Legacy for ChildrenTM is a group-based intervention aimed at improving child outcomes by fostering positive parenting among low-income mothers of infants and young children. The Legacy approach is unique in its emphasis on the group context as a contained, small-community venue for guided learning, mutual aid, reinforcement of new ideas and skills, and an expanded social network. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) entered into an agreement with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to collaboratively explore the feasibility of implementing the Legacy model within the Early Head Start (EHS) infrastructure. To do this, CDC contracted RTI International to provide Legacy program training and technical assistance. RTI’s role in this project involved (1) participating in the Legacy train-the-trainer workshop, (2) conducting training of EHS-Legacy staff, (3) providing ongoing technical assistance to EHS-Legacy staff, and (4) providing post-implementation training. Findings from the training evaluation suggested that reactions to the training were mostly positive.
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CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
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