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Bagur, Sara; Paz-Lourido, Berta; Rosselló, Maria Rosa; Verger, Sebastià – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
Families of children with disabilities may experience mental health problems, feelings of emotional isolation or parental role incompetence. Early intervention (ECI) acts through Family-Centred Practices (FCP) to support child development and, at the same time, strengthen family capacities and inclusion. The aim of the study is to analyse the…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Social Isolation
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Álvarez-Cañizo, Marta; Suárez-Coalla, Paz; Cuetos, Fernando – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Reading prosody is considered one of the essential markers of reading fluency, alongside accuracy and speed. The aim of our study was to investigate how development of reading prosody in Spanish children varies with sentence type and length. We compared primary school children from the third and fifth grades with an adult sample. Participants were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Suprasegmentals, Reading Fluency, Elementary School Students
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Pérez-Pereira, Miguel; Cruz, Raquel – First Language, 2018
The vocabulary size and composition of one group of full-term and three groups of low risk preterm children with different gestational ages (GA) were longitudinally compared at 10, 22 and 30 months of age. Expressive vocabulary development was assessed through the CDI. Cognitive development was also assessed at 22 months (Batelle Developmental…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Vocabulary Development, Biomedicine, Gender Differences
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Giménez-Dasí, Marta; Pons, Francisco; Bender, Patrick K. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
The phenomenon of imaginary companions (ICs) has received little attention in developmental psychology, even though it can be observed in approximately 25% of preschool-aged children. Only a few studies have investigated the effect of ICs on children's theory of mind and emotion understanding, and the results are partial or inconsistent. This…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Emotional Response, Cognitive Ability, Gender Differences
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Pozuelos, Joan P.; Paz-Alonso, Pedro M.; Castillo, Alejandro; Fuentes, Luis J.; Rueda, M. Rosario – Developmental Psychology, 2014
In the present study, we investigated developmental trajectories of alerting, orienting, and executive attention networks and their interactions over childhood. Two cross-sectional experiments were conducted with different samples of 6-to 12-year-old children using modified versions of the attention network task (ANT). In Experiment 1 (N = 106),…
Descriptors: Attention, Child Development, Cues, Children
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Jimenez, Juan E.; de la Cadena, Claudia Garcia; Siegel, Linda S.; O'Shanahan, Isabel; Garcia, Eduardo; Rodriguez, Cristina – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011
The purpose of this study was to analyze possible gender-related differences in the prevalence of dyslexia. A cross-national comparison of Spain and Guatemala was conducted. Both countries speak the same language but have a different standard of living and educational level. A second purpose of this study was to analyze the cognitive profile of…
Descriptors: Females, Dyslexia, Living Standards, Foreign Countries