| Abstract: | An eight month infant-stimulation/parent-education program was presented to mother-child dyads participating in one of three types of classes: a structured twenty-two session group, an unstructured twenty-two session group, or a structured eleven session group. Infants (2–15 months) in all intervention groups as well as those from a control group were tested three times (pre-test, mid-test, post-test) during the course of the program using the Bayley Mental Test of Infant Development and the Uzgiris-Hunt Ordinal Scales of Psychological Development. Results tend to indicate that the intervention strategy was an effective method of parent education in enhancing infant gains on developmental indices. The results are discussed in relation to a preventative psychotherapeutic model. |
