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UNINA9910220138103321 |
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Investing in our children : what we know and don't know about the costs and benefits of early childhood interventions / / Lynn A. Karoly ... [et al.] |
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Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 1998 |
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1-282-45132-4 |
9786612451324 |
0-8330-4326-9 |
0-585-36139-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (185 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Children with social disabilities - Services for - United States - Evaluation |
Children with social disabilities - Services for - United States - Costs |
Child welfare - United States |
Public welfare - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Funded by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-149). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgements; Chapter One - Introduction; The Importance of Early Childhood Education; What is Early Intervention?; Goals and Approaches of This Study; Organization of This Report; Chapter Two - Targeted Early Intervention Programs and Their Benefits; The Origins of Early Intervention; From Theory to Practice: Determining Which Interventions Work; Historical Review of Targeted Early Intervention Programs; First Models for Targeted Early Intervention Programs; The Next Generation of Targeted Early Intervention Programs |
More Recent Models of Targeted Early Intervention Summary of Findings; Chapter Three - Comparing Costs, Savings, and Benefits; Programs Selected for Analysis; Comparing Program Costs to the Government Savings the Programs Generate; Additional Monetary Benefits to the Rest of Society; Sensitivity of Results to Discount Rate; Findings from Cost-Savings and Cost-Benefit Analyses; Chapter Four - |
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