Research that Benefits Children and Families

I would like to share positive research study that myself and my child were apart of. We participated in a literacy study that focused on urban area and a rural area which targeted three and four year old children. This program is called the SPARK Ohio reading initiative to improve children’s social emotional abilities, identify the needs of and challenges of children and the community before they enter kindergarten, improve parent’s abilities to educate their children. While my child participated, each month she had the opportunity to work one on one with a Spark teacher they would read a book, and then do an activity that was tied to the book. My daughter looked forward to seeing her Spark teacher monthly. I completed surveys that would ask an array of questions and I would mail my survey to the researchers. We participated in the program for three years they even followed her into her first year of kindergarten. As I good the SPARK Ohio program I see that they are supported by many different sponsors and they have expanded their program to five different counties. I am proud that I was on the research end of the program because they are now able to serve so many children that will hopefully have the same experiences as we did.