Strategy

Head Start Research-based Developmentally Informed Parent Program (REDI-P)

What is it?

The Head Start Research-based Developmentally Informed Parent Program (REDI-P) provides home visits before and after kindergarten transition to sustain pre-K gains. Parents receive 10 home visits during the spring of the pre-K year and six additional sessions after the start of kindergarten. During these home visits, REDI-P provides parents with books, learning games, and pretend play materials to use with their children to reinforce and extend the benefits of the Head Start REDI. 

What is the evidence base?

Children in REDI-P demonstrate significant improvements in literacy skills, academic performance, self-directed learning, and social competence. Parents who receive the REDI-P intervention read more interactively with their children and have longer and more frequent conversations with their children. 

• Bierman et al_2015_Helping Head Start Parents Promote Their Children’s Kindergarten Adjustment: the REDI Parent Program
• Bierman et al_2021_Fathers’ and Mothers’ Home Literacy Involvement and Children’s Cognitive and Social-Emotional Development: Implications for Family Literacy Programs