Is it realistic to believe that they can catch up on certain critical skills by the time they enter Kindergarten?
Through Parents First, we are emphasizing parents’ understanding of the critical importance of early language skills. It is not realistic to expect “catch-up” without intervention. For children beginning school with severe language delays, the problems are rapidly compounded. Poor language skills put them farther and farther behind. On the other hand, we’ve known for many years that language development is one of the best predictors of children’s ability to adapt successfully to school. With Parents First intervention, our goal is to improve children’s measurable readiness for kindergarten and first grade significantly by increasing their parents’ awareness of the importance of language skills for successful cognitive and social learning in school.
