摘要：The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the Seesaw & Swing Early Intervention Program on the positive changes of young children from low-income families. The Seesaw & Swing program was developed by the Community Chest of Korea (Hwang et al.,2009). The subjects for this study consisted of 534 3∼6-year olds (177 in the service group,357 in the control group) from low-income families. The instrument used was the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales,second edition (Sparrow,Cicchetti,& Balla,2005). The results of this study indicated that the Seesaw & Swing intervention program produced positive effects in all of the domain areas under examination: namely,the communication abilities,life skills,socialization,physical development,and adaptive behaviors of young children. In conclusion,the Seesaw & Swing Early Intervention Program for young children from low-income families can be said to be an effective early intervention program which goes some way towards ending the intergenerational transition of poverty in Korea.
关键词：Seesaw & Swing;early intervention program;Low-income family
