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The results of this study suggests that a home based early intervention program can be effective with infants doubly at risk: biomedically as offspring of adolescent mothers and environmentally from low SES. At 30 months of age only 11% of the 19 children in the early intervention group remained at risk while 50% of the 18 children in the control group remained at risk.
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Cappleman, M.W., Thompson, R.J., DeRemer-Sullivan, P.A. et al. Effectiveness of a home based early intervention program with infants of adolescent mothers. Child Psych Hum Dev 13, 55–65 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00709982
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