535 Head Start Body Start Success Story: Evaluation Findings Through Year Three

“If you build it, they will come.” Paul Wright has spent the past three years evaluating Head Start Body Start, the $12 million federally funded AAPAR/NASPE project. Wright’s guiding questions have been, “What happens when Head Start Centers improve their outdoor play spaces?”, and “What happens when AAPAR/NASPE members, serving as Physical Activity Consultants, teach Head Start educators how to get children moving?” Learn what we found and how this impacts one million children nationwide.