Supported playgroups are community-based services that provide low intensity family
support, through regular group sessions for parents and their young children. Led by a …

Poor participant engagement undermines individual and public health benefits of early
intervention programs. This study assessed the extent to which three types of engagement …

Community playgroups, which are one type of playgroup and early childhood service,
operate on a weekly basis under the leadership of volunteer caregivers (including parents …

Aim The aim of this study was to explore the ways that mothers' groups and playgroups
support families with children aged 0–5 years and foster community connectedness in …

Background The first 2 years of a child's life have been found to be crucial to healthy growth
and development. Parent support groups can help parents to promote health-related …

Background Early relational health is a key determinant of childhood development, while
relational trauma in the parent-infant dyad can instigate a cascading pattern of infant risk …

This paper reports a randomized controlled trial in which the effects of parental involvement
in supported playgroup on parenting stress and toddler social-communicative behavior were …

Despite widespread utilization, research exploring associations between playgroup and
child development is scarce. We analyzed a national data set measuring the holistic …

A single-blind randomised control trial investigated the effectiveness of the Learn, Engage
and Play (LEaP) playgroup. Seventy-one children with developmental delay were randomly …

Playgroups are local, community-based groups that bring together preschool-aged1
children and their parents or carers for the purpose of play and social activities (Dadich & …