Topic: Academic Performance, Emotional Competency, Relationships, School Readiness
Target Population: Providers, Parents
Sector: School-Based
This program is delivered to home visitors and parents of children who are 3 to 5 years old and is intended to impact children.
Growing Great Kids® (GGK®) for Preschoolers, a community-based program, is designed to assist home visitors and parents obtain helpful knowledge and skills to support healthy child development.
No peer-reviewed publications evaluating the effectiveness of the program were identified.
GGK for Preschoolers is designed to provide home visitors and parents with knowledge about child development and skills to promote healthy child growth. Participants learn how to offer compassionate care, daily stimulation, healthy nutrition behaviors, and physical activities for preschoolers. Materials include developmentally suitable activities that focus on supporting the child in the following domains:
More than 26,000 staff who work in home visiting, preschool, and residential-care programs have been trained in the general Growing Great Kids (GGK) program since 1996. These staff members have served approximately 3 million families in the United States, Canada, Japan, the Philippine Islands, and Ukraine.
Certified home visitors deliver this program. A 4-day, in-person seminar or a 5-day, virtual certification seminar is available. Please visit https://www.greatkidsinc.org/new-to-great-kids/preschool-certification-training/ or use details in the Contact section for more information.
Considerations for implementing this program include recruiting facilitators and ensuring they receive training, acquiring parent buy-in, and making time for mutually convenient home visits.
The Clearinghouse can help address these considerations. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu
If you are interested in implementing GGK for Preschoolers, the Clearinghouse is interested in helping you!
Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu
Implementation time will vary.
Please use details in the Contact section for information on implementation costs.
To move GGK for Preschoolers to the Promising category on the Clearinghouse Continuum of Evidence, at least one evaluation should be performed demonstrating positive effects lasting at least one year from the beginning of the program or at least six months from program completion.
The Clearinghouse can help you develop an evaluation plan to ensure the program components are meeting your goals. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu
Contact the Clearinghouse with any questions regarding this program.
Phone: 1-877-382-9185 Email: Clearinghouse@psu.edu
You may also contact Great Kids, Inc., by phone 1-800-906-5581, email info@greatkidsinc.net, or visit https://www.greatkidsinc.org/new-to-great-kids/growing-great-kids-preschool/
