her scores in 40 learning points in one year.

= 1-5 LP , = 6-10 LP, = 11-15 LP, = 16-20 LP, = 20+LP.

= No effect or negative effect