Children who experience significant adversity in their early years can face life-long negative consequences. Researchers at the Melbourne Institute and their collaborators are conducting research with the potential to change these children's life trajectories.
Early Years Education Program Randomised Control Trial (EYEP RCT)
The EYEP RCT targets the needs of infants and young children exposed to extreme adversity. This project makes a demonstrable contribution to public policy, showing it is possible to implement a program that significantly improves the lives of vulnerable children.
Early Years Education Program Replication Trial (EYEP RT)
The EYEP RCT demonstrated large impacts on cognitive and social-emotional development for children experiencing adversity. To make the program benefit more children who need the intervention, the next challenge is to have a robust scale-up mode to ensure that the program can be effectively implemented in different communities.
