Situation Analysis on Early Childhood Intervention in Kosovo

Highlights

Contemporary research has revealed that by providing family-centered services for Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) from birth to five years of age, children with at-risk situations, developmental delays and/or disabilities are helped to achieve their full potential. Contemporary and supportive ECI services are provided in the child’s natural environment through visits with parents and caregivers in homes and early childhood care and preschool education centers to support and assist families in maximizing the development of their child.

The establishment of a Kosovo-wide system for early childhood intervention (ECI) would complement and help to develop inclusive early childcare services and preschool education. It would help to expand preschool education and improve child development outcomes, thereby better preparing children for success in inclusive primary education. Children from birth to five would be served, enabling Kosovo’s parents to improve the development of their children during their early years of rapid brain growth, thereby helping them achieve their full potential. In turn, this would help improve economic productivity and social well-being.