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Language Skills of Vulnerable Children with Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Difficulties: An Australian Primary School Sample
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Eadie, Patricia A.; Snow, Pamela C.; Stark, Hannah L.; Sidoti, Nancy; Berndt, Jacinta – Behavioral Disorders, 2021
The co-occurrence of social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties (SEBD), maltreatment, and language disorders (LD) is recognized in school-age children; however, the nature of the interaction between them remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to explore associations between LD and SEBD in children with and without suspected…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
First Steps towards a Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Screening of Secondary School Children Following Two Fixed-Term School Exclusions in the UK
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Lawson, Caron; Prentice, Kate; Jennings, Janine; Johnston, Kate – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2022
Children excluded from school often have a range of unidentified needs that may directly contribute to their behaviour. Research and policy highlight the absence of screening for difficulties in children at risk of exclusion. This study aimed to assess and explore the feasibility and acceptability of neurodevelopmental and mental health screening…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Screening Tests
Increasing Pre-Kindergarten Early Literacy Skills in Children with Developmental Disabilities and Delays
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Pears, Katherine C.; Kim, Hyoun K.,; Fisher, Philip A.,; Yoerger, Karen – Grantee Submission, 2016
Two hundred and nine children receiving early childhood special education services for developmental disabilities or delays who also had behavioral, social, or attentional difficulties were included in a study of an intervention to increase school readiness, including early literacy skills. Results showed that the intervention had a significant…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Education, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Delays
Subgroups in Language Trajectories from 4 to 11 Years: The Nature and Predictors of Stable, Improving and Decreasing Language Trajectory Groups
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McKean, Cristina; Wraith, Darren; Eadie, Patricia; Cook, Fallon; Mensah, Fiona; Reilly, Sheena – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Little is known about the nature, range and prevalence of different subgroups in language trajectories extant in a population from 4 to 11 years. This hinders strategic targeting and design of interventions, particularly targeting those whose difficulties will likely persist. Methods: Children's language abilities from 4 to 11 years…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Child Development, Language Aptitude, Longitudinal Studies