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Cui, Jialiang; Xie, Han; He, Xin – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
The Integrated Therapy Model is a practice framework designed to promote multi-disciplinary collaboration to accommodate the holistic needs of children with special education needs. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the model adopted in a pilot preschool in China on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A single-case, ABAB reversal…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Preschool Education, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Foreign Countries
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Stejskalová, Irena; Komárková, Lenka; Sláma, Jirí; Pribyl, Vladimír; Štych, Premysl – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2022
The modern teacher must respond to the needs of society in the context of Education 4.0. It seems suitable to adapt this trend to teaching children at an early age. The paper examines the usefulness of professional education for kindergarten and primary school teachers focused on personality development, emotional intelligence, and other social…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Personality Development
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Brown, Eleanor D. – State Education Standard, 2020
The combination of verbal and nonverbal channels provided by the arts can offer valuable opportunities not only for students with language delays but also for English language learners. More generally, arts enrichment may help to bridge the gap that often separates home and school for children from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds. The arts…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Art Education, Art Activities, School Readiness
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Rao, Analía E.; Koval, Jayma; Grossman, Sabrina; Boice, Katherine L.; Alemdar, Meltem; Usselman, Marion – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
The GoSTEAM program promotes authentic integration of the arts into PreK-12 computer science, engineering, and invention instruction. STEM and arts teachers come together to form STEAM Innovation Teams in collaboration with university-based coaches and creative Innovators-in-Residence. Starting with a STEAM professional development summer…
Descriptors: Art Education, STEM Education, Teacher Collaboration, College School Cooperation
Bial, Virginia; Hazen, Andrea; Sylvester, Kristen – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
This article describes the development and implementation of an integrated early childhood mental health and caregiver support program that uses a transdisciplinary approach to engage families and systems, maximize service efficiency, and ultimately create a next generation of safer families. A case example illustrates a family's journey through…
Descriptors: Young Children, Mental Health, Caregivers, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Hubbard, Janie; Fowler, Melisa; Freeman, Lee – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2020
Three preK-6 U.S. university methods instructors-researchers (literacy, science, social studies) joined 17 Title I school teachers for collaborative lesson planning and teaching within the preK-5 school setting. Each team's goal was to create and teach interdisciplinary curriculum units using U.S. English language arts Common Core State Standards…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
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Elofsson, Jessica; Englund Bohm, Anna; Jeppsson, Catarina; Samuelsson, Joakim – Education 3-13, 2018
In order to give all children equal opportunities in school, methods to prevent early differences are needed. The overall aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of two structured teaching methods: Math in Action, characterised by physical activity and music, and common numerical activities. Children (28 girls, 25 boys) were…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Preschool Education, Physical Activities, Music Activities
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O'Connor, Amanda; Skouteris, Helen; Nolan, Andrea; Hooley, Merrilyn; Cann, Warren; Williams-Smith, Janet – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Supporting parent-child relationships is vital for children's social and emotional development, future health and well-being. As children now spend significant amounts of time attending early childhood education and care settings, it is opportune that interventions be designed for educators to promote and nurture parent-child relationships. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Hopkins, Karen – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2017
On Mackworth Island, not far from Portland, the Mackworth Island Preschool Program at the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (MECDHH/GBSD) helps deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing children flourish. At MECDHH/GBSD, instructors immerse students, 3-5 years old, in American Sign Language…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Immersion Programs
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Gonzalez, Jorge E.; Goetz, Ernest T.; Hall, Robert J.; Payne, Tara; Taylor, Aaron B.; Kim, Minjung; McCormick, Anita S. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011
Early Reading First (ERF) was created to address problems related to language and development among economically disadvantaged and language-minority preschool children through quality classroom processes, professional development, and instruction. More than any previous initiative, ERF specifies what early literacy instruction should look like in…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Economically Disadvantaged, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy