Preschool Participation Has Been Found to Influence Children and Families

question 128

Multiple Choice

Preschool participation has been found to influence children and families in the following ways:

• A) preschool enrollment has a larger impact on the language skills of non-Hispanic white children than it does on Hispanic children.
• B) Hispanic children who participate in Head Start preschools show no gains in reading and math skills.
• C) Hispanic children who participate in Head Start preschools show diminished risk for having to repeat grades.
• D) participation in preschool makes no difference in the English proficiency of immigrant children.

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Definitions:

Psychological Conflicts

Internal struggles resulting from the opposing demands or impulses of different psychological drives.

Somatic Symptom Disorder

A mental disorder in which a person has physical symptoms that involve more than one part of the body, but no physical cause can be found, often associated with excessive thoughts and feelings about the symptoms.

Somatization Pattern

The manifestation of psychological distress through physical symptoms, with no underlying organic cause.

Predominant Pain Pattern

The most common or frequently experienced type of pain by an individual or within a specific patient population.