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Anna Cecilia McWhirter; Katherine A. Hails; David S. DeGarmo; Laura Lee McIntyre; S. Andrew Garbacz; Elizabeth A. Stormshak – Grantee Submission, 2024
Reliable and valid assessment of parenting and child behaviors is critical for clinicians and researchers alike, and observational measures of parenting behaviors are often considered the gold standard for assessing parenting and parent-child interaction quality. The current study sought to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Coder…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Kindergarten
Kelly M. Purtell; Hui Jiang; Laura M. Justice; Robin Sayers; Rebecca Dore; Logan Pelfrey – Grantee Submission, 2022
Background: Strong connections between children's teachers and their parents fosters their learning and development in early childhood and throughout their schooling. Developing strong connections in preschool may ease the transition to elementary school for children. Objective: The goal of this study is to examine the initial implementation of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Kelly M. Purtell; Hui Jiang; Laura M. Justice; Robin Sayers; Rebecca Dore; Logan Pelfrey – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: Strong connections between children's teachers and their parents fosters their learning and development in early childhood and throughout their schooling. Developing strong connections in preschool may ease the transition to elementary school for children. Objective: The goal of this study is to examine the initial implementation of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Welchons, Leah Wildenger; McIntyre, Laura Lee – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2017
The transition to kindergarten is regarded as a critical early childhood developmental milestone with important implications for later school outcomes. Little prior research has focused on predictors of socio-behavioral kindergarten outcomes using longitudinal research designs. Further, few studies have examined kindergarten transition using…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Predictor Variables, Social Influences
McDermott, Jennifer Martin; Pears, Katherine C.; Bruce, Jacqueline; Kim, Hyoun K.; Roos, Leslie; Yoerger, Karen L.; Fisher, Philip A. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Background: Among children diagnosed with developmental delays, difficulties in self-regulation are prominent and have been linked to school readiness problems. Objective: The current study sought to examine the impact of the Kids In Transition to School (KITS) school readiness intervention program on self-regulation, with a specific focus on…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Self Control, School Readiness, Transitional Programs
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Eisenhower, Abbey; Taylor, Heather; Baker, Bruce L. – School Psychology Review, 2016
Starting Strong in Kindergarten (Starting Strong) is a school-based indicated prevention targeting behavior problems, student-teacher relationships, and parent-school connectedness for children with or at risk for disruptive behavior problems during the transition to kindergarten. By use of a block-randomized, controlled trial to test program…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Prevention, Transitional Programs, Behavior Problems