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Hulya Ermis-Demirtas; Nicole Rizzo – Professional School Counseling, 2024
Upper elementary students in a Title I rural school participated in an expressive arts-based resiliency small-group intervention entitled Resilient Warriors (RWs). This mixed-methods study revealed positive changes in participating students based on teacher ratings on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. We also found four qualitative…
Descriptors: Art Education, Resilience (Psychology), Intervention, Small Group Instruction
Michelle M. Cumming; Daniel V. Poling; Irina Patwardhan; Isabella C. Ozenbaugh – Grantee Submission, 2022
The present study used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Cohort of 2011 (N = 15,827; 51.1% male; 48.4% White, 13.5% Black/African-American, 24.3% Hispanic/Latino, 7.5% Asian, and 6.3% other ethnicity) to examine the unique contribution of specific executive function processes (working memory and cognitive flexibility)…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Executive Function, Child Behavior
McLeod, Ragan; Kim, Sunyoung; Tomek, Sara; McDaniel, Sara – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Young children enter kindergarten with varying levels of readiness and abilities to learn. One factor that contributes to lower levels of school readiness is poverty. One timely, cost-effective, and feasible strategy to boost school readiness, regardless of exposure to high-quality preschool is to leverage the summer months prior to kindergarten…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, School Readiness, Kindergarten
Wagner, Bree; Olson, Heather Carmichael; Symons, Martyn; Mazzucchelli, Trevor G.; Jirikowic, Tracy; Latimer, Jane; Watkins, Rochelle; Cross, Donna; Boulton, John; Wright, Edie; Carter, Maureen; Bruce, Kaashifah; Cherel, Sue; Fitzpatrick, James – Australian Journal of Education, 2019
Self-regulation and executive functioning impairments are common in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Given the high rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder identified amongst children living in the remote Fitzroy Valley region of Western Australia, the Alert ProgramĀ® was identified as a culturally safe intervention for use in local…
Descriptors: Self Control, Executive Function, Skill Development, Elementary School Students
Chang-Kredl, Sandra; Kozak, Stephanie – Learning, Media and Technology, 2018
Conceptualizations of childhood are powerful determinants of adults' interactions with children, and technology and social networking systems are affecting the nature of teachers' knowledge of childhood. We analyzed questionnaire responses from 57 elementary-level teachers from Quebec regarding children's use of "Facebook". Through…
Descriptors: Social Media, Knowledge Level, Elementary School Teachers, Questionnaires
Ledbetter-Cho, Katherine; Lang, Russell; Moore, Melissa; Davenport, Katy; Murphy, Caitlin; Lee, Allyson; O'Reilly, Mark; Watkins, Laci – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Objectives: The effects of iPod-based visual activity schedules with embedded video models (video-enhanced activity schedules) on the academic skills and challenging behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were evaluated. Methods: A multiple baseline design across three target skills was used with two participants, ages 9 and 11,…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Child Behavior, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
O'Handley, Roderick D.; Radley, Keith C.; Lum, John D. K. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
Social difficulties represent a major area of concern in children with specific language impairment (SLI). Social skills interventions targeting communication or language skills of children with SLI have been generally ineffective. The current study tested the efficacy of a social skills intervention consisting of multiple behavioral interventions…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Language Impairments, Language Skills, Communication Skills
Toh, Lai Poh Emily; Causo, Albert; Tzuo, Pei-Wen; Chen, I-Ming; Yeo, Song Huat – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
A systematic review was carried out to examine the use of robots in early childhood and lower level education. The paper synthesizes the findings of research studies carried out in the last ten years and looks at the influence of robots on children and education. Four major factors are examined--the type of studies conducted, the influence of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Robotics, Child Behavior, Child Development
Zeng, Songtian; Benner, Gregory J.; Silva, Rayann M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2016
The purpose of this evaluation was to examine the effectiveness and feasibility of a summer learning program for students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). We used a quasi-experimental design with pre and post assessments for both the treatment and comparison groups. Participants were fourth grade students (N = 92) below…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, At Risk Students, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Jennings, Jennifer L.; DiPrete, Thomas A. – Sociology of Education, 2010
Although many recognize that social and behavioral skills play an important role in educational stratification, no studies have attempted to estimate teachers' effects on these outcomes. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K), the authors estimate teacher effects on social and behavioral skills as well…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Teaching Methods, Interpersonal Competence, Teacher Influence
Bloom, Howard S.; Weiland, Christina – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Head Start is the largest publicly funded preschool program in the U.S., and one of its primary goals is to improve the school readiness of low-income children. As has been widely reported, the first randomized trial of Head Start in the program's history found some evidence that it is achieving this goal. Receiving one year of Head Start had…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, School Readiness
Bub, Kristen L. – Applied Developmental Science, 2009
Social and behavioral problems can interfere with a child's acquisition of age-appropriate skills, which may lead to antisocial behavior in adolescence and adulthood. Thus, determining how best to support positive skills during early childhood is critical. Using data from the first three phases of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Antisocial Behavior, Effect Size, Grade 3