Childhood intervention programme sees kids’ IQ soar

An early childhood intervention programme, involving 200 Dublin families, saw children’s IQ rise by 10 points.

Childhood intervention programme sees kids’ IQ soar

The trial programme, Preparing for Life, which ran from 2008 to 2015, also had a dramatic impact on the children’s health and behaviour.

The participating families were split into either an intervention or a control group, and the mothers were followed from midway through their pregnancy until their children were entering primary school.

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